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Hosts Makayla Voris and Dr. Kelly Wilson explore how to make regenerative agriculture happen with virtual fencing and how it can help producers implement rotational grazing strategies. In this episode, you’ll hear from:

This podcast is part of the MU Extension Podcast Network. 

Disclaimer: The University of Missouri Center for Regenerative Agriculture is a research institution and not paid by partner organizations or businesses to promote their products and services. 

 

Here’s the research we mentioned in the podcast:

Virtual fencing and animal welfare study: Verdon, M., Langworthy, A., & Rawnsley, R. (2021). Virtual fencing technology to intensively graze lactating dairy cattle. II: Effects on cow welfare and behavior. Journal of Dairy Science, 104(6), 7084–7094. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2020-19797

How virtual fencing helps with conservation: Boyd, C. S., O’Connor, R. C., Ranches, J., Bohnert, D. W., Bates, J. D., Johnson, D. D., Davies, K. W., Parker, T., & Doherty, K. E. (2023). Using virtual fencing to create fuel breaks in the sagebrush steppe. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 89, 87–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2022.07.006

 

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