Anyone who’s ever chased a loose cow at sunrise knows this truth the hard way—your fence is only as strong as its weakest point. It doesn’t matter how straight your lines are or how expensive the wire ...

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 cows wear special collars that keep them from ...

Cows across Wyoming might soon be corralled by electronic collars that vibrate to tell them where to go, or shock them when ...

BURNS, Ore. — Sometimes, the best fence is an invisible one. Researchers from Oregon State University and USDA have published a study showing that virtual fencing is a useful potential tool to help ...

Wildfires in Oregon have burned a record-breaking swath of land this season – much of it in Eastern Oregon. Those fires have also scorched miles of fencing that kept livestock on the pasture. And ...

A high-tech, no-fence solution is teaching cattle to stay home on the range, University of Alberta research has found.