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The Casual Cattle Conversations Podcast: Maximize Grazing Resources with Virtual Fence

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Maximize Grazing Resources with Virtual Fence

May 25, 2026 |  Written By Shaye Koester


It’s no secret ranchers want to leave the land better than they found it; but cross-fencing, setting up water systems and managing multiple groups of cattle creates a lot of labor when laborers are hard to come by. Virtual fence by Vence is solving this challenge for ranchers across North America.

“Our biggest advantage of using this technology is the saving of labor,” says John Chuiko.

John and Deanne Chuiko ranch in Northwest Saskatchewan on the land John’s grandparents homesteaded. They are a cow-calf operation committed to improving soil health, but their terrain makes it challenging to implement cross-fencing for regular moves.

“We live right on a provincial forest called the Bronson forest which also hilly and swampy,” explains John. “Fencing in there is hard on machinery and very expensive.”

There are even areas of the land that are challenging to get horses through. However, the rough terrain hasn’t stopped the Chuiko’s from achieving their goals thanks to virtual fence technology through Vence....






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