Digital fencing put to work to help reef

September 29 2020 - 6:30am
ON THE JOB: eShepherd is a virtual fencing system whereby individual animals are fitted with an intelligent neckband, which connects to a base station and web application.
ON THE JOB: eShepherd is a virtual fencing system whereby individual animals are fitted with an intelligent neckband, which connects to a base station and web application.

Australian AgTech company Agersens has been awarded a prestigious Innovation and Systems Change Grant by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation to trial its eShepherd digital fencing platform designed to enhance grazing management while better protecting the reef.

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