Halter Base™

Effortless rotational grazing for beef farms

Virtual fencing built for beef. Built for you.

Physical fencing has been a barrier to rotational grazing on beef farms. It’s been expensive, labour intensive, and restrictive.

We’re excited to bring our world-leading virtual fencing technology to the beef industry. Now available in New Zealand, Australia and the United States.

Utilise more grass

Rotationally graze like never before with the power of virtual fencing

Gain highly productive land on your farm by growing and harvesting more grass in previously under-utilised areas. Forget the constraints, costs, and maintenance of physical fencing and get time back to optimise your farm.

Finally, you can make the most of every square metre with Halter.

Fence anywhere for less

Unlimited flexibility to fence waterways and subdivide paddocks

With endless kms of fencing in your pocket, you can adapt your farm infrastructure for no extra cost. Step into a world of unconstrained fencing.

Enter a new era of profitability

Grow and harvest higher quality grass

Increase the quality and quantity of feed grown to preferentially feed your animals and creep graze your calves for optimal outcomes. Real-time cattle locations and grazing heat maps help you make the best decisions for your farm.

Farming in NZ, Australia or the US? To learn more about how Halter Base could work on your beef farm and pricing per head

Get in touch with our team

Halter on Ashgrove, New Zealand

Location: Dargaville, Northland
Stock units: 4500
Farm size: 535 hectare

Meet James Parsons, Managing Director of Hard Hill Country Genetics - a sheep and beef farm and former Chair of Beef + Lamb New Zealand.

“Halter is a technology that can make best practice possible and bring hill country farming into a new era.”

- James Parsons

Former Chair of Beef + Lamb New Zealand, Agfirst consultant
Ashgrove farm, Dargaville

Halter on Stokman Angus, New Zealand

Location: Waikite Valley, North Island
Stock units: 456
Farm size: 380 hectare effective

“It’s so simple to make that virtual fence line, we are grazing to a more consistent residual and getting better regrowth behind. I would say we are saving 3 hours of labour a day…and we are going to get 15kg weaning weight gain.”

- Mark and Sherrie Stokman

Farm Owners, Stokman Angus

We believe in a world where pasture-based farms are

productive, profitable and sustainable.

Founded in 2016, our world-leading solar-powered collars for livestock enable farmers to virtually fence their pastures and monitor their stock. Our dedicated team cares deeply about the future of farming. We empower farmers to optimise productivity, protect waterways, and care for their animals.

Halter is trusted by over 1,000 farmers and counting.

84,000km+ of virtual fences set in 2023. That's twice around the earth.

Saving farmers millions of dollars in fencing costs.

Halter collars. Guaranteed for life.

What getting started with Halter looks like

Deliver

After mapping your farm, everything you need will be delivered, ready for you to get Halter set up.

Install

Easily install your towers, then collar your cattle. Your Halter system is now good to go.

Go

Our expert team guides you through getting started in the app and how to train your herd. Then, you’re ready to start virtual fencing and shifting.

Unlimited local
support 24/7

We know farming never stops, so why should we. Our expert team are there for you around the clock, 365 days-a-year.

"Your customer service is second to none, I had a call from customer support at 4am asking if everything was okay. I didn't even know the power was out"

Daniel – Makowhai, Manawatu

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Virtual Fencing for Beef

Grow & utilise more grass

Trusted by beef farmers

“We’re grazing to a more consistent residual and getting better regrowth behind. We’re saving 3 hours of labour a day…and we are going to get 15kg weaning weight gain.”

Mark and Sherrie Stokman

Farm Owners, Stokman Angus

“We’ve already seen the ability to convert pasture to kilograms of liveweight gain to a level more than double a traditional farming system.”

Fiona & Jon Sherlock

Farm Owners, Otorohaea

“Halter is a technology that can make best practice possible and bring hill country farming into a new era.”

James Parsons

Former Chair of Beef + Lamb New
Zealand, Agfirst consultant

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What can you do with Halter?

