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Earlier this year, Herdwatch, the farm management app that is currently used on over 10,000 farms across Ireland and the UK introduced another innovation to livestock farmers called the \u201cFarm Medicine scanner<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Recording farm medicines has been a constant challenge for many farmers, and 4 years ago the Herdwatch app came along and made it much easier for farmers to record their medicines by allowing them to record purchases and treatments on the spot using their simple app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This year, Herdwatch went one step further and built on the technology that already exists in everyone\u2019s smart phone. They built a smart Barcode scanner into the Herdwatch app that allows farmers to simply scan their farm medicines into the app using the camera on their smartphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Batch number and Expiry date<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The beauty of this technology is that the Herdwatch app can recognise each Barcode and knows what medicine it is and what its corresponding VPA (IRE) or VMD (UK) number is. If there is a QR code available, the app will also be able to automatically pull in the Batch-number<\/strong> and Expiry date.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Withdrawal periods made easy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The app will remember the Withdrawal-Period\u2019s<\/strong> which means that, you only need to enter that information into app once. The next time you purchase the same medicine Herdwatch will prompt you to use the same withdrawal periods again. The App will then calculate the correct withdrawal dates for you and tell you what animals are in withdrawal every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Medicine stock tracking<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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As each medicine is scanned into the app the quantity purchased is also recorded, allowing the farmer to see how much medicine they have in their cabinet at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Farmers can then see where that medicine was used, what animals were treated with it and it and how much they received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Confidence in your farm records <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This give farmers the confidence that their records are 100% accurate and in the event of a farm inspection, all the farmer has to do is show the Inspector his reports from the Herdwatch app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This level of detail for farm medicine records is going to become more and more important as consumers demand more traceable products and anti-biotic use becomes more strictly monitored and ultimately controlled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saving time on paperwork <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This simple farm technology is putting the control back in the hands of the farmer, not only saving them up to 3 hours per week on farm paperwork but also by adding value to these compliance records and allowing them to quickly identify animals that may have a predisposition towards illness or disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Try Herdwatch for FREE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Getting set up on Herdwatch has never been easier, farmers can now simply download the app and sign up to the FREE-PLAN.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new Free-Plan which allows farmers to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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