Virtual fences could make managing grazing livestock on farms more flexible and more efficient while improving animal welfare ...

Research shows cattle respect both electric and invisible boundaries, creating new opportunities for grazing management.

Dustin Taylor left the gate open when he kicked hundreds of cows into one of his pastures this fall. That particular gate had been a source of endless frustration. It’s in the middle of an elk ...

Most dairy farmers have received that fateful call from neighbors, or indeed police, informing them the cows have broken out and are on the main road, or destroying someone’s garden. Chaos ensues, 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 ...

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 ...

Managing livestock with fences and gates is so medieval. The future, says one USDA scientist, is equipping cows with GPS units and coraling them via augmented reality. It may sound crazy, but it could ...

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 ...

Ranchers can now monitor herds remotely using GPS collars and drones, cutting costs and improving precision grazing ...

It’s a rainy day on Pat Luark’s ranch, north of Eagle. He drives through the mud to a stretch of public land his cattle graze. He and Kristy Wallner, a rangeland specialist with the U.S. Bureau of ...

Most of the Miles Smith Farm cattle respect fences. Fencing (not the kind with swords) is not a “one-and-done” thing. It’s more like car maintenance; repairs are inevitable and necessary. Nature and ...