Boosting the bottom line

Precision livestock tech helps producers manage herds, profits

Melisa Goss
Jan 4, 2024
Jan 4, 2024

virtual fencing — A steer at the SDSU Cottonwood Field Station outfitted with a virtual fence collar from the company Vence ™.
Photo courtesy South Dakota State University

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Data from precision ranching technologies have the potential to help producers make decisions that improve profit margins, ranch sustainability and manage natural resources.

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Fence of the future

Jack Keating grew up near Atkinson in north central Nebraska. As the youngest of three broth…

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Ranch technology 4.jpg — A camera setup allows producers to check water supplies remotely.
Submitted photo by Travis Van Anne

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Melisa Goss, Assistant Editor for the Tri-State Neighbor, is a South Dakota farm girl whose love of travel has allowed her to see ag’s vital impact around the world, from America’s heartland to the rice paddies of Southeast Asia and many places in between. She makes her home in Hartford with her husband, daughter and miniature schnauzer. You can reach her at mgoss@lee.net.