A local rancher is using new technology to manage cattle across more than 200,000 acres of tough, remote land from his phone.

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 ...

Most of the Miles Smith Farm cattle respect fences. Fencing (not the kind with swords) is not a “one-and-done” thing. It’s more like car maintenance; repairs are inevitable and necessary. Nature and ...

Dustin Taylor left the gate open when he kicked hundreds of cows into one of his pastures this fall. That particular gate had been a source of endless frustration. It’s in the middle of an elk ...

When animals eat too much grass in one spot, it's bad for the soil and, now we know, the climate. For centuries, we've had shepherds and cowfolks to regulate their flocks and herds and, well, the like ...

WALLOWA COUNTY — For the past month or so some of the latest technology in livestock management has been in use at the East Moraine Community Forest in Wallowa County, but looking around the ...

Managing livestock with fences and gates is so medieval. The future, says one USDA scientist, is equipping cows with GPS units and coraling them via augmented reality. It may sound crazy, but it could ...

Joy and Mike Wilson's cows wear special collars that track their location and allow the Wilson's to keep them penned by "virtual fences" through sound alerts and low-voltage shocks, removing the need ...

When cows overgraze it's bad for the soil and the climate. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is experimenting with virtual fencing to help avoid overgrazing. When animals eat too much grass in one ...