Grass Benefits

When your herd is milk recorded, as soon as the results are available on ICBF, they will also be available on HerdApp. HerdApp uses this milk recording data in many ways.

• We list the high SCC cows in the Jobs List report since these are the cows that need the most attention after a recording
• You can list all monthly milk recording results for the latest test date, or previous test dates. Sort on any of the variables on your phone
• You can list all the 305 and completed lactation results, again sorting on any variable
• Cows can be short listed based on unusual fat to protein ratios
• You can use a traffic light system for SCC where low SCC is green and high SCC is red and amber is used for the middle SCC values. You can set your own SCC thresholds for green, amber and red
• While looking at all data for individual animals you can view all the milk recording data right back to the 1^st lactation for each cow

Milk sales are the big one for dairy farmers and HerdApp provides a system to track the performance of the herd in the milk bulk tank.

• You can enter your own bulk tank record every 2 days
• Enter the yield, fat, protein, SCC, milk to calves and other optional data
• HerdApp can estimate the number of cows going in to the tank
• From this HerdApp can calculate an accurate kgMS/Cow/Day
• HerdApp can also graph these key KPI variables over time
• A number of dairy companies can stream this milk tank data directly to HerdApp with the farmers permission

Between the milk recording data and the bulk milk tank data, HerdApp helps you with visibility on your key income stream.

To help dairy farmers with selective dry cow therapy, HerdApp can quickly identify cows that need a dry cow tube, and separate them from the cows that can be dried off with only a teat sealer.

• The starting point is the SCC values in the milk recording results
• HerdApp also uses the cases of mastitis recording in HerdApp since the last calving
• Each farmer can set rules for selecting cows. For example, cows will get a dry cow tube if 1 or more SCC is over 200. Another farmer may choose 2 or more SCC values over 100 SCC
• You can also set your preferred dry period for mature cows and first calvers
• All cows with clinical mastitis are listed for a dry cow tube treatment
• The drugs and dry off dates are recorded in a batch screen for speed of data entry
• You can also see the body condition value when drying off a batch of cows and perhaps give cows with a low BCS a longer dry period

Dry data and ICBF

• All dry dates are stored only in ICBF where we combine them with the milk recording data. This ensures the quality of milk recording data is maximised
• The dry off type is also synced to ICBF so that they can measure the success of selective dry cow therapy approach

Overview – Jobs List

• Calves to register
• Freshly Calved Cows
• Due to calve
• Due to dry
• Cows due serve
• Heifers due serve
• Due to repeat
• Cows not seen in heat
• Heifers not seen in heat
• Due a pregnancy test
• Pregnant but no due calve date
• Animals due a repeat drug
• Sheep+ due a repeat drug
• In drug milk retention
• In drug meat retention
• Bull calves born to be sold
• Cows with high SCC
• Diary jobs in next 14 days
• Near 16, 20, 24, 30 mts
• Missing tags to order

Overview – Stock

• Current stock by type
• Current stock by feed group
• Stock reconciliation for the accountant
• Stock reconciliation for eProfit
• Stock reconciliation, monthly breakdown

Overview – Calving

• Future calving pattern grouped by week of calving
• Split cows to calve in to first calvers and mature cows
• Know the total % calved at the end of each week

Overview – Fertility

The fertility KPI data for this season. (Total calved, six week calving rate, average lactation, first calver age, cows served, served and empty, submission rates, 6 week in calf rate, conception rates to serve 1/2/3, return rate, non return rate)

Overview – Problems

Select animals with problems. (A recent illness was recorded. A note was recorded to remind you to show this animal to the vet. Animals with no heat noticed yet. Animals with irregular heats. Recent hard calvings. Recent twins calved, Recent stillborn birth, cows with high SCC, Cows with poor fat to protein ratio

Herd Reports – Extra fertility lists

• Irregular cycles
• All with a last cycle
• All with a last calving
• All with a due calve
• All empty cows
• Replacement females (<= 365 days)
• Replacement females (> 365 days)
• All serves (white book)

Herd Reports – Milk

• Monthly milk recording tests
• Herd EBI Summary
• Herd EBI milk
• Lactation year to date (total)
• Lactation year to date (305)
• Sire Advice from ICBF
• Milk recording animal ID problems
• Dairy cow hygiene cert

Herd Reports – Dairy Replacements

• Replacement targets (Different targets for different breeds)
• Replacement targets (Based on the maintenance value in EBI)

Herd Reports – List reports

• Born on the farm
• Bought in to the farm
• Suckler cow and calf
• Herd Eurostar summary
• Bulls calves to sell quickly
• All pedigree stock
• All young stock
• Full herd list
• Full herd (ancestry and EBI)
• Beef near 16, 20, 24, 30 months

One Animal report

• All events for one animal
• All milk recording since first calved
• The most recent EBI data
• A fertility summary for females
• A beef summary for young stock and beef animals

Farm Diary

• Jobs to do
• Jobs done

Breeding and Body Condition Scores

• List of heats
• List of serves
• List of scans
• List of culling decisions
• List of body condition scores

Beef Area

• List of recent weights
• Average kilos, average ADG and average age in days
• Purchase details for animals bought
• Sale details for animals sold
• Sale plans for current farm animal
• Projected beef margins for animals on the farm
• Actual beef margins for sold animals

Births

• List of calves born with their current registration status
• List of calves that need to be registered now

Movements

• List of sale groups and their movement permit number and status
• List of animal purchases from agfood and ICBF
• List of animal sales from agfood and ICBF
• List of animal deaths from agfood and ICBF

Health

• List of drugs Done in the past
• List of drugs ToDo in the future
• List of dry offs
• List of Illnesses
• List of notes

For Inspections

• Order missing tags list
• Bovine drug records for inspection
• Sheep and other species drug records for inspection
• Feed purchased
• Sprays applied
• Bovine mortality
• Herd Health Plan

Milk Tanks

• Milk sales list
• Graph a variety of bulk tank variables