Monil Expanded Livestock Tech Warranty and Features
Livestock producers can now utilize new calving and grazing tracking tools paired with a ten-year hardware warranty.
Updated on Oct. 1, 2026 in Agriculture
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Monil has updated its Cattle Collar platform to include automated calving alerts and real-time pasture heat mapping for livestock operators. These features, along with a hardware warranty extension, aim to streamline herd management and reduce equipment risk for farmers.
Why it matters
By shifting hardware risk from the producer to the manufacturer, Monil is looking to reduce long-term operational costs for farmers while increasing the reliability of movement-based health monitoring. This strategy addresses the capital intensity of precision agriculture tools by lowering the replacement burden over the asset's lifecycle.
Monil has sold over 80,000 Cattle Collar devices and is doubling its warranty coverage from five years to ten years. Prospective users can initiate a trial of the technology using a minimum of six collars.
The players
Monil
A Norway-based technology company that develops solar-powered wearables and data platforms for the livestock industry.
The details
The new calving alerts use movement analysis to pinpoint birth events, while heat maps provide granular data on grazing intensity. The company supports these deployments with dedicated teams in the U.S. Midwest, where farmers can purchase the solar-powered units directly. The extended warranty is intended to lower the producer's total cost of ownership by ensuring long-term hardware functionality.
Timeline
Monil was founded in 2022.
Calving alert features become available in October 2026.
Bluetooth and satellite communication features are scheduled for release in 2027.
Market Landscape
Monil's expansion follows a pattern set by significant capital investments in precision livestock hardware, such as the $2 billion valuation and NZD 377 million funding round seen by competitor Halter. The move signals an industry-wide push to capture more herd management data while addressing the high cost of equipment replacement.
Livestock operators should evaluate whether the shift to a ten-year warranty period sufficiently lowers their long-term equipment replacement reserves. Business owners can assess the impact of these new monitoring features on labor efficiency by signing up for the six-collar trial program.
The takeaway
Reliability guarantees are becoming a key competitive differentiator in the precision livestock space as manufacturers look to mitigate farmer skepticism regarding hardware longevity. Operators should track how effectively these new grazing and calving data points improve their bottom-line feed and labor metrics.
What happens next
Farmers can expect calving alert features to become available in October 2026, followed by the rollout of collar-to-collar Bluetooth and satellite communication capabilities in 2027.
Further reading
For broader trends in sector equipment, see the Agriculture section.
Source note: This article includes information reported by AgNavigator.
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