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"Fenceless" as in no physical barrier. The cows wear collars equipped with a GPS unit receiver that transmits and receives signals from a tower that keeps livestock constrained to a defined area. Kinda like the fenceless perimeters people put in their yards to keep pets in, although it used a radio signal instead of a buried electrical line around the perimeter.

The system lets you exclude cattle from pastures/parts of pastures from miles away with literally a few key strokes on a computer. If I had the training, I could literally set up a perimeter and cross fence for an entire BLM allotment inside of an hour that has no fence on it, or just got burnt to a crisp and the fences with it. Provided the tower was in place. If you didn't like where the fences were after I was done, mI could change them inside of 15 minutes. There are some down sides to the system, but physical fences end up "down" as well and have to be fixed.
@Travlr, The system has some added benefits as well. If you are 'short' a dozen or so cows at the end of the season on 'open range' covering 25 or so square miles, instead of riding for potentially days (or giving up for the year) you can locate the wayward animals as quick as you can punch their identifier into the system. I'd say about 2 seconds.


I started this thread back on October 2nd if we want to reopen it. I'm usually not keen on 'stale' threads, no one is. But this one isn't 'petrified' yet with age. 🤠
 
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There are some pilot projects going on up here for virtual fencing. More projects planned. The big guys like Gallagher are investing a fair bit into it so I'm guessing it will eventually be an option in places.
In the states it is this coming year. Many states (NRCS) are offering the system as a cost-shared practice this year. No Idea which states though. (Not Ohio)
 

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