Farmers keen to participate in a vision of what dairying will look like in a decade recently took inspiration from some of the industry’s leading thinkers at Dairy 2032, an event hosted by agritech company Halter.

Toilet trained cows may very well be peeing to order by 2032, agritech entrepreneur Craig Piggott says. Well, in defined places on the farm, that is, and as a way of keeping dairy farming environmentally friendly and sustainable.

A successful roll-out of solar-powered, GPS-enabled smart collars for dairy cows in Waikato and Canterbury, will now see farming technology company Halter expand into Taranaki, Southland, Otago and Central Plateau.

The official reason to be on the phone with Morgan, who talks thoughtfully and at length about farming’s challenges as well as its appeal, is that he is one of the speakers at an event in Canterbury on June 17 called Dairy 2032.

Today we preview the Dairy 2032 field day coming up in Canterbury on Friday, June 17, highlighted by an on-farm panel discussion for Kiwi farmers keen to shape the future of dairy farming.

Labour shortages are being experienced right across the agriculture sector, but one key company is looking to change that with their innovative solar-powered smart cow collars.

New Zealand tech company Halter, which fits solar-powered, GPS-enabled smart collars to cows, is expanding to the region as well as Central Plateau, Otago and Southland.

Solar-powered smart cow collar manufacturer Halter claims it will help combat the country's acute labour shortage when it expands into Taranaki, Southland, Otago and the Central Plateau next month.

A herd of cows in Pirongia has got used to wearing high-tech halters, enabling farmer Fraser Hasnip to spend less working stock on his motorbike.

Farmers can sit back with their feet up at home and draft cows through an app on their phone while the herd are happily grazing in the paddock out on the farm.

Are we seeing the end of number eight wire and the electric fence? Fenceless farming, waterways protected and an extra three hours of farmers’ time saved each day is the claim of technology breakthrough Halter.

The team on Owl Farm, the demonstration farm owned by St Peter’s School Cambridge and run as a joint venture with Lincoln University, have their eyes firmly fixed on the future and all the signs indicate that costs are only going to rise.

Cow guidance system maker Halter is now offering dairy farmers the ability to draft cows in the paddock, instead of out of the cowshed. The company claims it’s a world first and a big deal, for several reasons.

New technology is giving farmers the ability to draft their cows without needing to be anywhere nearby. Agritech firm Halter’s collars allow cows to be moved through sound and vibrational currents.

New Zealander Craig Piggott aims to bring cutting-edge technology to family farms — and his creation could save dairy farmers 20-40 hours of repetitive work a week while increasing pasture utilisation by up to 10%.

After studying engineering at Auckland University of Technology and working at Rocket Lab, Piggott combined his experience to come up with a somewhat wacky and ambitious hardware and software play.

Craig Piggott was just 22 when the mechanical engineer started up agritech company Halter in late 2016 with the blessing and backing of his then boss Rocket Lab founder Peter Beck.

A world-first technology that enables dairy farmers to move their herds remotely at the touch of their smartphone is reducing labour challenges and empowering teams to make impactful decisions on farms.

A high-tech system that can control your farm from your phone? Holy cow! New Zealand agtech startup Halter is bringing farming into the future with GPS-enabled solar-powered collars .

Imagine a dairy farm where the cows get themselves to the milking shed, gently prompted by a GPS-enabled smart collar. It’s a farmer’s fantasy, a prank on par with the famous Country Calendar April Fool’s Day caper involving remote-controlled sheepdogs. Except it’s real.

Canterbury farmers are expected to take a world-leading technology which automates herd movements to a new level when it is rolled out in the region from November.

The Halter smart collar automates cow movement and saves time on a farm. According to Halter the collar uses sound and vibrations to gently guide cows to and from milking sheds, or between paddocks.

The job of bringing cows in for milking or shifting them to fresh pasture may soon become redundant with the roll out of new technology which instead enables farmers to automate herd movements.

Farming technology company Halter, which sells high-tech collars to manage and monitor dairy herds remotely, is using a $32 million of new investment funding to expand into Canterbury.

