One animal register for breeding, treatment, milk, feed and sales.
Manage dairy and beef cattle by ear tag, with calving, insemination, pregnancy checks, treatments, withdrawal dates, milk yield, ration groups, weights and sale papers on a single record per animal. Herdsmen log events from a phone at the pen or parlour. The farm office sees cows not yet in calf, milk held back, feed stock and animals ready to sell without opening a notebook.
- Animal list, groups and open treatments loaded from your registers
- Ration groups, drug list and withdrawal periods entered the way your vet sets them
- Herdsman, vet and farm-office screens that show each person only what the job needs
Cattle Farm Management Software gives every dairy or beef animal one record under its ear tag. The record holds dam, sire, service dates, calvings, treatments, withdrawal dates, daily milk, weights and group. Feed is issued by ration group, and sales leave with the animal’s history attached. Herdsmen enter events on a phone.
What goes wrong before the software.
How the work flows through it, step by step.
- 1
Birth and tagging
A calf is born and given an ear tag. Dam, sire, sex, birth weight and pen are entered, and the animal joins the register as a calf in its feeding group.
- 2
Growth and group moves
Weights are taken at set ages. The calf moves from milk feeding to a weaner group and on to heifer or finisher pens, and the ration follows the group.
- 3
Breeding
Heat is logged, the cow is inseminated or served, and the straw or bull is noted. A pregnancy check date is set. The result moves her to in-calf or back to open.
- 4
Milking and dry-off
Each milking is recorded by cow or by batch. When yield falls or calving nears, a dry-off date is set and she moves to the dry group with its own ration.
- 5
Health and treatment
The vet’s diagnosis, drug and dose go on the animal. A withdrawal date blocks her milk or her sale until it clears, and vaccination rounds are scheduled by group.
- 6
Sale or exit
A bull calf, cull cow or finished animal is sold on a sale note with her history attached. A death is recorded with the cause. Either way, the register status is closed.
What is inside.
Every module can be switched on, left out or changed to match how your team already works.
The business modules it is built from.
Each one is also available on its own, or inside a system built for you.
- Batch and Serial Tracking
Each animal is a numbered unit with a dam, a sire and a birth lot, so every later event traces back through the tag.
- Service Reminders
Booster rounds and parasite control come due by age or group, and the herdsman is told which tags are waiting for a dose.
- Stock Tracking and Alerts
Concentrate, silage and minerals fall as they are issued to each ration group, and a low-stock alert fires before the feed bin empties.
- Purchase Order Management
Orders to feed mills and veterinary suppliers are raised from low stock, then matched against what arrives at the store.
- Attendance & Time Tracking
Milkers and feeders are marked present by shift, with overtime for early or late milkings recorded against their names.
- Invoice Management
A sale note becomes a tax invoice for the buyer, with weight, price and transport details carried over from the animal’s record.
- Vendor Management
Each feed mill, silage contractor and drug supplier has one record holding last rate, delivery history and dues owed by the farm.
How we would put it in.
Setup, data migration, integrations and anything built on top.
One system, each person sees their part.
For owners
Read open cows, milk sold, feed cost per group, animals ready for sale and treatment spend by month, without walking the sheds first.
For herd managers
Plan breeding, dry-off and calving pens. Assign animals to groups and approve the ration each group is fed.
For milkers and pen staff
Open the milking list on a phone, enter yields, and see which cows are held back for treatment before cups are attached.
For visiting vets
See each animal’s earlier treatments, service history and withdrawal status before examining her, then add the diagnosis and dose on the spot.
For farm office staff
Raise purchase orders for feed and drugs, issue sale notes and match the dairy’s milk statement to the herd’s own yield figures.
The numbers the owner asks for.
- Open cows by days since calving, with last service and sire
- Calving interval and expected due dates by month
- Animals under milk or meat withdrawal, with clearing dates
- Milk yield per cow per lactation, against the tank statement
- Feed issued per group, cost per litre and cost per kilogram of gain
- Weight gain by calf and finisher against breed target
- Sales and culls with weight, age and buyer
Who this is built for.
- Dairy farms that milk by hand or by machine and sell to a dairy or collection centre
- Beef cattle farms that raise calves to finishing weight
- Heifer-rearing units that supply in-calf animals to other dairies
- Mixed farms that keep a cattle herd beside crops
- Cooperative member farms that must report milk and animal numbers
When it is not the right choice.
- A smallholder milking two cows by hand can manage with a notebook, a wall calendar and a note of vet visits.
- Goat, sheep, poultry or fish operations will find Goat and Sheep Farm Management Software or a poultry-specific system a closer fit.
Adapted to your business before it goes live.
You are not handed a login and left to it. The product is set up around your records, your people and the tools you already use.
Works alongside
- RFID tag readers
- Weighing scale entry
- SMS
- Accounting export
Questions owners ask before a demo.
Can it handle a mixed herd of dairy and beef animals?
Yes. Each animal carries a purpose and a group. Milk entries apply to cows in milk, while weights and sale notes serve the finishers.
How does the withdrawal clock work?
Each drug on your list has a milk period and a meat period. Treat a cow and both dates are set. She stays flagged on the milking list until they pass.
Can we record milk without a meter?
Yes. Enter a batch total for the shed, or a per-cow figure from the bucket or jar. If the parlour has milk meters, each reading is keyed against the cow or brought in from the meter’s export.
Can breeding dates show which cows are open?
Yes. Heat, service and check results build an open-cow list with days since calving. Cows that return to service are visible straight away.
Does it track feed by group?
Yes. Rations are set for each group and issued against its head count. Stock levels fall as feed is drawn, and reorder points flag concentrate running low.
Can a buyer be given an animal’s history?
Yes. The sale note carries tag, age, dam, sire, vaccinations, treatments and latest weight, printed or sent as a file for the buyer.
Will it work in the sheds with weak signal?
Not without a connection. Milkers can note figures on paper and key them in from the farm office, or wait until signal returns at the parlour.
Who owns the herd data?
You do. Before work begins, the quotation states which file layout you will receive your animal, milk and treatment records in whenever you ask.
How is the herd data moved in at the start?
Animal lists, last service dates and any open treatments come from your books. The herd manager walks the pens and confirms each tag before go-live.
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