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Colorado ranchers are expanding their footprint with invisible fencing that uses satellites to protect their cows

Coloradosun · · 1404 words · By Tracy Ross
Agricultural Technology Conservation and Land Stewardship Wildlife Management and Conflict
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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Lloyd Calvert helps manage the 300-square-mile High Lonesome Ranch for Texas attorney and conservationist Paul Vahldiek Jr.”
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While web results confirm the existence of High Lonesome Ranch and Paul Vahldiek Jr., none of the provided evidence mentions Lloyd Calvert or his role in managing the ranch.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first Afri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Charles Brown Middleton (October 3, 1874 – April 22, 1949) was an American stage and film actor. During a film career that began at age 46 and lasted almost 30 years, he appeared in nearly 200 films a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Middleton_(actor)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This List of American films of 1915 is a compilation of American films released in the year 1915.
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“The company delivering the new tech is Halter, which originated in New Zealand in 2016 and came to the U.S. in 2024.”
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Wikipedia confirms Halter is a New Zealand agricultural technology company specializing in virtual fencing. However, the specific dates of founding (2016) and US entry (2024) are not explicitly detailed in the snippet, though the company's origin and nature are verified.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Halter is a New Zealand agricultural technology company that develops solar-powered cattle collars and farm management software for virtual fencing, animal monitoring and pasture management. The syste…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halter_(company)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Oceania (UK: OH-s(h)ee-AH-nee-ə, -⁠AY-, US: OH-shee-A(H)N-ee-ə) is a geographical region including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Oceania is also described as a continent, with …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Virtual fencing refers to systems that create boundaries or deterrent zones without the use of physical barriers. In livestock management, "virtual fencing" describes GPS-enabled collars and software …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_fencing_(livestock)
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“Colorado’s wolf reintroduction has hit a precarious point, with Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s wolf conservation program manager stepping down”
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The provided evidence confirms the existence of Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the general context of the state, but there is no mention of the wolf conservation program manager stepping down.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Colorado Parks and Wildlife manages the state parks system and the wildlife of the U.S. state of Colorado. Responsibilities include state parks, wildlife areas, and the Colorado Natural Areas Program.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Parks_and_Wildlife
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of the state parks in the U.S. State of Colorado. Colorado Parks and Wildlife manages the state park system to accommodate both outdoor recreation and tourism. There are currently forty…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Colorado_state_parks
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of protected areas in the U.S. State of Colorado.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_Col…
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“Just 32 known wolves roam the landscape more than three years into the program.”
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Multiple independent web sources (ArcaMax Publishing and GearJunkie) confirm a minimum count of 32 wolves roaming Colorado.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Colorado is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, and part of the Southwestern United States, sharing the Four Corners regio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Colorado Springs is a home rule city that is the county seat of, and the most populous city in, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The city had a population of 478,961 at the 2020 census, a 15.0…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cripple Creek is the statutory city that is the county seat of Teller County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 1,155 at the 2020 United States census. Cripple Creek is a former gold mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cripple_Creek,_Colorado
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“the federal government has blocked CPW from reintroducing additional wolves.”
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web search NEUTRAL — Congress has the power to remove the president, federal judges, and other federal officers from office. The House of Representatives and Senate have separate roles in this process. The House must firs…
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web search NEUTRAL — Colorado Parks and Wildlife reintroduced wolves to Colorado in Grand County in December 2023. The agency plans to reintroduce more animals to the landscape between December 2024 and March 2025, but a …
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web search NEUTRAL — Colorado’s wolf restoration plan. recommends that Parks and Wildlife release between 30-50 wolves in the first three to five years of reintroduction. The agency has released 25 wolves in the first two…
https://www.aspentimes.com/news/colorado-says-it-will-not-re…
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“Colorado State University has been experimenting with virtual fencing since 2023, when researcher Anna Shadbolt started running pilot projects on ranchland in Colorado.”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that CSU has been experimenting with virtual fencing since 2023 and identify researcher Anna Shadbolt as the lead on pilot projects in Colorado.
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web search NEUTRAL — In November, when Anna Shadbolt traveled to her family ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills for the holidays, she kept noticing opportunities to incorporate a new technology she is studying as a research a…
https://source.colostate.edu/can-virtual-fencing-revolutioni…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anna Shadbolt, an AgNext research associate who studies grassland management, said she is excited that cattle producers are becoming more aware of the technology and that CSU is playing a role in tryi…
https://magazine.csusystem.edu/2025/05/22/virtual-fencing/
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web search NEUTRAL — Colorado State University has been experimenting with virtual fencing since 2023, when researcher Anna Shadbolt started running pilot projects on ranchland in Colorado.
https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/13/colorado-ranchers-expandi…
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“a study by the American Society of Animal Science highlighting six ranchers with 1,500 to 3,000 collared cows in the Eagle County Conservation District showed in 2025.”
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The search results for the American Society of Animal Science and 2025 studies are irrelevant or unrelated to the specific claim about Eagle County ranchers and virtual fencing.
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web search NEUTRAL — study published today in Science Advances.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aaw2594
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web search NEUTRAL — 12,224 views • Aug 20, 2025 • Wild West Stories. She owed him her life. But what she offered in return was something no man should have accepted. A rancher stood before an Apache woman… and the FORBID…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3z5ykaQR60
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web search NEUTRAL — Colorado’s Major Win in the Fight Against Puppy Mills. Colorado just became the latest state to end the sale of dogs in cats in pet stores and through third-party sellers. Learn more about the new law…
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“A subscription to Halter’s satellite fencing, introduced in April, is $96 per cow per year.”
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The search results provided for 'fencing' and 'satellite' are generic or unrelated to Halter's specific pricing model.
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web search NEUTRAL — Now, the cost of 1 m fencing is ₹12.Therefore, ₹ 7200 is the cost of fencing the rectangular park. NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Maths Chapter 10 Exercise 10.1 Question 14.
https://www.cuemath.com/ncert-solutions/find-the-cost-of-fen…
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web search NEUTRAL — Starlink will reportedly launch its satellite internet services in India at an introductory price of Rs 1,000 per month. The satellite internet service aims to provide users with high-speed, low-laten…
https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/elon-musk-st…
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web search NEUTRAL — Find live results of fencing competitions and biographies of athletes provided by Ophardt Team Sportevent.
https://www.fencingworldwide.com/
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“Amy Johnson runs a cattle operation near the Cheyenne County town of Kit Carson”
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No evidence was found after searching for Amy Johnson in Kit Carson, Cheyenne County.
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“following the Colorado State Land Board’s 2026 Lesser Prairie-Chicken Stewardship Action Plan.”
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A cross-reference from Denver7 confirms that the Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners approved the 2026 Lesser Prairie-Chicken Stewardship Action Plan in April.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — In April, the Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners approved the 2026 Lesser Prairie-Chicken Stewardship Action Plan
https://www.denver7.com/news/politics/ranchers-renewables-an…
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“a single tower costs $4,500 and a yearly subscription to her Halter app is $79 per cow”
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