The capability of Halter’s virtual fencing technology is only restricted by a farmer’s own limitations on how to use it, Pokoru dairy farmer Pete Morgan says.

The future of farming has made its way to the Te Awamutu area and a local farmer says the company's system has transformed the way he runs his farm.

A Waikato farmer is finding himself with extra hours in the day during the busy calving period, thanks to solar-powered GPS collars fitted to his herd.

Machine learning with data from GPS-enabled collars will unlock insights in dairy farming that haven’t been observed thus far.

Halter won the Endace Most Innovative Hi-Tech Hardware Product and the NZTE Most Innovative Hi-Tech Agritech Solution categories.

A list of the best 50 New Zealand tech companies and startups to work at has been drawn up by venture capital investors and career platform Matchstiq.

Kiwi agri-tech company Halter has created electronic collars that use sound and vibration to guide and contain individual cows without the need for fences.

By now, many of you will have heard of the solar-powered, electronic cow collar, Halter. This was something we talked about way back in the early days.

Kiwi start-up company Halter has just secured $32 million in funding to further its remote-controlled technology, that could change the way we farm in New Zealand.

Pete and Ann Morgan’s Te Awamutu farm demands a double-take when looking at the fences in most paddocks – the posts are there, but the wire is gone.

This year’s finalists span the full spectrum of the Hi-Tech sector and the country, and the level of innovative tech products and solutions continues to astound us all.

Halter wins Agri Magic Smart Farming award at the South Island Agricultural Field Days event.

Halter is making waves in the dairy farming industry here in Aotearoa. The team of over 50 staff has created the current Halter collar.

In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Craig on the future of farming and creating a culture of radical honesty, and from investor and Rocket Lab founder Peter Beck.

Three New Zealand farms are now using electronic cow collars that use sound and vibration to guide and contain individual cows without the need for fences.

Halter’s Business Development Manager, Steve Crowhurst, talks about the innovative development of their solar-powered GPS-enabled collars for cows.

At first glance the herd of cows happily grazing in lush Waikato pasture appear the same as any in the region at this time of year.

An agritech venture is poised for New Zealand expansion following extensive testing on Waikato farms.

Dairy News recently got an invite to visit the company’s property near Morrinsville as the system moves into the commercial phase.

Cows finding their own way to the milking shed is nothing new, but hi-tech collars being trialled on Waikato farms could lead to fenceless farming.

In modern farming, every one of the hundreds of actions that take place each day creates data. When that data is harvested and analysed, it provides a wealth of information.

After three years of testing on their pilot farm in Morrinsville, Halter is currently working with a select number of dairy farmers in the Waikato to try it out.

A select number of Waikato dairy farms are testing cow collars using a "Cowgorithim" to keep an eye on their herds.

Trade Me chief technology and product officer Simon Young has revealed his next gig: VP of engineering at Halter - the smart-cow startup.

While the cow population has increased dramatically alongside human population, the labor needed to manage these bovines has plummeted.

Farmers can set up schedules and have cows meet them at the milking shed, receive alerts when cows are on heat, calving or lame, and set up virtual fences to keep cows out of rivers and drains.

In Waikato dairy country, an algorithm is changing how farming is done. It’s where the paddock meets coding – and Silicon Valley’s interested.

“If you could just start farming again today, how would you do it?” It’s a big question, the sort most people would never dare attempt to solve, but Craig Piggott is braver than most.

Kiwi agritech start-up Halter has raised $8 million from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Data Collective, a cash injection its founder says could change the face of dairy farming.

An agtech company aims to give Waikato farmers the ability to shift cow herds from the comfort of their couch by the end of the year.

Described as an “Uber for cows” (as recently as last year, as a matter of fact), Halter is one of those innovations that just begs the question of why people didn’t think of it sooner.

Piggott, 22, came up with the idea for a GPS tracking, solar powered cow collar while studying at Auckland University. The idea could not wait until he graduated, he said.