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Halter, a New Zealand-based maker of smart cow collars that enable virtual fencing for cattle ranches, raised US$100 million ...

To pay for his part in the initial virtual fencing project, for 100 head of cows, it cost about $58,000, with funding split between the Natural Resources Conservation Service, a division of the U ...

The system includes solar-powered towers that create a virtual fence line. The collars, which are fitted with GPS transceiver, will make a noise if the cow approaches the virtual fence line.

This technology can make more land available for grazing because land that was previously too rough and inconvenient to fence ...

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Halter, a New Zealand technology start-up that allows farmers to control their cattle via solar-powered electronic collars, ...

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Given the cow’s appearance — big and stocky — sanctuary staff thought she belonged to a nearby beef farm. Crain said she called the farmer, who confirmed she was one of his bovines.

There were a few rule breakers, such as when a cow might see her friend on the other side of an invisible fence. “There are social cliques within cows,” Daniel Mushrush said.

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.