Virtual fencing uses GPS collars, sounds and electrical cues to move cattle across a landscape. Along with saving ranchers ...

Cattle at a nature preserve in eastern Iowa are managed via virtual fencing technology. The Nature Conservancy conducted a three-year pilot project on the technology. (Photo by Dale Maxson/The Nature ...

Some Montana ranchers are trading fence posts for smartphones, using virtual fencing technology to manage their cattle herds ...

BURNS, Ore. — Sometimes, the best fence is an invisible one. Researchers from Oregon State University and USDA have published a study showing that virtual fencing is a useful potential tool to help ...

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 ...

Cows have been given special collars which use virtual fence technology to stop them falling into a river. Livestock that graze on commons in central Cambridge have been given GPS collars which create ...

Some cattle on the Island are testing out e-collars instead of being fenced in — and it could prove to be a way for them to ...

The cattle wear GPS collars that keep them in designated grazing areas, which could prevent them from going into wetlands or ...

If you’ve been on the BLM and Forest Service land south of Eagle or along Colorado River Road in the last two years, you may have noticed cows sporting new lunchbox-sized bling. Although they don’t ...

The most dangerous words in ranching may be, “It’s always been done this way.” Marty Edwards knew this when he took over his ...