An app that saves time while increasing your farm profitability

Herdwatch is designed for cattle farmers but at the click of a button you can switch to Flockwatch, which caters for sheep farmers’ needs.

There is also a section for mapping your farm and creating paddock records, which are shared across both sides of the app – along with a smart shared medicine cabinet.

Multiple users can access the app and if you are in an area with poor mobile coverage, it works offline. Best of all, if you ever have an accident with your phone, your farm records are safely saved to the cloud.

Herdwatch – Simple Medicine Recording, Simple Calf Registration, Full Breeding Management & more…

The Herdwatch app has become a necessity for many farmers, with them using it daily to maximise farm performance.

Lorna & Jim Burdge have been using Herdwatch on their farms since 2019 and haven’t looked back since with Lorna emphasising the impact the app has had on their lives.

“It has made a massive difference to us. I can switch off better in the evenings cause I am doing everything in seconds as I go along about my day.”

The couple run two dairy farms in Devon and milk each twice a day. They have two herds of cows on two tenanted holdings, one is 160 acres consisting of crossbred and Jersey cows while the other is approximately 90 acres employing 100 medium Holstein Friesians and crossbred cows.

With all her records up to date in Herdwatch, Lorna has no worries when it comes to inspection time. “Red Tractor and milk buyer auditors have all been very impressed at me for having all the required records available at the touch of a button. Farm inspections have become much easier and farm inspection time has significantly decreased because I have access to all the information they could ask for in seconds.”

Operating both Spring and Autumn calving herds, Lorna used to find herself losing a lot of precious time registering animals, with Herdwatch she now registers all her calves out on the farm as she works, as well as inputting any other key information such as medicines as it happens.

“When we start calving, I will be literally tagging the new born calf and at the same time quickly registering the calf in Herdwatch and sending it off straight away.”

Herdwatch has been a tool that Lorna uses daily to maximise farm performance. “I record heats, serves and scans on Herdwatch. I also download breeding reports to print off and make notes on which helps me get a better understanding which I will then use for discussion and possibly share with my vet. I am constantly looking to improve my farm management and Herdwatch has been a massive help in doing so.”

“Previously, records were handwritten and very time consuming. Herdwatch has made records so much easier and saved me valuable time.”

Get your flock in your hand with Flockwatch…

On the other side of the Herdwatch app is Flockwatch, a dedicated app for sheep farmers to manage their flock performance more efficiently. Flockwatch is essentially Herdwatch for sheep farmers, allowing sheep farmers to track flock performance and health individually or in groups in one simple to use app. Here are some of the features the Flockwatch app has to offer today:

• Your flock in your hand.
• Record lambing and track ewe performance.
• Record batch medicines simply and quickly.
• Fast Weight recording to track average daily gains.
• Lameness Management to track repeat offenders.
• Connect an EID Reader to scan ear tags to view an animal’s history or add records easily.
• Map your farm using satellite imagery & much much more…

One of the key advantages of these apps is the ability to use them if you are in an area with poor mobile coverage, they work offline.

YouTube superstar Cammy Wilson, better known as “The Sheep Game”, has been using Flockwatch on his farm in Ayreshire, Scotland. Before Flockwatch, Cammy was taking photos of ear tags, medicine bottles or writing notes in his phone. “We had great intentions to go home that night and update it but that rarely happened! It would usually be a month down the line back tracking through photos it was just quite a farce!”

“If I see a sheep with mastitis now and I catch her out in the field and give her an injection I look at the last four digits of her ear tag, type that into the app there and then, I don’t even need my stick reader with me, brings that sheep up and I can record she’s had that jab there and then out in the field!” Operating a very busy schedule, Cammy has been extremely thankful for the Flockwatch app enabling him to save time, take better control of his farm management and make more informed decisions quickly.

“I would absolutely recommend Flockwatch to other farmers, the key thing being the simplicity of the app, you don’t have to go into some 6 week training program to master it. It almost seems super expensive and well developed because of its simplicity!”

Download the FREE Herdwatch/Flockwatch app today from the app store/play store.

The Herdwatch farm management app links with BCMS(CTS), ScotEID & APHIS  to help farmers eliminate farm paperwork and make better decisions, you can also view your Milk Recording data from CIS & NMR.

Join over 18,000 other happy farmers saving time on farm paperwork and making better decisions – to find out more information or download the Herdwatch/Flockwatch farm management app, go to www.herdwatch.com or call 0203 773 2763 today.