Cody Zilverberg, consulting scientist at Dakota Lakes Research Farm says they have been utilizing virtual fencing on 75 cattle. It has worked well with their grazing management practices.

WENATCHEE – Ross Hurd spent last week building fences on his family’s cattle ranch and then brought their cows home from the open range over the weekend. Normally, the roughly 60 head of cattle and ...

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 ...

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.

When animals eat too much grass in one spot, it's bad for the soil and, now we know, the climate. For centuries, we've had shepherds and cowfolks to regulate their flocks and herds and, well, the like ...

When cows overgraze it's bad for the soil and the climate. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is trying new technology to help avoid overgrazing: virtual fencing. When cows eat too much grass in one ...