Meet the winners of Halter's free for a year competition.
Norfolk, Taranaki • 241 Cows
Marty & Sophie Keegan
“What interests me about Halter is not the possibility of doing less. In fact, I don’t think l’ll ever stop wanting to be heavily involved in the farm.”
Waituna, Rangīkei • 700 Cattle
Katie & Grayson Cooper
“The hill country is where we see the biggest opportunity with Halter, particularly around winter grazing and feeding our winter crops. Our soils are clay-based, so we get winter wet.”
Hauturu, Waikato • 270 Cattle
Nick & Kath Riley
“We hope to continue to increase the income and profit of our business, which is integral to achieving our long-term goals - including future farm succession.”
Kaikōura, Canterbury • 380 Cows
Adam & Antonia McManaway
“Halter will be critical this year for pasture utilisation due to a decrease in the effective area from the Kaikōura July floods, and a laser focus managing animal health and heat detection”
Hedgehope, Southland • 560 Cows
Hayden Smith & Isla Pringle
“Having Halter will allow us to utilise our pasture more and to refine our pasture management technique. We can shift our focus to feed the cows a set amount of kgDM instead of area.”
Chatton, Southland • 400 Cows
Bernadette & Alistair Hunt
“We're mindful of slow developing health issues that aren't necessarily picked up by staff shifting fences or checking stock, and with early identification, bigger impacts can be avoided.”
Meet some of our previous winners
Timatanga, Waikato • 480 Cows
Lizzy Wilding
“When I came back to the farm, we were sitting at 170,000 milk solids. We're going to be close to 230,000 this year. If you can improve your pasture eaten by even 5 to 10%, it very quickly pays for Halter."”
The Gums, North Canterbury • 440 Cows
Mark & Joanne Stevenson
"We're trying to increase our scale without increasing our land size - it's about getting what we can out of this land while looking after the resource, understanding where water needs to go, where the pressure points are. We're learning a lot more about our own farm that we didn't know before."
Spring Valley, Wairarapa • 450 Cows
Lynley & Matt Wyeth
"Our cattle only had to be 4% heavier at the end of the year to justify Halter entirely - and you're achieving that in the first month you get it. Name me anything else that gives you a double-figure return within the year."
2026 Competition timeline
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