ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — It’s not uncommon for people living in colder climates to spend their winter evenings relaxing on a warm couch and catching up on their favorite shows. Jonathan Kilpatrick likes to ...

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 ...

WALLOWA COUNTY, Ore. — For the past month or so some of the latest technology in livestock management has been in use at the East Moraine Community Forest in Wallowa County, but looking around the ...

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 ...

correctionA previous version of this article incorrectly reported the voltage of the “electrical stimulus” shocks and the timing of the “sound stimulus” relative to the electrical shocks. The collars ...

SHERIDAN — More ranchers are considering investing in virtual fencing for grazing cattle following a successful pilot project in Sheridan County. Rancher Dan Reinke partnered with the Sheridan ...

Protecting livestock in areas where large carnivores (like lions) live is increasingly important as human land use expands, wildlife habitat shrinks, and climatic changes reshape the ways in which ...