With this cutting-edge solution, you can manage your farm right from your smartphone. Halder, a New Zealand startup, uses GPS-enabled solar-powered collars that connect to a smartphone app, is bringing milking cows into the future.
Farmers May Manage Herds Using Mobile Phones
Collars emit auditory signals when they approach a barrier, and if they keep going, they will be stopped by a quick pulse. Soft vibrations guide the cows, and the manufacturer claims that cows can learn to use the collar in as little as 4-5 days. Using virtual fences, cows will be kept in defined areas. Automating cow movements can save farmers 20-40 hours per week and increase pasture use by up to 10%.
Real-Time Alarms Are Also Sent Via The Collars
A farmer might be alerted if a cow is sick or in heat by the app. All of these insights are enabled by the company’s unique collection of algorithms, aptly named ‘Cowgorithm’. Halter has received $32 million in financing and plans to expand to another part of New Zealand. Just in case you were ever curious why cows have hooves instead of feet. It’s because they lactose.
Where Do We Go From Here?
- In January 2021, there were 93.6 million cows and calves on American farms.
- In 2020, the overall dairy product revenue in the United States was $40.4 billion dollars.
- Halter is designed to save farmers 20-40 hours per week and to increase pasture usage by up to 10%.
About Halter
Halter manufactures a sophisticated gadget that allows farmers to shift and control their herd remotely. Halter employs sensory signals to direct cows to and from the milking parlour, between paddocks, or inside a certain border.
Halter technology enables pasture management practices that have never been seen before while automating many of the time-consuming yet crucial duties involved in farming