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8 mistakes people make when fencing rural property

A good fence can make or break how well your rural property functions. Whether you’re keeping animals in, trespassers out, or ...
ABC Kcrg 9

Virtual cattle fencing could have ‘huge’ potential for getting cattle back on the land

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 ...
Iowa Public Radio

Ranchers are using ‘virtual fencing’ to move their cattle – and help save prairies

Virtual fencing uses GPS collars, sounds and electrical cues to move cattle across a landscape. Along with saving ranchers ...
KTVZ

Cattle grazing with virtual fencing has potential to create wildfire fuel breaks, OSU study says

BURNS, Ore. (KTVZ) – The use of virtual fencing to manage cattle grazing on sagebrush rangelands has the potential to create fuel breaks needed to help fight wildfires, a recent Oregon State ...
OPB

How ‘invisible fences’ can make Oregon rangelands more resilient against wildfires

Wildfires in Oregon have burned a record-breaking swath of land this season – much of it in Eastern Oregon. Those fires have also scorched miles of fencing that kept livestock on the pasture. And ...