Calving with Halter

When every hour counts and every cow matters, Halter makes tasks during calving easier and sets you up for a great mating season.

Virtual fencing

No more time wasted with reels & standards

Create breaks in just a few taps

Halter's easy-to-use mobile app allows you to set up breaks on your farm, in seconds.

Easily retrieve calves

Retrieve calves from the paddock without hassle - you can’t get tangled in a virtual fence!

Remote shifting

No more sitting behind cows

Move cows anytime, from anywhere

Almost-instantaneously, shift cows around your farm - from break to break, and to and from the cow shed.

Schedule shifts the night before

Set the time for when you want your cows to shift, then simply turn up to meet them at the shed. Enjoy the extra sleep, or some time with the family.

Help calved cows recover quickly

Monitor recovery

Identify at-risk cows with behavioural insights & alerts, and monitor as they return to normal grazing and ruminating after calving.

Track your herd’s return to cycling

Identify and take action early on any cows that haven’t returned to cycling after calving.

Halter in action

Let newly calved mums access fresh grass

See how Halter farmer Jason pauses the virtual fencing cues on a cow’s collar to let her access fresh grass with her calf.

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Preferentially feed mobs what they need

Knowing that you are meeting each animal’s feed requirements through every stage of the transition period is key to keep your herd healthy, producing, and cycling again after calving. Halter’s pasture and animal management tools give you confidence your herd is fully fed.

Run multiple mobs without overhead

No time spent moving cows around the farm means no extra time needed to run more mobs. Run separate mobs for springers, freshly calved, colostrum, sick and milkers, with only a few taps.

Automatically calculate energy requirements for each mob

Pop in a few details about your herd and system, and we'll automatically calculate how much kgDM you need to offer to meet energy requirements. Plus, we'll track this daily, so you can have confidence your herd is fully fed, every day of the year.

Know how much pasture you're allocating in every break

Always-updating pasture data, from satellites, weather services, your own pasture walks and more, ensures you always know how much dry matter is in every paddock. So whenever you create a break, you're always allocating exactly what your herd needs.

Make operations &
record-keeping easy

Halter integrates with drafting gates and herd management systems, syncing your herd's heat and mating data to keep everything up-to-date, so that you can focus on taking action.