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 ...

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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One of the most common fence posts homeowners use for livestock or other animal enclosure needs is the T post. This heavy-duty stake is made ...

Bruce M. Beehler is a naturalist and author, whose books include “Birds of Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia,” and, most recently, “Flight of the Godwit.” Imagine a Western ranch, and ...

Alberta researchers are using virtual fences, GPS collars and fecal DNA to map how cattle really graze — and how the data ...