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.

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 ...

The high cost remains the biggest barrier to adoption, as cost per collar can range from $250 to $350 depending on herd size.

The 2024 Lonerock Fire burned over 137,000 acres in Gilliam, Wheeler and Morrow counties, much of it rangeland. Ranchers whose lands were destroyed faced a common yet costly hurdle to wildfire ...

Five Missouri farmers are testing GPS-enabled collars that guide livestock with sound and mild shocks, reducing the need for traditional fences. The project, led by the University of Missouri’s Center ...

Across Nevada’s rangelands, hauling barbed wire and setting fence posts remains a necessary, albeit labor-intensive, task for ranchers. Now, with help from University of Nevada, Reno researchers, some ...

In recent years, wildfire has become an increasing disturbance of sagebrush ecosystems in the Western United States. While these lands evolved with fire, in recent years, fires have started earlier in ...

Anyone who grew up on a family farm or ranch knows that fence work is never complete. It breaks, sags, drifts, and disappears under snow. And somehow, fence repair always seems to fall on blizzard ...

Across Europe, livestock graze across vast pastures often bordered by miles of wire and the occasional jolt of electric current. But what if those fences were no longer there? The idea of virtual ...