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 ...

It can be costly and time-consuming for ranchers to keep their cattle inside the pasture using just traditional and electric fencing, but researchers are looking into a possible virtual solution. The ...

GPS collars on cattle are letting ranchers remove fences in the West. That’s good for wildlife and for the land.

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 ...

Eighteen cattle ranchers in the Mountain West region are partnering with a carbon credit company to make their land healthier ...

Dave Swain receives funding from Meat and Livestock Australia. Climate change and the global population boom continue to put pressure on the agriculture industry. However, new technologies could ...

Virtual fencing technology has been approved for commercial use in two states, which has been welcomed by rural lobby groups.

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 ...

The state's cattle and dairy farmers have a new AgTech option to manage their livestock with the NSW Government delivering on its promise to legalise ...

Livestock operations are among the biggest water polluters in the state — from manure dumped into pasture streams to all those hooves kicking up bottom sediment and eroding muddy stream banks.