The system compares movement with virtual paddocks.

Operators responsible for cattle, solar GPS neckbands, virtual paddocks, grazing cells, herd movement, animal location, pasture allocation, sensitive land, remote terrain, alerts, and producers cannot continuously inspect every operating condition or developing fault. Periodic checks leave gaps between readings, while isolated local indicators provide limited history and context. A late response can cause downtime, safety exposure, equipment damage, or incomplete compliance evidence. Teams need timely measurements, clear exceptions, and a defined operating response.
Gallagher eShepherd Virtual Fencing and Precision Grazing combines connected field data with application software. Solar-powered neckbands capture cattle position and behavior while the application maintains configured virtual boundaries, schedules, mob membership, and animal status. The system compares movement with virtual paddocks, guides animals through audio and limited correction, retains location history. Producers create or move boundaries, rotate mobs, protect waterways or crops, locate animals, respond to alerts, reduce physical fencing.
Teams configure the monitored assets, users, and operating rules. Solar-powered neckbands capture cattle position and behavior while the application maintains configured virtual boundaries, schedules, mob membership, and animal status. EShepherd exchanges position and boundary records through its cellular or proprietary LoRa base-station architecture; no exact taxonomy is asserted. The system compares movement with virtual paddocks, guides animals through audio and limited correction, retains location history. Producers create or move boundaries, rotate mobs, protect waterways or crops, locate animals, respond to alerts, reduce physical fencing.
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Solar-powered neckbands capture cattle position and behavior while the application maintains configured virtual boundaries, schedules, mob membership, and animal status
EShepherd exchanges position and boundary records through its cellular or proprietary LoRa base-station architecture; no exact taxonomy is asserted
The system compares movement with virtual paddocks, guides animals through audio and limited correction, retains location history
Producers create or move boundaries, rotate mobs, protect waterways or crops, locate animals, respond to alerts, reduce physical fencing
Designed for beef and extensive-grazing producers across rotational systems, remote terrain, large ranches, sensitive landscapes, temporary cells, and areas impractical to fence physically
Authorized users can review current status, history, and operating exceptions
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