Burren farms adapting to virtual fences and solar-powered collars

Solar-powered GPS collars aiding farmers with virtual fencing are innovating farms in the Burren, enabling herd management even in difficult-to-access areas
Burren farms adapting to virtual fences and solar-powered collars

Cow grazing in the Burren wearing the new solar-powered GPS collar.

Solar-powered, musical GPS collars now protect 108 cattle in the Burren.

Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) tours have funded the Musical GPS-Collared Initiative in the Burren, which now protects herds by ‘musical fencing’.

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