As farmers face rising costs, labour shortages, and environmental challenges, innovative solutions are essential. Nofence, the world’s first commercially available virtual fencing system, offers a cost-effective, sustainable, and animal-friendly approach to livestock management. Scalable for both small crofts and commercial farms, it eliminates the need for physical fences, making grazing management more efficient.
Nofence collars use GPS and cellular networks to communicate with the system’s app, enabling real-time tracking and remote boundary adjustments. Farmers can create, modify, or remove virtual fences directly from their phones.
The Nofence app is central to this innovation. Software Developer Malin Kildal highlights its user-friendly design, “We made it as accessible as possible for farmers, helping them to manage livestock efficiently, with tools like heat mapping and grazing data, all from the palm of their hand.”
The system relies on acoustic warnings and a mild electric pulse — half the intensity of a traditional electric fence — to guide animals away from the defined boundaries. Research shows livestock quickly adapt to audio cues, reducing the need for pulses – with the acoustic warning versus electric pulse ratio being 96%.
Animal welfare is a core priority. Nofence eliminates risks associated with traditional fences, such as entanglement and injury, while allowing livestock to roam freely and naturally with minimal stress.
Farmers receive alerts if an animal hasn’t moved in four hours, indicating possible illness or entrapment. If an animal crosses the virtual boundary, they are notified and can track it, ensuring its safe return without additional warnings or pulses.
By allowing real-time monitoring and remote management, Nofence reduces labour and feed costs. Farmers can adjust grazing areas from anywhere — even while on vacation. Malin notes, “You see that their (the farmers’) mind is at ease just by knowing where their animals are, they can go on vacation if it’s just a week a year. They can do that now with Nofence.”
The flexibility of virtual fencing allows farmers to rotate grazing areas, opening up previously inaccessible land, improving soil health, preventing overgrazing and reducing erosion. With Nofence, farmers gain efficiency, adaptability, and peace of mind – supporting environmentally friendly practices and transforming livestock management for a more sustainable future.
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