The Casual Cattle Conversations Podcast: Virtual Fencing Explained: Costs, Training & BLM Relationships
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Virtual Fencing Explained: Costs, Training & BLM Relationships
March 10, 2025 | Written By Shaye Koester
Virtual fencing is a technology that continues to pique the interests of ranchers across the country. And why wouldn’t it? Building and maintaining cross fences can be time-consuming and expensive.
This technology is often being promoted as a way to improve grazing management, improve conception rates for cattle on larger pastures, protect cattle from poisonous plants and section off wildlife habitat to name a few purposes.
Jessie Jarvis ranches alongside her husband Justin, and her parents, Allen and Kim Thompson, in Southern Idaho. Their operation began using virtual fencing in 2024, for a different reason than most.

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