Live herd tracking · Built for South Africa
Protect your herd. Track your cattle. Recover what goes missing.
A smart livestock tracking and herd protection service for South African farmers. Track your herd, get alerts when animals separate, and use our growing Recovery Network to locate missing cattle.
7-10 yrs battery life* • 100 tags per collar • Track · Protect · Recover
More than a GPS tracker
Knowing where your cattle are is only the beginning. HerdBoy combines GPS tracking, smart animal tags, movement monitoring and connected recovery technology to keep watch over your herd — even when you're not in the field.
Track
See your herd's location and movement from your HerdBoy dashboard.
Protect
Receive alerts when animals separate from the herd or unusual movement is detected.
Recover
Use the HerdBoy Recovery Network to help locate animals that have gone missing.
Two devices that work as one
The HerdBoy Collar and Smart Tags are the two products at the core of the system — buy them together to connect your whole herd.
HerdBoy GPS Collar Combo
The heart of your herd protection system
A GPS-enabled device that connects your herd to the HerdBoy platform. It tracks location and communicates with nearby tags, giving you visibility of your herd while they graze. 1 Collar and 10 tags.
- GPS location tracking
- Movement monitoring
- Animal-tag
- Tamper-evident security
- Long-range
- Geofencing
- Seperation alerts
- Weather-resistant
Monitors up to 100 tagged animals in range · up to 7-10 years battery life*
R7 500,00
HerdBoy Smart Tags
Know which animals are with your herd
Each tag gives an animal an identity in your HerdBoy system. Attach it to the ear tag and the collar detects it in range — if an animal separates and stays undetected, HerdBoy notifies you.
- Light weight
- Weather-resistant
- 7-10 year lifespan*
- Low power
- Individually identifiable
- Recovery Network ready
One collar. Multiple tags. One connected herd.
R4 000,00
When one animal goes missing, the network can help find it
HerdBoy is building a distributed Recovery Network of connected livestock tracking devices. When a tagged animal moves within detection range of another HerdBoy collar, that collar can help identify its presence and report the location.
The more collars in the field, the larger the potential recovery network. Your device doesn't only protect your cattle, it can help protect other farmers' cattle too.
7-10 yrs
Built for the long haul
HerdBoy hardware is designed for life in the field, delivering years of battery depending on configuration, tracking frequency and operating conditions. Deploy once and forget it.
No charging No maintenance No stress
Know when something changes
HerdBoy continuously monitors your herd's location and activity so you can act sooner. Get alerts when:
- An animal remains separated from the herd
- Animals move outside a defined area
- Unusual movement is detected
- A tagged animal is no longer detected
- A potential recovery event is identified
Your herd. Your data.
Access your herd information through the HerdBoy platform.
GPS Location
Know where your herd is and where it's moving.
Animal Tags
Identify individual animals within your tracked herd.
Alerts
Get important notifications when something changes.
Recovery
Search for missing animals through the Recovery Network.
Your herd, in your hands
The HerdBoy app puts your herd's location, alerts and recovery tools in one place. Available for iOS and Android.
See your herd
Current and last known collar location on the map.
Monitor your animals
Which tags are connected and which have separated.
Receive alerts
Get notified when something needs your attention.
Track Movement
Review recent movement and location history.
Find missing animals
Use Recovery Network and SOS search tools.
Alerts straight to your phone
You don't need to keep opening the app, HerdBoy sends important notifications directly via:
SMS
Push Notifications
Protect what matters
Your cattle are more than livestock. They're an investment, a livelihood and part of your family's future. HerdBoy gives you the technology to watch over them.