{"id":12886,"date":"2026-04-30T07:16:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T07:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/halter-launches-world-first-satellite-to-collar-technology-for-remote-beef-farming-latest-news-from-azerbaijan\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T07:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T07:16:56","slug":"halter-launches-world-first-satellite-to-collar-technology-for-remote-beef-farming-latest-news-from-azerbaijan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/halter-launches-world-first-satellite-to-collar-technology-for-remote-beef-farming-latest-news-from-azerbaijan\/","title":{"rendered":"Halter launches world-first satellite-to-collar technology for remote beef farming &#8211; Latest news from Azerbaijan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feels like: <span class=\"temp_c\">11.4\u00b0C<\/span><span class=\"temp_f\" style=\"display: none;\">11.4\u00b0F<\/span>  | Partly cloudy<\/p>\n<p><strong> Smart collar firm Halter has launched new direct-to-satellite technology that will work without the need for towers. <\/strong><br \/>It will allow beef farmers to manage their cattle anywhere they can see the sky,&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\">News.Az<\/a> reports, citing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/business\/593669\/new-direct-to-satellite-technology-launched-to-help-farmers-manage-cattle-from-above\" rel=\"nofollow\">RNZ.<\/a><br \/>The technology makes Halter the first company in the world to offer virtual fencing via satellite.<br \/>Farms in areas with connectivity limitations such as in parts of Central Otago, Gisborne and Southland high country had previously been more limited in their use of Halter technology.  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended_news\">\n<h2 class=\"recommended_title\">RECOMMENDED STORIES<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"recommended_url\" href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/christchurch-shooter-to-stay-in-prison-for-life-after-appeal-loss\">Christchurch shooter to stay in prison for life after appeal loss<\/a>  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"recommended_url\" href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/france-urges-citizens-to-leave-mali-as-tuareg-rebels-take-kidal-and-defense-minister-killed\">France urges citizens to leave Mali as Tuareg rebels take Kidal and Defense Minister killed<\/a>  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"recommended_url\" href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/mohammed-vi-tower-moroccos-rocket-shaped-skyscraper-officially-opens-in-rabat-video\">Mohammed VI Tower: Morocco\u2019s rocket-shaped skyscraper officially opens in Rabat &#8211; <span style=\"color: #8B0000;\"> VIDEO <\/span><\/a>  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"recommended_url\" href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/nigerian-troops-kill-18-militants-in-northeast-operations\">Nigerian troops kill 18 militants in northeast operations<\/a>  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Internal modelling estimates direct-to-satellite capability will expand access to Halter for New Zealand beef farms by at least 20 percent.<br \/>Direct-to-satellite also positions Halter for expansion into more remote markets globally, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/sabastian-sawe-and-adidas-break-two-hour-marathon-barrier-in-london\">South America<\/a> and parts of Africa.<br \/>Until now, the solar-powered, GPS-enabled collars system depended on Halter&#8217;s radio towers on farms.<br \/>In New Zealand, Halter will become the largest provider of non-mobile devices connected to Starlink, with hundreds of thousands of the new collar version to go live upon launch, globally.<br \/>&#8220;Connectivity for virtual fencing was the blocker for the most remote or large operations and direct-to-satellite solves this, &#8221; said Craig Piggott, chief executive and founder of Halter.<br \/>&#8220;With One NZ and Starlink, we&#8217;ve removed that barrier. Farmers managing animals on remote, rugged terrain can now access the same tools as operations with full cellular coverage.<br \/>&#8220;Combined with our new suite of product features, these farms can be even more productive.&#8221;One NZ chief executive Jason Paris said Halter was an example of Kiwi innovation at its absolute best.<br \/>&#8220;We&#8217;re stoked to be backing their expansion of rural connectivity with One NZ Satellite for their smart collars. It&#8217;s not every day you&#8217;re helping cows connect to satellites in space, so that New Zealand farmers can access world leading technology that improves stock management.<br \/>&#8220;That&#8217;s exactly the kind of outside of the box thinking we love to see, and love to get in behind.&#8221;<br \/>Bevan McKnight, lessee of Northburn Station in the Dunstan Mountains, Central Otago, runs 200 angus cattle and 11,000 merino sheep on 13,000 hectares, and said direct-to-satellite will unlock unconstrained grazing.<br \/>&#8220;Virtually fencing our extensive station using Halter will be a game changer for land utilisation. For the first time, we&#8217;ll be able to graze large blocks of land that have never been touched by our cattle, because we had no way of managing them there.<br \/>&#8220;To do that before this satellite solution would have required 25 towers, so this new practical option makes Halter a no-brainer for us.&#8221;<br \/>Alongside the launch, Halter has rolled out its largest-ever product upgrade for beef farmers.<br \/>The update includes a heat detection tool to identify non-cycling animals before breeding, a new behaviour tool providing insight into how feed allocation and pasture quality are influencing cattle performance, and grazing features including high-resolution pasture mapping, pasture metrics, zone and block management, and a feed demand calculator.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\">News.Az<\/a>&nbsp;<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNews.Az is an Azerbaijani informational-analytical news portal that publishes a wide range of content, including analytical materials,  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tin-depth articles, insightful commentaries, and the latest news. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>\u00a9 2009-2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"color: #bcc9ca;text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" title=\"news.az\">NEWS.AZ<\/a> | Any use of materials is allowed only if there is a hyperlink to News.Az. All rights are reserved. \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxPc3NPcHAzQUJfMTVjSE54aTNZUDBGQlV5WF85RFNUd1p3bkczaFlpOVpZV1dlanRMekZ0VHllU19pczVxM3dtdmRleTRpYTF2LUNJRW1BM3M0TmJ3TWV1eVV1cUVJam1PQW5zcTdWNlZaXy11M1VsYnc5eUczaVppWlN0ZWRDSHRrekpES2ZqQW5fUkh4VHc4eG4wbU1mcENGSTJvWkppUQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feels like: 11.4\u00b0C11.4\u00b0F | Partly cloudy Smart collar firm Halter has launched new direct-to-satellite technology that will work without the need for towers. It will allow beef farmers to manage their cattle anywhere they can see the sky,&nbsp; News.Az reports, citing RNZ.The technology makes Halter the first company in the world to offer virtual fencing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12886","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}