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title: "AFBI research: Is virtual fencing the future?"
description: Managing suckler cows and calves through the use of Nofence is a main plank of the research work ongoing at Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) Hillsborough.
image: https://www.nofence.no/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Beef-Cattle-Grazing-Agriland20-4.jpeg
---

Managing suckler cows and calves through the use of virtual fencing is a main plank of the beef research work ongoing at Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) Hillsborough in Co. Down.

Read the article by Richard Halleron in Agriland.ie [here](https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/afbi-research-is-virtual-fencing-the-future/)

 

 

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