A professor from the University of Alberta says virtual fences should not replace physical perimeter fencing but may be useful in rotational grazing and keeping cattle out of certain parts of a pasture.

Could rotational grazing go virtual?

Wireless fencing technology that keeps dogs near home could also work for cattle

Glacier FarmMedia – A University of Alberta researcher wants to determine if virtual fences can work when moving cattle within a pasture. She says beef producers are only limited by […] Read more









Cover crops were swathed at the South Dakota Lakes Research Farm and will be grazed over the winter.

Let nature direct ecosystem health

Researcher says agriculture needs to learn from how water, soil function in nature

I have learned more from observing Nature than by trying to change it,” said Dwayne Beck. Beck, the research manager at Dakota Lakes Research Farm (DLRF) in Pierre, South Dakota, […] Read more