Stories
Real paddocks.Real results.
From Cape York to Texas, here's how producers are using eShepherd day to day.
AUSimon Fowler
Condingup, Esperance, WA, Australia
50,000 hectares of cropping integrated with cattle and sheep — virtual fencing brought the rotation cattle never had.
“We've only been using eShepherd since January, but it has been a game changer for us.”
NZDion Kilmister
Wairarapa, NZ
eShepherd controls where cattle graze. The Auto Weigher measures how they respond. Together — a real-time feedback loop on every grazing decision.
“We managed our entire grazing operation remotely from the Gold Coast, shifting virtual fences and making feed decisions daily based on live weight data.”
USVannie Collins
Texas, USA
Freeing up labour to graze more intensively across Texas country.
“eShepherd has really freed up a lot of my labor and allowed me to more intensively manage.”
USNick Jorgensen
South Dakota, USA
Rotational grazing at scale across 15,000 acres of native prairie.
“We decided to leverage virtual fencing because of the physical and logistical challenges of implementing rotational grazing at scale.”
SpotlightUSLee Wasland
Wallace, SD
South Dakota Soil Health Coalition supports producers as they implement virtual fencing across the state. L&M Land and Cattle is one operation seeing the benefits of virtual fencing near Wallace, SD.
“In some of our rougher topography and high-water and low-water areas, we looked into virtual fencing as a way to enhance and capitalize on more grazing opportunities in those areas without the need for physical fence.”
AUKevin Nettleton
South West, WA, Australia
Limousin breeding stud running cattle, chickens and regenerative pastures in WA's south west.
“Our cows and calves have never done as well as they have since we've had eShepherd.”
NZGeorge Hardwick-Smith
Taranaki, NZ
Turning a hard-to-manage 30 ha river flat into a streamlined, high-performing bull beef block.
“I can be in beautiful sunny Wanaka… just sit down and do it. It makes it really easy.”
USHunewill Ranch
California/Nevada
Sixth-generation ranchers optimize grazing on land too vast to fence
“Labor is one of the biggest costs on any outfit, and the fact that we've been able to reduce that expense by being more efficient when we gather and move cattle has been a game changer for us.”
NZNigel & Gina Gardner
South Canterbury, NZ
Intensive heifer grazing across 350 ha — Nigel used to move twenty break fences a day. Now he moves zero.
“It worked perfectly. I checked with my farm manager and the mobs had moved onto the new breaks no issues at all.”
AUBristow Hughes
Burdekin River catchment, QLD, Australia
Eliminating fencing infrastructure to protect waterways flowing to the Great Barrier Reef.
“We're protecting the catchment without putting a single post in the ground.”
USDeidre & Alex Tigue
Virginia, USA
RFDTV covers Blue Ridge Genetics' beef operation in southwest Virginia as they manage their pastures in drought conditions.
“One thing we were really lacking was fencing infrastructure. This technology allows us to get our animals to graze where we want them to graze and keep them out of areas that we may not want them to be in. There's a lot of flexibility. ”
SpotlightCAMatt Quaedvlieg
Keremeos, BC, Canada
Castanet Kamloops covers Barrington Ranch's partnership with a TRU student to be among the first in Canada to roll out eShepherd virtual fencing.
USRyan & Mitch Gravenhof
Worthington, Minnesota
Cow calf production, cropping, and sheep. All managed with a strong eye toward stewardship, efficiency, and long-term sustainability.
“I’ve always had rotational grazing in the back of my mind. But the practicality of cross fencing creek pastures just wasn’t there. When eShepherd came out, I thought, this is the answer.”
CANick Kunec
Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada
Ultra-high-density rotational grazing on dry Alberta country — 300 animal units, four moves a day, half-acre paddocks.
“It meant I could move four times a day on half-acre paddocks with about 300 animal units. That's 600,000 to 700,000 pounds per acre.”
NZMathew & Gemma Barham
Hawkes Bay, NZ
Precision bull grazing at scale on Hawkes Bay hill country.
“It's amazing how quick the cattle learn to stay behind the line.”