Virtual Fencing for Extensive Grazing: Pilot Study of Containment, Learning and Welfare Indicators
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22664975Keywords:
Virtual Fencing for Extensive Grazing; Agro-informatics; Precision agriculture; Evidence synthesis; On-farm technologyAbstract
Virtual Fencing for Extensive Grazing has moved quickly from a research idea to something a working farm can actually use, but
the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull together the current evidence for virtual fencing for extensive grazing,
covering the methodological, practical, governance and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and
where farms and advisors are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks better supported
by the evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.
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