June 25, 2007 Building and maintaining fences for controlling livestock places a huge financial burden on agricultural producers worldwide, but is there really any need for all those posts and wires?

CSIRO researcher Rick Llewellyn, at the Waite Campus in South Australia, has led work looking at what virtual fencing can offer in southern farming systems. Dr Llewellyn told a conference in Perth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Five Missouri farmers are testing GPS-enabled collars that guide livestock with sound and mild shocks, reducing the need for ...

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 ...

Establishing a permanent electric fence system for managing livestock can cost as little as 28p a metre in materials and is extremely effective when done correctly. Fencing expert Kim Petty, of ...

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.

Fencing small areas to keep out some of Britain’s 33m sheep can allow native plants and trees to regrow, boosting biodiversity The age of extinction is supported by Grazing livestock can be a key part ...

BUTTERNUT - The landscape near Butternut is a rural quilt of forests and farms. Typical of this area of northern Wisconsin, you can find a tamarack swamp and gray wolf tracks within a mile of a beef ...