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?

Explore how Halter is transforming livestock management with solar-powered collars and virtual fencing for efficient farming.

A hog panel crosses a driveway. Learn about the best essentials for raising sheep in your backyard: sheep fencing options, DIY hoop barn, feed, and water requirements. Sheep are a great addition to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Electric fences are often the preferred choice for cattle ranchers looking to protect their livestock. The method of containment involves delivering a gentle electric shock to dissuade animals from ...

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.

Vail and the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife are eyeing temporary emergency fencing in East Vail to protect upper valley’s beleaguered herd of bighorn sheep from motorized vehicles. A bighorn ...

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 ...