Look up! Halter’s virtual fencing for beef is now powered by satellite.
No towers or cell tower coverage needed.
To the beef farmers and ranchers who have been waiting for virtual fencing that can go further, in remote areas, extensive beef country, public land, leased ground and more, we built this for you.
Sky’s the limit now.
If you’ve ever wanted to know how Halter farmers set up break fences in 1.5 mins, here’s how!
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The @nytimes recently visited our customers in Wyoming to see how virtual fencing is changing ranching. Pitchfork Ranch and E Spear Ranch are using GPS collars to manage nearly 170,000 acres of rugged terrain in the Bighorn Basin.
They’ll benefit from lower infrastructure costs (building a mile of new fence can cost up to $25,000, which stacks up when you’re having to replace it each time elk tear it down!).
Setting precise boundaries will protect streams and sagebrush, and direct herds to graze invasive species like cheatgrass.
Then there’s predator conflict reduction: Real-time tracking lets ranchers spot when cows bunch up, a sign a wolf or grizzly may be nearby, and find carcasses quickly before they attract more predators.
Wildlife-friendly operations: Gates stay open, elk flow through, cows stay put. No more animals tangled in barbed wire.
@perc_conserves (Property and Environment Research Center) helped fund both ranches' transition to virtual fencing and is working with ranchers across the West to explore how the technology can support conservation goals.
To learn even more about how Halter is helping ranchers in Wyoming, check out the WyoFile coverage (link in comments).
What does virtual fencing look like at 225,000 acres? Ask The High Lonesome Ranch. They're running cattle across some of the most remote country in the American West, all on Halter via satellite.
Covers are never even across a paddock, and relying on paddock averages can lead to over or under allocation. We've released a new feature on Halter so you can see different covers within the same paddock instantly, and draw breaks that more accurately match the feed available in each area.
Watch to see how Marcus, a beef farmer in Waipukurau, New Zealand, is using Halter to allocate feed more accurately, and how carcass weights have gone from averaging around 360kg to closer to 500kg on his farm.
Grady Grissom ranches 14,000 acres of shortgrass prairie in southeast Colorado. When he started, he ran as many cattle as the land could hold, and his conception rate dropped to 80%.
He cut the herd and spent the next several years learning what the land could actually carry, and by 2010 he was back at the same stocking rate he'd started with, only this time his conception rate was 95%.
The thirty years in between are what shaped the way he ranches today.
You can watch Grady's full story in episode 4 of 'A Halter Series' on our US YouTube channel. 🤠
"Watching our boys put together Halter collars ready for us and talking about farming with Halter like it's everyday language got me thinking. What will farming look like for them in 30 years time? When I think back to growing up on the farm and where we are now with virtual fencing and a raft of fast-paced tech coming down the line, it blows me away.
I can't even imagine where things will be if virtual fencing is their baseline, but I certainly hope we can encourage and teach our boys to be brave and embrace whatever new and exciting opportunities come their way."
Natasha Cave, owner at @rotowai_angus , shared this, and we reckon we should just quote her because she said it better than we ever could have.
Thank you, Natasha, for letting us be a small part of what you and your family are building. 💚
How do you grow a ranch by 25% without buying an acre?
Barb Downey wanted a 25% bump in carrying capacity at Downey Ranch in Kansas, which traditionally means running 150 more cows on 1,500 more acres of Flint Hills grass. At $2,500 an acre, that's $3.75 million.
With Halter, she's getting there without buying a single one.
Most people think virtual fencing is complicated.
The best ideas are built to feel simple.
Andrew Fraser (President at @halterhq ) explains how a collar, an app, and sound are replacing physical fences.
🎧 E20: Virtual Fencing with Andrew Fraser — out now. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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