{"id":8447,"date":"2015-10-16T13:04:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T13:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herdwatch.com\/a-farmers-review-of-herdwatch-liam-okeeffe\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T10:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T10:04:16","slug":"a-farmers-review-of-herdwatch-liam-okeeffe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herdwatch.com\/en-uk\/blog\/a-farmers-review-of-herdwatch-liam-okeeffe\/","title":{"rendered":"A Farmer&#8217;s Review of Herdwatch: Liam O&#8217;Keeffe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Liam O\u2019Keeffe farms in Ballydesmond outside Mallow, Co. Cork, where he is currently milking 70 spring calving cows and rearing their heifers, on his own. For the past 9 months, he has enlisted the help of a \u201cvirtual\u201d assistant: the Herdwatch farm app. We met Liam to obtain a farmer review on this new way of managing his farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" 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\">&nbsp;<strong>\u201c<em>Calving down 70 cows on your own is a time and energy consuming task.<\/em> <em>In spring time it would often be 11 o\u2019clock at night before I get back to the house and then I would have to face into registering calves or recording remedies<\/em>\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Liam now registers all his calves with Herdwatch as he tags them, which means there is no longer a build-up of calves that need registering at night, and it removes the guessing game of which calf belongs to which cow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<em>\u201c<strong>I don\u2019t need pen or paper, and most importantly the information recorded is always 100% correct as the calf and dam are there beside me. And you don\u2019t even need 3G or Wi-Fi to do this<\/strong>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A one-person operation: Farmer review<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Keeping on top of the Bord Bia paperwork is difficult at the best of times, but even more so in a one-person operation. It can be extremely easy to let things slip when you are at your busiest. Before getting Herdwatch Liam would record his Bord Bia compliance into the book after finishing work. \u201c<em>Now<\/em>\u201d, he says,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong><em>I record my remedies when I\u2019m washing the parlour and record my ration in Herdwatch as it comes into the farm. It is very easy to keep on top of things because it\u2019s like having all the books in your phone<\/em>. <\/strong><em><strong>No one carries their books around with them but everyone carries their phone<\/strong>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cutting out the \u201cmessing\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Selling bull calves in spring is a time consuming job between advertising and showing them and getting the paperwork sorted. Liam now uses Herdwatch to apply for his Movement Certs when he is selling his calves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong><em>When I was selling calves or hiring bulls I used to have to fax Movement Certs, now I just apply for them through Herdwatch, it cuts out a lot of messing and saves a lot of time. For Herdwatch, is a no-brainer<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Thousands of Farmers are currently using the App around the country, and judging by the feedback from farmers, there is no going back to paper! 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