{"id":8256,"date":"2018-11-01T14:47:30","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T14:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herdwatch.com\/scottish-farmer-uses-app-to-simplify-animal-medicine-records\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T13:44:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T13:44:32","slug":"scottish-farmer-uses-app-to-simplify-animal-medicine-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herdwatch.com\/en-uk\/blog\/scottish-farmer-uses-app-to-simplify-animal-medicine-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Farmer uses App to simplify Animal Medicine Records."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew Paterson farms at Woodend Farm, Balfron, which lies between Glasgow and Stirling. He milks about 180 Holstein Friesian cows on a year-round calving system, keeping all the offspring, and rearing the bulls through a separate bull beef unit. Originally, Andrew was looking for an app that would help with animal medicine records. Since,discovering Herdwatch this Scottish farmer saves not only time but money, recognising it as been a real eye opener to the growing success of his farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;There\u2019s so much you can do with it, and it\u2019s saving me so much time.&nbsp; I\u2019ve even started to enjoy gathering information!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew is now storing dairy, beef and sheep information by using the App. Likewise, he is actively enjoying the benefits since switching to Herdwatch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;It\u2019s really easy to run compliance reports and keep up-to-date with work that has be done on the farm.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.herdwatch.com\/farm-medicine-scanner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about the Herdwatch Farm Medicine Scanner.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" 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\/Blog%20Feature%20Photos%20Resized\/IR86776.jpg\" alt=\"IR86776\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Andrew Patterson finds the app easy to record animal medicine records.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>It works&nbsp;without an internet connection.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">For Scottish farmer Andrew the most useful element has been keeping accurate animal medicine records. Since this has become more and more important, with all the major dairy buyers trying to reduce the amount of antibiotics used. With Herdwatch you do not need an internet connection to use the app, it works fully offline and backs up the data to the cloud when you have internet access, so your information is always safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cThe beauty is that I carry my phone around the farm and can add information as I do jobs and see things that need recording.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew also optimises on farm performance by using&nbsp;the App&#8217;s handy watch board&nbsp;feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cIt\u2019s great for general tasks too \u2013 if a cow has a bad calving, or if she has feet problems, I just tap in her number and her whole history comes up.&nbsp; That helps with deciding which cows to keep and which to sell, and makes my business more cost efficient.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herdwatch.co.uk\/features\/for-beef-farmers\/fast-weight-recording-and-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about weight recording on-the-go.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Animal Medicine Records for trading standards.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew had a recent check from Trading Standards, they were very impressed with his animal medicine records. As soon as you buy a new drug you enter all the details into your \u2018virtual\u2019 medicine cupboard, including use by and expiry dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cWhen you dispense a product, say a mastitis tube, it adds all this information to your cow\u2019s record, and reminds you when she next needs tubing, also highlighting the withdrawal period.&nbsp; It does the stock take for you, and is fully compliant with all monitoring and report systems.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">More recently he has added the farm\u2019s beef and sheep to the app, and says it\u2019s now so easy to monitor animals as they move from one group to another.&nbsp; Updates with BCMS means all the records are in one place at one time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cI freely admit that I\u2019m not the best at paperwork. I&#8217;d almost got to the point where I was employing a full-time secretary to keep on top of things. Herdwatch is definitely saving me at least three or four hours a week, and the records are totally accurate as they are entered in \u2018real time\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.hubspot.net\/hubfs\/2865975\/scanning%20remedy.jpg\" alt=\"scanning remedy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Scan Animal Medicine Records into the app<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Herdwatch is fully approved by BCMS and Compliant with Red Tractor and Trading Standards.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You too can join Andrew and over 8,000 happy farmers saving time on farm paperwork and managing their farms more efficiently for just as little as \u00a32.50 a week.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Free-Plan allows farmers to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Download their Herd from <strong>BCMS<\/strong> (UK) or <strong>Agfood<\/strong> (IRL) or <strong>Aphis<\/strong> (NI)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Record 5 calf registrations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Record their medicine purchases<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Record Heat detection and general tasks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/herdwatch.com\/pricing-uk\/\">Try here for Free<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Paterson farms at Woodend Farm, Balfron,which lies between Glasgow and Stirling. 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