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Boosting cattle production to new heights

It’s often said the sky’s the limit for different technologies. But is this also true of drones? The sky is a big place with almost endless space to draw these hypothetical limits.

November 7, 2024

Bruce Derksen

A recent USDA cattle behavior-based grant focused on beef production decentralization, especially among small farmers.

Silicon valleys, grassy plains and the ag tech revolution

Various emerging technologies are reshaping the beef cattle industry from the packer to the processor, giving ranchers new methods to monitor and manage their herds.

November 5, 2024

Jacquelyn Prestegaard-Wilson and Egleu Mendes

Just as the steam engine and mechanization revolutionized agriculture during the first and second industrial revolutions, today's digital technologies are ushering in what some call the third industrial revolution.

Beef cattle going high tech

Use of solar panels, virtual fencing and remote animal monitoring have brought producers the opportunity to save time and labor caring for their cattle, but there are some things technology can’t replace.

July 16, 2024

Denice Rackley

Have a livestock management concern? No doubt someone is working on tech to address it.

Using virtual fencing as a tool to keep cattle off of burned rangeland

Rangeland scientists tested the effectiveness of using virtual fencing to keep cattle out of recently burned areas, which aided plant regrowth in the burned areas while fully utilizing the available pasture.

August 11, 2023

Morgan Lawrence

Rangeland scientists at the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center (EOARC) tested whether virtual fencing could prevent cattle from grazing recently burned areas within sagebrush steppe pastures.

Virtual fencing as a climate adaptation strategy

Virtual fencing presents a compelling climate change adaptation tool for ranchers and rangeland managers.

August 9, 2023

Morgan Lawrence

Because virtual fencing can help rangeland managers become more adaptive to variable conditions, it could help managers to adapt to the variable impacts of climate change.

Virtual fencing: When to make the switch

Virtual fencing is not intended to replace all physical fencing, and in high-liability areas such as along busy roads, a physical perimeter fence is recommended.

May 9, 2023

Kelli Boylen

Virtual fencing allows graziers to control livestock placement and movement without physical fences.