Barbed Wire . Barbed wire is the classic farm fencing for confining cattle, consisting of two or three horizontal strands of strong woven wire into which sharp barbs are inserted.

Virtual fencing could be used to remotely muster and move cattle and direct them towards abundant feed. Collars fitted to cattle would allow us to track and manage herds, removing the need for fences.

During the summer months when cattle are out grazing on pastures, the work of building and repairing fence, as well as rounding up escaped cattle, is a common chore for Canadian team tests virtual ...

A Southwest Florida rancher is controlling cattle on his 5,000-acre property with an invisible fence as part of research exploring ways to keep livestock from trampling environmentally sensitive ...

Much like an invisible dog fence can keep canines corralled in the yard, a northern Montana cattle rancher is looking forward to experimenting with virtual fences. “It’s really expensive ...

Herds of cattle in Colorado are roaming nearly free. They are penned in not by physical fences, but virtual ones – part of a test by the US Bureau of Land Management to use virtual fencing on ...

Cattle domestication began some 10,000 years ago. Controlling the movements of the creatures has been a human endeavour for millennia, using all manner of tool from herding dogs to electrified fences.