{"id":10894,"date":"2016-10-26T17:50:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T17:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.herdwatch.com\/case-studies\/making-farm-paperwork-a-thing-of-the-past\/"},"modified":"2016-10-26T17:50:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T17:50:35","slug":"making-farm-paperwork-a-thing-of-the-past","status":"publish","type":"case-studies","link":"https:\/\/herdwatch.com\/en-ie\/case-studies\/making-farm-paperwork-a-thing-of-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Farm Paperwork a thing of the past"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Mike Noonan is a spring calving Dairy farmer from Glenville, Co. Cork. In 2014 Mike went into a partnership with his in-laws, David and Breda Forde.Keen to bring something new to this venture, Mike decided that more paperwork wasn\u2019t going to be it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Mike sought out a solution to eliminate farm paperwork, he decided to take a chance on the Herdwatch app. Two years down the line, we caught up with Mike to see how he has been getting on with the Herdwatch farm management app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.hubspot.net\/hubfs\/2865975\/Imported_Blog_Media\/Mike-Noonan-Herdwatch-01-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Make farm paperwork easy with Herdwatch\" class=\"wp-image-7193\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I do all my paperwork on the phone now<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Mike told us that before going into partnership, everything was recorded by pen and paper: \u201c<em>I wasn\u2019t the best at the bookwork and I knew if it wasn\u2019t recorded on the spot, then it could easily be forgotten<\/em>.\u201d With Herdwatch you can record everything, as it happens, even if you don\u2019t have internet at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It takes the guess-work out of recording animal remedies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Mike finds Herdwatch\u00a0great to keep on top of his Bord Bia paperwork. \u201cI\u00a0<em>record all my\u00a0injections and tubes there and then<\/em>.\u201d He also finds it great for keeping an eye on what animals are in withdrawal: \u201c<em>it<\/em> <em>just takes the guesswork out of it, as you can quickly check<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Herdwatch to see what\u2019s still in withdrawal<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Taking the hard work out of Drying-off<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Mike records all his dry-offs in Herdwatch as it happens. He knows that once it\u2019s recorded in Herdwatch, the information will be sent to ICBF for him as well. He said&nbsp;\u201c<em>it takes the hard work out of drying-off and gets rid of the double recording.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It saves me 3-4 hours a week in busy times.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Mike registers all his calves through the Herdwatch app as he tags them, as well as recording all his breeding records. He records heat detections, AI\u2019s and Pregnancy scanning in the app, as they happen. 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