The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is helping Colorado ranchers and farmers test virtual fences.It sets movable boundaries controlled by the app and can prevent cows from overgrazing the range.
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January 17, 2023
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Colorado cattle herds roam almost free. They are enclosed by a virtual fence rather than a physical fence. This is part of a test by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to use virtual fencing on thousands of cattle on more than 2,000 square kilometers of his land in the state. These virtual fences allow farmers and ranchers to direct the movements of their herds using an app connected to their GPS-enabled collars, someday combined with AI…