Virtual fencing

Maximise your land with unlimited fencing in your pocket. Halter’s smart collars and app let you draw, move and remove fences in minutes.

Utilise more grass and consistently back fence
Fence waterways, retire bush and areas unsuitable for grazing
Run more mobs, without the extra labour

Remote shifting

Subdivide paddocks and shift cattle more frequently. Vibration cues aid cattle in shifting so you can graze flexibly without the constraints of labour and physical fencing.

A consistent and calm experience for your cattle
Oversight of your cattle’s location, 24/7
Adapt your grazing plan with a few taps on the app

How it works

The Collar

The ergonomic, durable and sleek solar-powered collars transmit data to and from the nearest tower.

The Tower

Easily installable solar-powered towers send data between the collars and the app.

The App

The easy-to-use mobile app gives you a bird’s-eye view of your farm. Create virtual fences and remotely manage and shift stock.

If you had an unlimited fencing budget,

the flexibility to set up and move fences anywhere each day,

and ability to move your cattle with the press of a button...

How would you farm?

Enable rotational grazing

Grow & utilise more pasture

Set up flexible, virtual fences without the constraints of physical fencing

Halter removes a handful of the barriers that have made rotational grazing impractical: cost, time and logistics. 

With the app, you can create and move virtual fences in a few taps - so you can graze your land how you want.

Keep grazing pressure constant through rotational grazing

Graze out areas you previously struggled to get pressure on. By utilising smaller breaks with regular shifts, you can maintain grazing pressure and promote better quality regrowth.

Feed your cattle accurately and consistently

Draw your breaks precisely using either m² per head, area (ha), or kg/DM per head to allocate accurately. No more mental math or estimates.

Drive profitability

Increase product per hectare

Increase live weights

Whether you want to increase individual weight gain and move cattle off quicker, or carry more stock on the same land, virtual fencing and shifting helps you grow more grass and farm the way you’ve always wanted.

Higher weaning weights

Make sure calves get access to the best feed first. Virtual fences mean calves are free to creep graze ahead, while mums are held in their break.

Better pasture quality for sheep

Hit the right spots to clean up tag and leave higher quality feed for sheep.

Environmental

Look after your land & people

Prevent & minimise damage on sensitive areas

Choose the areas you want cattle to graze (and the areas you don’t) without the cost and permanency of physical fencing, and let sensitive corners of your farm regenerate to native bush.

Keep cattle out of waterways

Flexibility in fencing means no extra costs to fence off waterways, especially those that aren’t there all year round.

Keep your staff healthy and happy

Reduce health and safety risks especially on hill country - less fatigue, and a safer workload.  

Simply move cattle from your phone on those cold and rainy days.

Why choose Halter?

Support

Local support 24/7

Farming never stops, so why should we? Our NZ-based team are experts that know farming like the back of their hands. They’re here to support you 365 days a year.

Guaranteed reliability

Lifetime hardware warranty

Our solar-powered collars & towers have been designed for durability throughout the seasons. But, if a collar or tower does break, we’ll replace it as part of your subscription*.

*We’ll replace any collars or towers damaged by weather or natural cattle behaviour.

Product innovation

Constantly improving

We’re constantly working with farmers to improve Halter and have a dedicated research & development budget to build new features that drive even more productivity on your farm.

Frequently asked questions

How is Halter's beef product different to what you've built for dairy farms?

After 10 years of developing virtual fencing and remote shifting technology for dairy farms, we've taken these learnings and built a dedicated product for beef operations.

We worked closely with partnership farms and industry to understand the unique challenges beef farms face, and launched our easy to use virtual fencing and remote shifting as a result. Just like with dairy, we'll continue to add to our features, based on the feedback we get from beef farmers.

How do the collar cues work for beef cattle?

