Virtual fence company launches in Ireland

Pilot customers first began using Nofence's virtual fencing technology in Norway in 2019, with the company recently surpassing 100,000 collars sold across Europe

Melissa Jeuken and one of her goats who wears a Nofence collar. Picture: Håkon Broder Lund/ Nofence.

Nofence, the world’s first commercial virtual fencing system for livestock, has announced plans to launch in Ireland.

The firm's virtual fencing technology allows farmers to easily determine grazing areas, exclusion zones and manage the rotation of their livestock using GPS collars on the animals via an app.