Since launching U.S. operations last year, fast-growing New Zealand-based ag-tech Halter has helped ranchers create enough virtual fencing to circle the continental United States – saving them millions in installation and maintenance costs

Halter, provider of the game-changing operating system for modern ranching and dairy farming, announced today that its U.S. customers have created more than 11,000 miles of virtual fencing using the company's smart collars for cattle - roughly equal to the perimeter of the continental United States.

With installation and maintenance of conventional fencing averaging around $20,000 per mile, the shift to virtual fencing represents approximately $220 million in avoided costs for Halter's U.S. customers.

Halter's GPS-enabled, solar-powered smart collars allow ranchers to create, move, and reconfigure pasture boundaries from a smartphone app, eliminating the need for physical wire fencing and sharply reducing maintenance. The technology, which uses sound and vibration cues to manage cattle, also enables real-time herd behavior monitoring, providing operational flexibility that conventional fencing cannot match.

Since launching in the United States just over a year ago, Halter now serves more than 200 ranchers across 22 states, from California to the Great Plains. Halter Founder and CEO Craig Piggott, who has been spending more time in Colorado to focus on the company's U.S. expansion, said the company's system is not just delivering real economic returns to customers but also enabling them to regain an even more precious asset: time.

"Ranchers are driving one of the most important technology shifts in agriculture," Piggott said. "Virtual fencing is giving them more control, flexibility and time. We've built Halter for producers, with producers, and I'm excited to be here in the U.S. as we enter a new phase of expansion.''

Halter's recent U.S. growth follows its $100 million Series D funding round earlier this year, which valued the company at $1 billion. Halter now employs more than 50 team members across North America, with its U.S. headquarters in Colorado providing the base for growing support and field operations.

"Our ranchers are proving what's possible when technology and land stewardship go hand in hand," said Justin Wells, USA Country Manager. "We're seeing lighter workloads, higher productivity, and more time for things that matter most, like family. With a growing community of ranchers and industry partners, we're building a genuine movement from the back pastures and kitchen tables."

Building on customer feedback and rapid U.S. adoption, Halter is now working on solutions to improve operations further. The company will introduce a range of new products in 2026 designed to make livestock management even more autonomous and accessible.

About Halter

Halter provides the game-changing operating system for modern cattle ranching and dairy farming. The company's smart collars for cattle combine three capabilities: virtual fencing that creates paddock boundaries without physical infrastructure, an active guidance system that remotely directs livestock movement, and real-time monitoring that tracks herd behavior. Together, these help farmers cut fencing and labor costs, recover valuable time, improve pasture utilization, and advance sustainable land management. Halter serves more than 1,000 ranchers and farmers across New Zealand, Australia and the United States, and its collars are deployed on 600,000 cattle. The company is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, with U.S. operations based in Colorado. To learn more, visit www.halterhq.com.