Cows in Smart Collars, Virtual Fences Help Make Farming Greener

James Parsons had to check each day that his Angus steers hadn’t broken through a fence to forage along the stream running through his New Zealand property. Now an app on his phone tells him instead.

Parsons fitted electronic GPS collars to more than 250 of his cattle in November, enabling him to monitor them remotely and control where they graze — thwarting access to the clover-lined creek, where the livestock can pollute the waterway and erode its delicate banks.

James Parsons

Source: Halter

The smart devices and software were developed by Halter, an Auckland-based startup that adapted for bovines the wearable technology ...