{"id":8422,"date":"2016-06-30T16:35:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T16:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herdwatch.com\/taking-the-stress-out-of-farm-compliance-audits\/"},"modified":"2016-06-30T16:35:09","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T16:35:09","slug":"taking-the-stress-out-of-farm-compliance-audits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herdwatch.com\/en-ie\/taking-the-stress-out-of-farm-compliance-audits\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking the stress out of Farm Compliance\u00a0Audits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Brian Reidy, a suckler farmer from Ballylooby near Cahir in County Tipperary, calves down around 50 mostly Charolais Cows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Around 60% of these cows calve during the autumn months. Brian runs his own dairy and beef nutrition consultancy Premier Farm Nutrition as well as farming. This means that he spends a lot of time on the road which makes it even harder for him to keep on top of his paper work for farm compliance audits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn2.hubspot.net\/hubfs\/2865975\/Imported_Blog_Media\/adjDSC_9689.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.hubspot.net\/hubfs\/2865975\/Imported_Blog_Media\/adjDSC_9689-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The app is a big help for the Compliance Audit\" class=\"wp-image-8230\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Two years ago, Brian joined Herdwatch and found it was the solution to his problem, making life on the farm and on the road a whole lot easier for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Taking the stress out of the compliance&nbsp;audit<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Brian explained that;\u00a0<em>\u201cI record all my treatments and feed purchases in Herdwatch as they happen\u201d. <\/em>The whole compliance audit process can be a stressful time for farmers, however, Brian found using the app made a big difference: <em>\u201cMy last audit was so easy, he just went through the report I printed from Herdwatch while we had a coffee in the house\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Get your cows back in calf quicker<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Keeping a tight calving pattern can prove to be quite difficult when the majority of your cows are being served indoors, Brian now finds Herdwatch helps him greatly with this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cWhen I see a cow bulling, I record the heat in Herdwatch in advance of the breeding season\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Brian also loves the breeding reminders on the app: <em>\u201cI\u2019m always checking Herdwatch for when a cow is due to repeat or for cows that have not come into heat yet\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Recording all his serves and scanning results in Herdwatch means that <em>\u201cthere is no more rooting through pieces of paper or looking at excel sheets, it\u2019s all there in the one app, that\u2019s the beauty of Herdwatch\u201d.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" 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\/Brian-Reidy-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Weighing Cattle in Herdwatch\" class=\"wp-image-6886\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brian Reidy recording weights in Herdwatch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Calves registered in seconds<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brian explains how the app helps at calving time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cWhen I\u2019m registering calves, I literally have all the information there in Herdwatch, so I can register the calves as I tag them\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Average Daily Gains at your fingertips &nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Knowing your animal\u2019s average daily gain is the key to profitability, Brian finds this part of the app really effective:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cIt\u2019s really handy, you can run a calf through the scales, put the weight into Herdwatch and it will calculate the average daily gain for you. I\u2019m achieving an ADG of 1.2 to 1.4kg for my autumn calves\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>All your records in one place<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Herdwatch lets you look at an animal\u2019s history and make informed decisions, anytime, anywhere, even with no internet access.&nbsp;Brian\u2019s father Pat also has Herdwatch on his phone which makes life even easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cIf I\u2019m working away and he is wondering about a cow or a calf, he can just check it on his phone, it\u2019s that easy, it\u2019s all there on all our 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