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Brian Reidy and his father Pat run a suckler-to-weanling enterprise on 80ac of land in Ballylooby, Co. Tipperary.<\/span> The Tipperary-based farmer operates a 50:50 spring and autumn-calving system. Artificial insemination is used in the autumn and a stockbull runs with the spring-calving herd. <\/span>In conjunction with the large suckler herd, Brian works off-farm as a farm nutrition consultant. This involves working mainly with dairy farmers in the south of the country and requires some international travel also.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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24\/7 Access to Farm Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Brian is no stranger to technology, as this helps him to run both businesses smoothly. Herdwatch was adopted on the Tipperary farm five years ago so whether Brian is at home or abroad he has access to his herd\u2019s information.<\/span> Likewise, Brian\u2019s father also has access to the Herdwatch app on his phone and on an iPad. This provides access to the herd information without the need for phone calls when Brian is busy off-farm.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cMy father uses the app all the time. <\/em>If I\u2019m away and he wants to access information, he can see exactly what I can see. He can see when a cow was inseminated and if she\u2019s repeating for example.”<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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A handy helper for the breeding season<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The suckler farmer also uses the Herdwatch app when it comes to the breeding season which is fast approaching on the holding.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWhen it comes to breeding, I use the feature that tells me the cows that haven\u2019t come into heat since they have calved. So, once they\u2019re gone more than 42 days, we will look at intervention where I will scan those cows to see why they didn\u2019t start bulling at that point.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, with AI, on-the-spot recording of when an animal is inseminated is made easier.Brian also finds the watchboard feature extremely useful.With this feature, a notification will appear on \u2018watchboard\u2019 during the breeding season. This indicates what cows are due their first serve or due a repeat.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI find the watchboard feature very handy because it\u2019s pin-pointing to me what animals are likely to be repeating in the system and \u2013 as well as that \u2013 it pin-points the animals that are closest to calving, so I can pen them separately while they are inside the shed.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Recording Remedies in a snap<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The adoption of the Herdwatch technology has also made the recording of remedies for Bord Bia inspections more streamlined. <\/span>Recording remedies in Herdwatch is so easy. You can simply scan the bar code on the box and that will extract all the relevant information such as the expiry date and the withdrawal period straight onto the app. <\/span>Likewise when administering a remedy, you can attribute that remedy to a batch of animals or to individual animals as is appropriate.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cSince I started using Herdwatch, the blue book has been made redundant inside in the filing cabinet.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Order Replacement tags on the spot<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The ability to order replacement tags on the Herdwatch app has sped up this process and made life easier on the farm.The feature gives farmers the power to record missing tags as they identify them, and order them immediately from their preferred tag supplier.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWhen you are strolling around the field and you see a cow is after losing a tag, you can put it into Herdwatch that she has lost it or if you see it on the feed passage during the winter, you can order replacements tags through Herdwatch.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\"tag<\/a>Read more about Replacement Tag Ordering with Herdwatch<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Try it Yourself for FREE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Herdwatch is fully compliant with Bord Bia and EU quality assurance standards and allows farmers to register calves and manage cattle movements on their phone. It is fully integrated with ICBF so farmers can see their breeding, milk records and EBI\/Eurostar information on Herdwatch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You too can join Brian and over 10,000 happy farmers saving time on crucial farm paperwork and managing their farms more efficiently for FREE.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Free-Plan<\/a><\/span> allows farmers to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n