The Flockarewe blog

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Straight-talking guides for farmers on tracking stock, paddock geofencing, finding strays, animal welfare, and running your own LoRa network.

A solar LoRa gateway broadcasting across paddocks

Technology

Setting Up a ChirpStack LoRa Network on Your Farm

A few solar gateways and an afternoon's setup gives you farm-wide coverage you own. Here's how the pieces fit — gateways, ChirpStack, and Flockarewe.

7 June 2026 · 8 min read

How it works

Paddock Geofencing: Know the Moment Stock Get Out

Draw your paddocks once and let the fence do the watching. The instant an animal crosses the line — or the whole mob scatters — you get an alert.

6 June 2026 · 5 min read

Animal welfare

Down, Cast or Calving: Catching Animals in Trouble Early

Tracking isn't only about escapes and rustlers. An animal that's stopped moving can be cast, calving, sick or worse — and getting to it in time is a welfare win and a financial one.

5 June 2026 · 6 min read

Livestock security

Animal Missing? How to Find Strayed or Stolen Stock Fast

The first hour matters most. A calm, ordered response — backed by tracking — turns a missing animal into a quick recovery instead of a write-off.

4 June 2026 · 5 min read

A LoRa gateway with signal waves and tracked animals across a farm

Technology

How LoRa Ear Tags Track Cattle & Sheep Across the Whole Farm

Mobile collars go dark in the back paddock. LoRa ear tags don't — they run on a network you own, reach kilometres, and cost little enough to put on every animal. Here's how it works.

3 June 2026 · 7 min read

Cattle grazing on green hills with location markers

Livestock security

Lost, Strayed or Stolen: What Untracked Stock Really Costs

A gate left open, a downed fence, or rustlers in the night — animals go missing more often than most farms admit, and the bill adds up fast. Here's the real cost, and how to close the gap.

2 June 2026 · 6 min read