In August, we were thrilled to deliver the first new features of our FarmIQ app - the Mobile Stock List and Pasture Growth Rate. We're now happy to launch our first enhancements
We launched the New Mobile Roadmap to help clarify the journey ahead for farmers, demonstrating our commitment to building more features, more frequently.
Engaging farmers at every step of the development journey has meant we’ve delivered a new farm management app that is simple to use and easy for farmers to reap the benefits from.
What's new for users
Mobile Stock List
The Mobile Stock List provides farmers with greater oversight of their farming business. In the palm of their hand, farmers can see all the mobs on-farm in an easily filtered and sortable list view.
Now you can:
- View the current mobs and tally (including grazing stock)
- Identify the paddocks each mob are in
- See the breakdown of a mob by stock class, breed and revenue group*
- View the last weighing details, including date, last weight, gains and who recorded it*
- See if a mob is within a withholding period*
For now, continue to record events in the FarmIQ Classic mobile app or web app to keep stock tallies up to date.
*New enhancements. Released 8 September 2022.
Pasture Growth Rate
The pasture growth rate will be calculated if the paddock has not been grazed between two successive pasture cover measurements (not more than 40 days apart).
Knowing the pasture growth rate at a paddock level is invaluable information for grazing management decisions.
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- Knowing the growth rate for a few paddocks will indicate how much pasture is being added to the whole farm each day.
- The growth rate can be compared to animal demand per hectare which will indicate if feed availability (average pasture cover) is increasing or decreasing.
- The growth rate combined with the previous cover measurement can help estimate the current pasture cover for a paddock or how long it will take to achieve the desired cover for a future grazing event.
- Comparing growth rates between paddocks over time will often indicate pasture production differences and help identify where land management improvements (pests/diseases, fertiliser, pasture species, drainage, etc.) are most needed.
- Seeing the last grazing event including the mob, tally and last grazing day helps inform decisions around when the paddock can be grazed again and by what type of animals.*
*New enhancements. Released 8 September 2022.
Make sure to update your app on either Google Play for Android or the App Store for iOS to access the features.
What's up next
Here are some of the mobile app features and enhancements we're currently working on:
Features- Creating an offline database: Enable farmers to record events whilst out on-farm.
- Re-synchronisation of offline data with the main database.
