Drawing pastures is simple. Admins and standard users on your Nofence account can create, edit, move and delete pastures from the Nofence mobile application. Simply select the plus button on the pasture screen. You can choose between making a training pasture herds new to Nofence or a standard pasture for every day grazing for trained livestock.

You can see lakes, woodlands and other physical features of the geography. You can easily add map markers, exclusion zones or mark out physical barriers. Map markers Map markers allow you to plan your pastures and keep track of the terrain without you having to be there. From wooded areas, water troughs or lakes you can layout your pastures features so you can easily redraw boundaries from anywhere without losing context of your pastures physical layout.

Virtual fences go beyond physical barriers, but don't forget to draw them so you don't forget what your dealing with on the field, even when your off field.

Nofence can be used across rivers and challenging terrain where physical fencing would be difficult or impossible to install. Keep in mind the GPS accuracy considerations above when working in these areas.

Sharp corners. Angles that are less than 90 degrees can confuse the animals Narrow lanes. Lanes should be at least 30 feet wide (~10 meters). Can also lead to confusion for the animals. They don't know which direction is safe. Don't make exclusion zones too small.

Consider line of sight when designing pastures. If there is only a virtual fence line between two groups of animals they might try and cross it to reach the rest of the herd. Herd instinct is strong.