Some Montana ranchers are trading fence posts for smartphones, using virtual fencing technology to manage their cattle herds remotely and revolutionize how they use their land.

The technology allows ranchers to control where their cattle graze by putting special collars on the animals and drawing virtual boundaries through a smartphone app. For many, it has become a game-changer that frees up time and lets them focus on other parts of their ranch or life outside of it.

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"This has freed up a lot of time. I can check where the cows are from my phone, from my desktop, from my laptop. I can find out where they're at and what's going on and see if there's any issues," Justin Okes said.

Okes is a rancher and business owner in Great Falls who spe

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