By Codi Vallery-Mills Virtual fencing has become a regular topic presented at cattle industry symposiums and more and more cattlemen are interested in the technology. Virtual fences allow ranchers to better utilize their pastures in a variety of ways. Animals can be moved through a rotational grazing system that doesn’t require permanent fencing or poly wire to be strung. Also, certain areas of pastures, say a wetlands area, can be kept off-limits to cattle easily. Jack Keating of Nebraska has designed a cattle wearable that is used in these virtual fencing scenarios. He was raised near Atkinson, Nebraska on...

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