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 ...
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 ...
A solar-powered station creates a virtual fence on the East Moraine above Wallowa Lake to contain cattle grazing on property Wallowa County owns. WALLOWA COUNTY, Ore. — For the past month or so some ...
All eventualities seem to be controlled for. The collars are solar-powered, and Crouch saw them endure every conceivable form ...
But things changed about a decade ago after he started adding spunky Corriente cattle to the herd. Often used in rodeos, ...
LETTS, Iowa (KWQC) - Virtual fencing is used to keep pets in designated areas outside. The Nature Conservancy is testing the same concept, but with cattle. A three-year pilot project kicked off this ...
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, ...
Protecting livestock in areas where large carnivores (like lions) live is increasingly important as human land use expands, wildlife habitat shrinks, and climatic changes reshape the ways in which ...
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.
Mushrush recommends ranchers and livestock producers interested in virtual fencing should take time upfront to find out what products will work best for their operations. For instance, at the ...
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 ...