It can be costly and time-consuming for ranchers to keep their cattle inside the pasture using just traditional and electric fencing, but researchers are looking into a possible virtual solution. The ...

MUSCATINE COUNTY, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Cattle at a nature preserve in eastern Iowa appear to roam the land freely — no fences or cowboys on horseback patrol their movement. Instead, these ...

LAKELAND — From his home or wherever he has his laptop computer, Jim Strickland is herding cattle. Strickland, manager of Blackbeard’s Ranch in Myakka City, is one of the only, if not the only, ...

New technology called “virtual fencing” is catching on in Idaho and the West. Virtual fencing works like an invisible fence for pets but at a much larger scale for livestock management. “I think it’s ...

Ranchers can set virtual boundaries that keep cattle in specific areas through collars around their necks. “Virtual fence does not replace the human being in the ranching operation,” said William ...

Rounding up your goats to swap their collar batteries all at once could save you time and money. What is virtual fencing for livestock? Monitor your animals digitally with virtual fencing to gain ...

June 25, 2007 Building and maintaining fences for controlling livestock places a huge financial burden on agricultural producers worldwide, but is there really any need for all those posts and wires?

The state's cattle and dairy farmers have a new AgTech option to manage their livestock with the NSW Government delivering on its promise to legalise ...

Livestock operations are among the biggest water polluters in the state — from manure dumped into pasture streams to all those hooves kicking up bottom sediment and eroding muddy stream banks.

Cattle at a nature preserve in Muscatine County, Iowa, seen in 2025, are managed via virtual fencing technology. The Nature Conservancy conducted a three-year pilot project on the technology. (Dale ...