Much of today’s available agricultural data tells farmers only what is happening on their fields; which crops are growing, whether plants are healthy, where pests are beginning to appear. While that answer has value, it only deals with the most surface-level information. Deeper insights, around land-use efficiency, proving sustainability practices, and tracing a crop through…

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News of Halter’s $220 million Series E earlier this year—a round that valued the New Zealand livestock technology company at roughly $2 billion—sent an all-too-familiar ripple through the agtech world. Investors voiced excitement, practitioners advised caution, and everyone debated whether virtual fencing is “the new barbed wire” or another overhyped sector.