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Pat, meanwhile, manages the beef enterprise\n        from an out-farm about a mile and a half up the road, finishing 140\n        Hereford cattle.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <p>\n        Calves are transferred from the dairy to the beef unit at six weeks old.\n        From there, Pat aims to finish most of them before 30 months.\n        Consequently, the two enterprises run as separate herds \u2014 but are linked\n        through Herdwatch, which both Pat and Padraic use daily.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"hw-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\"\n          src=\"https:\/\/f.hubspotusercontent20.net\/hubfs\/2865975\/Image%20from%20iOS%20(39).jpg\"\n          alt=\"Pat and Padraic Kennedy Templemore Co Tipperary beef dairy farm Herdwatch\"\n        \/>\n        <div class=\"hw-caption\">Pat and Padraic Kennedy on their beef and dairy farm in Templemore, Co. 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As Padraic\n        puts it, farming is advancing faster than ever \u2014 and staying ahead of\n        that matters.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <h2>How they found Herdwatch \u2014 and signed up that same night<\/h2>\n\n      <p>\n        Padraic first heard about Herdwatch at an IFA meeting in Killea in 2016.\n        Several farmers at the meeting were already using it and all said the\n        same thing \u2014 it was saving them hours every week and taking the hassle\n        out of inspections. That was enough for Padraic.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"hw-quote\">\n        &#8220;I went home the night I heard about it, had the app downloaded, and my herd on my phone in a few minutes. Couldn&#8217;t have been any easier. Haven&#8217;t looked back since.&#8221;\n      <\/div>\n\n      <h2>Medicine recording \u2014 scanned in seconds, ready for inspection<\/h2>\n\n      <div class=\"hw-inline\">\n        <div class=\"hw-inline-text\">\n          <p>\n            Before Herdwatch, medicine recording meant scribbling into a book\n            or writing on the back of a piece of paper. Inspection preparation,\n            as a result, meant playing catch-up in the week before an auditor\n            arrived. Now, every bottle is scanned at the point of purchase and\n            the record is done.\n          <\/p>\n          <p>\n            Furthermore, the withdrawal period is recorded automatically and\n            assigned to the specific animal treated. When the inspection comes,\n            the report is a single click away.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\"\n          src=\"https:\/\/f.hubspotusercontent20.net\/hubfs\/2865975\/Image%20from%20iOS%20(41).jpg\"\n          alt=\"Padraic Kennedy Hereford beef cattle Templemore Tipperary Herdwatch records\"\n        \/>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"hw-quote\">\n        &#8220;When I buy a bottle of medicine, I just scan it into the Herdwatch app and it&#8217;s done. No worrying about it after \u2014 it&#8217;s there ready for me when I need to record a treatment. The withdrawal period is also recorded and the given timeframe is assigned to the specific animal.&#8221;\n      <\/div>\n\n      <h2>Breeding, AI, and the Watchboard \u2014 no more lost AI slips<\/h2>\n\n      <p>\n        Padraic carries out his own AI on the dairy herd. Previously, he\n        recorded serves on sheets of paper \u2014 and too often lost them. Now,\n        every serve is recorded in Herdwatch as it happens and shared\n        automatically with ICBF.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"hw-quote\">\n        &#8220;Before Herdwatch, I used to record all our serves on a sheet of paper and hoped I wouldn&#8217;t lose it \u2014 and too often I did. With Herdwatch, there&#8217;s none of that messing about. It cuts out human error entirely.&#8221;\n      <\/div>\n\n      <p>\n        In addition, the Watchboard feature provides a reminder for each cow\n        three weeks after serving \u2014 flagging any that may be returning to heat.\n        The app also calculates the expected calving date and tracks days since\n        calving, helping Padraic decide whether to re-serve or leave a cow longer.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"hw-quote\">\n        &#8220;The app is very smart. It tells me when a cow is due to calf the following spring, or how many days since she calved. So if she comes back into heat after a month, I know not to AI her because she&#8217;s not long enough calved.&#8221;\n      <\/div>\n\n      <h2>Calf registration and transferring between herds \u2014 done in minutes<\/h2>\n\n      <p>\n        Because the Kennedys run two separate herds on two farms, transferring\n        calves between them is a regular task. Herdwatch handles this in a\n        matter of minutes \u2014 select the calves, transfer them to the other\n        herd&#8217;s profile, and the movement is recorded automatically.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"hw-quote\">\n        &#8220;It&#8217;s a matter of clicking down ten calves, transferring them over to my father&#8217;s herd, going into his profile, and transferring the certain number. Ten calves transferred in five minutes.