The solar powered collars create virtual boundaries for livestock that can be changed regularlyCentral Queensland graziers Ainsley and Rob McArthur have just finished a trial of 450 collars on their herd, designed to create virtual fences to control grazing patterns.
"Virtual fencing allows you to control the position and movement of animals automatically, from your PC or tablet, and move the animals using our cloud-based software," Mr Chaffey said.While cattle collar technology has been used for GPS tracking and behaviour monitoring, virtual fences are yet to be common practice in agriculture.
"When an animal approaches the border of the virtual paddock, the neckband will produce an audio warning, and if the animal continues towards the virtual fence, the neckband will produce a mild electrical pulse," he said.