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 ...

Vence allows the Ivins — and an increasing number of other ranchers across the West — to control cattle movement, manage ...

Cows across Wyoming might soon be corralled by electronic collars that vibrate to tell them where to go, or shock them when ...

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 ...

STRONG CITY, Kan.—Cole Mushrush does two things when he wakes up each morning at the family ranch here in the Flint Hills—make a pot of coffee, then fire up his laptop to see if any cows have wandered ...

A high-tech, no-fence solution is teaching cattle to stay home on the range, University of Alberta research has found.

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, ...

A cow is equipped with a GPS collar, used to track the location of the animal. Such collars also can be used to keep the animals corralled and eliminate the need for wire fences. ENTERPRISE, Ore. — A ...

CDU researchers Beth Penrose and Sunil Kadri are exploring the impact of virtual fences on NT farms.Cattle producers in ...

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