The future of grazing management is here. Virtual cattle fencing, where farmers draw GPS boundaries to herd cattle, has the ...

Revolutionary virtual fencing technology, which could transform managing hill and upland suckler herds, is to be extensively trialled in field conditions on four Monitor Farms over the next two years.

Michelle Blegen's inspiration as a farm-toy entrepreneur came as a mother who was unhappy with the flimsy plastic fences available for her children's make-believe livestock pens and corrals. That ...

The 238 acres of farmland along Chota Road in Blount County was dangerously close to becoming one more subdivision in a sea of development, its new owners explained. One of the other previous ...

The Report states that in regards to the efforts to address nitrogen and phosphorus in the Chesapeake Bay two of the questions that have been asked include: To what extent are farmers implementing ...

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 cows wear special collars that keep them from ...

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 ...

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In portions of Minnesota and Wisconsin, farmers have struggled to protect their livestock from wolves. “I don’t think I know any farmers that haven’t had some kind of run in with the wolves, some more ...

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

Farmers aren't keeping cattle out of rivers and streams, and it is polluting local rivers and the Chesapeake Bay, a new report shows. The Environmental Integrity Project, a nonprofit environmental ...