Livestock App – These days, there is literally an app for everything. Everything – including apps to help livestock and cattlemen manage all aspects of their herd. And guess what, there are a ton to choose from. We’ve done some researching and have found 5 stand-out herd management apps that may help your farm run even smoother.
Use this app to help you track all things leading up to and during breeding including:
• Pre-mating heat
• First heat
• Artificial insemination date
• Pregnancy scan date
• Positive or negative pregnancy results
• Due date
Capture breeding data and graph it for every cow in your herd, and keep track of which bull bred with which cow.
The best part? You can use this app offline, when internet isn’t readily available.
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Along the same vein as the Pro Catle breeding app, BCI Pregnancy Analytics allows producers to collect cattle pregnancy data and compare with industry benchmarks, promoting more efficient breeding.
Trackable cattle data includes:
• Pasture/herd name
• ID
• Age
• Body condition
• Number of days bred
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Keep in the know on the most current auction prices with this app. For feeders as well as cow/calf producers, this app helps producers determine the right time to sell their calves, and helps feeders determine the right time to buy calves.
Current states listed in this app include:: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.
The reputable data is provided by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service.
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This app is literally a virtual record book in the palm of your hand. With this app you can capture and track weights, purchases, health records and events attended. You can then choose to export the data and for quick and easy record book completion.
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Not just for cattle, this app tracks up to 90 fields of information for pigs, goats, horses, chickens, and other livestock.
Some relevant fields include:
• Animal ID
• Family lineage
• Gender
• Birth date
• Birth weight
• Weaning date
• Photo
• GPS Info
• Pasture Management
• Breeding info
• Health records
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This information intensive app is designed to better manage feed, labor, and other needed supports to more efficiently maintain your livestock. Data will sync to iCloud so that current information is available to all of your staff on their devices.
Some of these apps have a fee attached. Some are free. But if you are a pro-tech rancher searching for a better way to manage your herd, all of these have benefits that may take you to the next level of efficiency. Make sure to check out CBI Pipe’s livestock fencing products! Contact us with any questions.
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