Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cattle at a nature preserve in eastern Iowa are managed via virtual fencing technology. The Nature Conservancy conducted a ...

To manage livestock and keep them in the proper areas or pastures or to graze a pasture rotationally, traditional fencing with wood, wire or steel, or even portable electric fencing, is one solution.

GRANT COUNTY, Wash. — Ranching plays an essential role in many communities across Washington. It drives local economies, structures growth and land management practices, and impacts local government ...

A solar-power station creates a virtual fence on the east moraine above Wallowa Lake to contain cattle grazing on the property owned by Wallowa County. Some of the latest technology in livestock ...

Discover how GPS collars transformed goat grazing into a stress-free, eco-friendly new revenue stream for one Missouri farmer ...

Pete Schreder is a Wallowa County extension agent with the Oregon State University Extension Service. He joins us with more details on the emerging technology. Note: The following transcript was ...

WALLOWA COUNTY, Ore. — For the past month or so some of the latest technology in livestock management has been in use at the East Moraine Community Forest in Wallowa County, but looking around the ...

Virtual fencing, a novel concept being tested by ranchers and technology companies, employs GPS units attached to cows or livestock, allowing ranchers to manage their movements via a tablet. Unlike ...

SHERIDAN — More ranchers are considering investing in virtual fencing for grazing cattle following a successful pilot project in Sheridan County. Rancher Dan Reinke partnered with the Sheridan ...

Halter has agreed to strip clauses from its virtual fencing contracts that prohibited farmers from publicly criticising the New Zealand-based company’s service or technology.

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 ...