Virtual fencing for cattle
Virtual fencing for cattle in United Kingdom.
Solar-charged GPS neckbands. Audio-first welfare protocol. Mix cellular and LoRa coverage on one property. Built by Gallagher Animal Management, livestock infrastructure since 1938.
eShepherd ships to the United Kingdom, beef, dairy, mixed grazing, conservation grazing on common land. UK farms tend to be smaller in average size than Australian or US operations, and the proposition shifts accordingly: virtual fencing is less about replacing miles of perimeter wire and more about adaptive grazing geometry, conservation grazing on SSSI / common land, and reducing the labour of moving stock across multiple small parcels. Gallagher has been engineering electric fencing for the UK market since the 1980s, eShepherd is the natural next step for operations already trusting Gallagher infrastructure.
Why eShepherd works in United Kingdom
- Indicative UK pricing from £250 per head at 60+ scale, plus a small monthly data subscription per neckband.
- Cellular roaming on EE, O2, Vodafone and Three IoT bands via a global SIM. Most UK farming country has solid cellular IoT coverage; LoRa is rarely needed.
- Conservation grazing on SSSI, common land, agri-environment schemes, biodiversity corridors, virtual fencing handles the boundary geometry traditional fencing can't.
- Adaptive rotational grazing across small parcels, draw a new cell on the phone, move cattle, no temporary fencing.
- Welfare protocol is audio-first with brief low-energy pulse only after the audio cues, meets UK DEFRA welfare expectations for the category.
Indicative pricing for United Kingdom
Hardware-only per-head tiers in GBP. Quote in your own currency at the quote builder; payback at the ROI calculator.
| Head count | Per-head price (GBP) |
|---|---|
| 20–59 | £300 |
| 60+ | £250 |
| LoRa base station (when cellular won't reach) | £5,000 |
| Monthly subscription per neckband (cellular) | £2.50 / month |
| Monthly subscription per neckband (LoRa) | £2 / month |
Carrier coverage in United Kingdom
eShepherd cellular runs on EE, O2, Vodafone and Three Cat-M1 / NB-IoT bands via a global SIM. UK IoT cellular coverage is among the best in the world for the bands eShepherd uses, most operations don't need a LoRa fallback at all.
Compared with other virtual fencing systems
eShepherd is one of four serious virtual fencing collars working on commercial cattle operations today. The most relevant head-to-head for the UK: How eShepherd compares to other virtual fencing solutions. Cross-system overview: How eShepherd compares to other virtual fencing solutions. Long-run economics: Virtual fencing total cost of ownership.
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