Efficacy of Virtual Fencing to Manage Two Groups of Cattle with Adjacent Virtual Boundaries

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2026
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Abstract
Lay Summary Dividing a pasture can help producers give different cattle groups access to forage that matches their needs, but physical cross-fences can make it difficult to adjust how pasture is allocated among groups. We tested whether virtual fencing could keep trained yearling steers in their assigned grazing areas when another cattle group was nearby. During an 8-week study, two groups of 13 steers alternated between grazing next to another group, with a 20-m gap between the groups’ virtual boundaries, and grazing without neighboring cattle. The steers remained within their assigned areas for more than 99% of monitored time in both settings, and the presence of neighboring cattle did not increase interactions with the virtual boundaries. Under the conditions tested, virtual fencing successfully separated trained cattle groups and could help producers allocate forage more flexibly within a pasture.
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Authors T Aquino, B Zhao, M Drewnoski, P H Fernandes, M Stephenson, Y Xiong
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Journal Translational animal science
Year 2026
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10.1093/tas/txag138
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https://academic.oup.com/tas/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/tas/txag138/71028006/txag138.pdf
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