&#8221;\n      <\/div>\n\n      <p>\n        Calf registration is equally quick. Because the AI bull and dam\n        information is already recorded from the breeding, all Padraic has\n        to do is scan the tag. The breed of the calf and the sire are\n        filled in automatically, and the card goes out in the post\n        within days.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"hw-quote\">\n        &#8220;When it comes to registering calves, I just scan the tag with the app and enter the dam \u2014 and Herdwatch automatically fills in the breed of the calf and the sire. For me, calf registration is the bit I love the most. It just couldn&#8217;t be any quicker or easier.&#8221;\n      <\/div>\n\n      <h2>Replacement tags \u2014 ordered from the field, no phone calls needed<\/h2>\n\n      <p>\n        Ordering replacement tags used to mean ringing the tag supplier and\n        reading out the full ear tag number digit by digit. Now, Padraic simply\n        clicks on the animal in the app and the order goes off automatically.\n        He describes it as one of his favourite features.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"hw-quote\">\n        &#8220;Before Herdwatch, you were ringing up and calling out the whole digit of the number to whoever was on. Now it&#8217;s just a matter of clicking on the cow that needs a tag and the order goes automatically. No ringing, no nothing. The tag arrives in the post.&#8221;\n      <\/div>\n\n      <p>Pat and Padraic use Herdwatch daily across both enterprises:<\/p>\n\n      <ul class=\"hw-feature-list\">\n        <li>Medicine scanning \u2014 purchased at the vet, scanned into the app immediately<\/li>\n        <li>Breeding records \u2014 serves recorded in real time, shared with ICBF automatically<\/li>\n        <li>Watchboard \u2014 repeat heat reminders and calving date calculations<\/li>\n        <li>Calf registration \u2014 scan, auto-fill sire and breed, card posted automatically<\/li>\n        <li>Herd transfers \u2014 calves moved between farms in minutes<\/li>\n        <li>Replacement tags \u2014 ordered directly from the app with one click<\/li>\n        <li>Bord Bia reports \u2014 generated instantly for inspections<\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n\n      <h2>97%+ on every Bord Bia inspection since joining<\/h2>\n\n      <p>\n        Since using Herdwatch, both Pat and Padraic have found compliance\n        inspections significantly less stressful. Rather than spending the\n        week before an inspection pulling together records, everything is\n        already in the app \u2014 and reports are printed off in seconds.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"hw-quote\">\n        &#8220;My Bord Bia inspections since I started using Herdwatch have been over 97%. It&#8217;s all there for the inspector when he arrives \u2014 remedy purchases, feed purchases, movements in and out, calf registrations. Absolutely brilliant.&#8221;\n      <\/div>\n\n      <h2>Participating in the Irish Hereford Prime welfare programme<\/h2>\n\n      <p>\n        More recently, Pat and Padraic were invited by Irish Hereford Prime to\n        participate in a pilot welfare programme exploring more sustainable\n        approaches to livestock husbandry. Regular weighing of Hereford calves\n        at different stages is central to the programme. Herdwatch supports\n        this directly \u2014 inputting a weight automatically calculates the average\n        daily gain since birth or since the last weigh.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"hw-quote\">\n        &#8220;It was a double win for us when we found out Herdwatch were helping out with the programme \u2014 we were able to provide all the information required by simply sharing what we already had in the app.&#8221;\n      <\/div>\n\n      <h2>Watch Pat and Padraic&#8217;s story<\/h2>\n\n      <p>\n        In the video below, Pat and Padraic walk through how Herdwatch fits\n        into the daily running of both their dairy and beef enterprises \u2014 from\n        medicine scanning to calf transfers and inspection reports.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"hw-video\">\n        <div class=\"hw-video-wrap\">\n          <iframe\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z9ECGjI3TZk\"\n            title=\"Pat and Padraic Kennedy Templemore Tipperary beef dairy Herdwatch case study\"\n            allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n            allowfullscreen>\n          <\/iframe>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <p>\n        You can read more real farmer stories on our\n        <a href=\"\/case-studies\/\">farm case studies page<\/a>.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <!-- CTA -->\n      <div class=\"hw-cta\">\n        <h3>All reports at the click of a button<\/h3>\n\n        <p class=\"hw-cta-main\">\n          For Pat and Padraic, Herdwatch ties together a\n          <strong>dual beef and dairy operation<\/strong> \u2014 keeping records\n          accurate across two farms, two herds, and two enterprises without\n          any doubling up of effort.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <p class=\"hw-cta-quote\">\n          &#8220;All in all, Herdwatch has really made farming easier for us. 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