Fencing is a critical tool for enhancing grazing management through managing livestock access and distribution. However, ...

To manage livestock and keep them in the proper areas or pastures or to graze a pasture rotationally, traditional fencing with wood, wire or steel, or even portable electric fencing, is one solution.

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 ...

Grazing cattle at the Land of the Swamp White Oak Preserve in Iowa roam without traditional fencing, using virtual fence systems as an ecological management tool. (Elizabeth Owens photo). When heavy ...

Across Nevada’s rangelands, hauling barbed wire and setting fence posts remains a necessary, albeit labor-intensive, task for ranchers. Now, with help from University of Nevada, Reno researchers, some ...

Electric fence systems or even barbed wire were once considered innovations in grazing management. Within the past few years, virtual fencing companies have become prominent and their products could ...

The 2024 Lonerock Fire burned over 137,000 acres in Gilliam, Wheeler and Morrow counties, much of it rangeland. Ranchers whose lands were destroyed faced a common yet costly hurdle to wildfire ...

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 ...

Five Missouri farmers are testing GPS-enabled collars that guide livestock with sound and mild shocks, reducing the need for traditional fences. The project, led by the University of Missouri’s Center ...

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 ...

In recent years, wildfire has become an increasing disturbance of sagebrush ecosystems in the Western United States. While these lands evolved with fire, in recent years, fires have started earlier in ...