Karen Launchbaugh, director of the University of Idaho Rangeland Center, visits with Benton Glaze, a university extension beef specialist, and others at the university’s Range Livestock Symposium in ...

Pete Schreder is a Wallowa County extension agent with the Oregon State University Extension Service. He joins us with more details on the emerging technology. Note: The following transcript was ...

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 ...

Livestock producers often ask how they can justify the cost of virtual fencing. The Oct. 24 session of the “Virtual Fence Foundations” webinar series offers a chance to hear firsthand from producers ...

New technology called “virtual fencing” is catching on in Idaho and the West. Virtual fencing works like an invisible fence for pets but at a much larger scale for livestock management. “I think it’s ...

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 ...

EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — Several ranchers in Eagle County are using new technology to herd and control cattle and sheep. The Eagle County Conservation District, along with the U.S. Forest Service ...

Labor is making it easier and safer for farmers to raise cattle with the first approved virtual fencing technology.Minister for Agriculture Ros Spence ...

Merck Animal Health, a division of Rahway-based Merck & Co. Inc., announced Sept. 22 it signed a definitive agreement to acquire livestock management provider Vence. A privately held company, Vence ...

Federal officials plan to start construction within weeks on a new "virtual fence" along the U.S.-Mexico border that they expect to stretch across most of the nearly 2,000-mile frontier within five ...