Beef cattle are trained to the Halter system over 7 to 10 days. Once cattle are trained, they respond primarily to sound and vibration cues.
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When cattle are grazing within a virtual break, they do not receive any collar cues. If they step outside of the break, a sound cue will play from either the right or left side of the collar, directing them away from the sound and back into the virtual break.
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If they ignore the sound cues, they will receive a low-energy electric pulse (1/10th of the regulated maximum energy of an electric fence) which leads them to step back into the virtual break area.

When it’s time to shift to their next break, a vibration cue will let cattle know when they’re facing the right direction (i.e. towards the new break), which encourages them to move to the fresh grass.

Please note that Halter's collar cues for dairy cows are different to those used for beef cattle.

What connectivity do I need on my farm to use Halter?

Our system is designed for remote locations. It uses solar-powered towers that don’t need cell coverage, providing reliable performance no matter where your farm is located.

What animals can I collar with Halter?

Only cattle. No sheep, goats or horses sorry!

How are Halter collars and towers different from other systems?

Halter collars and towers are the result of nearly 10 years of research and development.

Dual speakers deliver clear left–right sound cues and a vibration confirms which direction to walk, so cattle quickly learn predictable, controllable guidance. The solar-powered panels are on the top of the collar, where they get maximum light exposure across the day. That position helps keep collars charged more reliably through short winter days and shaded grazing.

Halter towers are solar-powered and easy to install, giving you full-property coverage so collars can always receive instructions and transmit data.

What support do I get from Halter when I become a customer?

As a Halter farmer, you’ll have a dedicated Territory Manager based in your region. They’ll work with you to make sure you’re getting the most out of the Halter system, with practical guidance and ongoing check-ins.

You’ll also have access to our 24/7 New Zealand-based customer support team via the Halter app. They’ll help with day-to-day questions quickly and general app support.

Why choose Halter?

Halter is a New Zealand company (headquartered in Auckland, with roots in the Waikato) built alongside world-class pasture farmers and is now operating across New Zealand, Australia and the United States.

Backed by significant Research & Development, we’ve spent nearly a decade turning virtual fencing into a reliable, everyday pasture management system.

Halter’s technology is proven at scale on thousands of farms and over 500,000 cattle to enable pasture utilisation and simpler daily operations.

Farm the way you’ve always wanted with Halter

See how you can utilise more grass with virtual fencing & remote shifting

Find your local Halter beef rep

Halter Base™

Effortless rotational grazing for beef farms

Virtual fencing built for beef. Built for you.

Rotationally graze like never before with the power of virtual fencing

Unlimited flexibility to fence waterways and subdivide paddocks

Grow and harvest higher quality grass

Farming in NZ, Australia or the US? To learn more about how Halter Base could work on your beef farm and pricing per head

Halter on Ashgrove, New Zealand

“Halter is a technology that can make best practice possible and bring hill country farming into a new era.”

Halter on Stokman Angus, New Zealand

“It’s so simple to make that virtual fence line, we are grazing to a more consistent residual and getting better regrowth behind. I would say we are saving 3 hours of labour a day…and we are going to get 15kg weaning weight gain.”

We believe in a world where pasture-based farms are

productive, profitable and sustainable.

Halter is trusted by over 1,000 farmers and counting.

84,000km+ of virtual fences set in 2023. That's twice around the earth.

Saving farmers millions of dollars in fencing costs.

Halter collars. Guaranteed for life.

What getting started with Halter looks like

Deliver

Install

Go

Unlimited local support 24/7

Chat with your local beef rep

The future of beef farming is here

Virtual Fencing for Beef

Grow & utilise more grass

Trusted by beef farmers

“We’re grazing to a more consistent residual and getting better regrowth behind. We’re saving 3 hours of labour a day…and we are going to get 15kg weaning weight gain.”

“We’ve already seen the ability to convert pasture to kilograms of liveweight gain to a level more than double a traditional farming system.”

“Halter is a technology that can make best practice possible and bring hill country farming into a new era.”

What can you do with Halter?

Virtual fencing

Remote shifting