Suppliers to several dairy companies can now get more value from their milk information by taking advantage of automated or manual data links.
FarmIQ has developed the links so farmers using the Dairy Enterprise Pack can view their milk information alongside all their other farm data on a report dashboard. This means they monitor performance in a range of ways and be proactive. Possible views include per-cow or per-hectare production each day or monitoring performance against targets.
FarmIQ has set up automated data links with four dairy companies: Westland Milk Products, Synlait, Open Country Dairy and Miraka. Fonterra suppliers can manually upload milk production information. Automated links already exist for information from several meat companies.
WESTLAND, SYNLAIT, OPEN COUNTRY DAIRY, MIRAKA:
These companies hold milk production records on suppliers’ behalf and at suppliers’ request will pass information on. Suppliers can ask to have the automated data link when signing up for FarmIQ, and FarmIQ will work with the dairy company to do the rest.FONTERRA:
Fonterra suppliers can easily get their data from the Farm Source site. (Instructions are given there for how to download the file.) The file from Farm Source will be in csv format, which can be uploaded straight into the FarmIQ software. (The Upload Milk File button can be found either in the Produce menu or under Office - then Admin - Data Upload.)If you need any help setting up or using these new and updated features please give our friendly support team a call on 0800 327 647.
