ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — It’s not uncommon for people living in colder climates to spend their winter evenings relaxing on a warm couch and catching up on their favorite shows. Jonathan Kilpatrick likes to ...

To manage livestock and keep them in the proper areas or pastures or to graze a pasture rotationally, traditional fencing with wood, wire or steel, or even portable electric fencing, is one solution.

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 ...

Ranchers can set virtual boundaries that keep cattle in specific areas through collars around their necks. “Virtual fence does not replace the human being in the ranching operation,” said William ...

Protecting livestock in areas where large carnivores (like lions) live is increasingly important as human land use expands, wildlife habitat shrinks, and climatic changes reshape the ways in which ...

correctionA previous version of this article incorrectly reported the voltage of the “electrical stimulus” shocks and the timing of the “sound stimulus” relative to the electrical shocks. The collars ...