Virtual fences can make a real difference

PIERRE – Moving livestock is an inescapable part of a rancher’s life, and it can be labor intensive, especially if a producer uses a rotational grazing system designed to improve rangeland and soil health.

But what if it doesn’t have to be?

Enter virtual fencing, a system in which livestock wear special collars designed to keep them inside boundaries marked by lines on a GPS map instead of by wires …