Here are the release notes, most of our releases also include performance and feature improvements and small fixes.

 

Version 7.8 - May 2023

 

Herdwatch (Cattle):

★ Watchboard reminder in IE where animals in movement application are still in herd - IE

★ Populating withdrawal info in IE/UK regions for a number of medicines

★ Re-ordering of sire/dam fields within animal identification

★ Prefill purchased by/administered by fields

★ Ability to generate all Bord Bia/Red tractor reports at once in App

 

Flockwatch (Sheep):

★ Ability to edit and remove moved out sheep from groups

★ Added more sheep breeds

★ New filters/sort by actions across FW

★ New treatment & death reasons

★ Remedy summary page

★ Watchboard notifications - sheep meat withdrawal, sheep close to lambing

 

 

Version 7.1 - May 2022

★ Create your own Smartlist

★ Livestock Sales + Purchases added to NI

★ Livestock Sales & Purchases Tutorial

★ Scotland - Batch Calf Reg improvements

★ Factory Performance Report

★ Ireland - Calves with queries Watchboard list

★ Add image to Bulk Tank records.

★ DNA calf reg improvements

★ Many smaller bugfixes and improvements.

★ Feed Purchases
★ New onboarding flow
★ New Sheep breeds and most popular sheep breeds added to top of the selection list
★ Animals born of farm report
★ Animal per Groups report
★ Print PDF list
★ Tag number validation
★ Lambing number sequence fix
★ Minor updates based on feedback and typo/image corrections

 

Version 7.0 - February 2022

★ Introducing Flockwatch - like Herdwatch, for sheep!

★ Export, print or share animal lists. Just tap the 3 dots at the top of most animal lists

★ Export, print or share your Farm Map using the 3 dots menu

★ "Grass & Crops" module renamed "Farm & Maps"

★ Farm Summary added to "Farm & Maps"

★ Breeding module tiles reordered for easier access

 

Version 6.8 - December 2021

★ Easily score & analyse your cows' Mobility, BCS, Abrasion & Cleanliness.
★ Quickly add multiple remedy treatments for the same animals.
★ View weight insights, breeding target weights and predicted weights.
★ Hoof care recording improvements & reports.
★ Out Of/No TB Test Date - (ROI)
★ Ability to record Pre-Breeding scans
★ Preparation for Bluetooth EID reader integration

★ Dedicated Dry Cow/SDCT section within Management. 

★ Livestock Sales and Purchase section within Performance so you can quickly add in sale/purchase prices after you buy or sell animals. 

★ Lactating Status Smartlist. (ROI)

★ Mapping Improvements - Increased Zoom on maps + Ability to hide field labels.

★ Bulk Tank Recordings - you can now record your bulk tank collections into the app. 

★ Dry Off Treatment Type now added to a remedy treatment.

★ Animals Just out of Withdrawal list added to the Watchboard.

★ IE only - can now collect ICBF survey Data via the Survey Data task. - (ROI)

 

Version 6.5 - August 2021

 

★ New - Farm Mapping - a simple way to create a map of your farm using satellite imagery.

★ New - Animal profile page design revamp.

★ New fields on an animals profile such as Breed percentage, Last serve date, Last calving date, Last dry off date, Days in herd and many more.

★ New Reports - Cows to Dry/Dried and Expected Calving Dates

★ Freezebrand field added to the per cow milk recordings table.

★ More Filters added to My Herd

★ Add a photo functionality added to Job/Note, Feed Purchases , Remedy Purchases and Cattle Treatments

 

Version 6.4 - July 2021

 

★ Cattle Price Calculator

★ Breeding Insights on Watchboard

★ Castration Recording

★ Ability to share animal profile + Herd Average Milk recordings

★ Remedy Stock Report / Paddock Reports

★ Pedigree Name and Breed % breakdown on per cow milk recordings table (ROI)

 

Version 6.3 - June 2021

★ Performance section added to the Homescreen

★ Milk recordings section added to Performance where you can see milk recording results at a herd average level and at an individual cow level.
★ New Smartlists - Calved Cows, Dry Cows and Cullwatch
★ Animals in Groups now ordered by sort by option selected in settings
★  Verified ad feature added to NI region.
★ NI + UK Dry off Management optimisations in Watchboard & Smartlists

★ Pregnancy Scanning can enter days in calf straight after selecting the animal scanned.

Version 6.1.67 - April 2021

 

Performance Updates Including:

★ New filter design for all lists

★ New pop up design applied across the board

★ Weights/Scans/Bulk edit recording enhanced

 

Version 6.1.66 - January 2021

 

★ Ireland: Get 'Verified by Herdwatch' on DoneDeal.ie and share animal data with potential buyers to increase their value (Complete Plan)

★ Dry off Management optimisations in Watchboard & Smartlists

★ Register multiple calves with Batch calf registration (Complete Plan)

Herdwatch has teamed up with DoneDeal.ie to help more of it's members harness the power of data when buying or selling animals.

'Verified by Herdwatch' is a new decision support tool that lets farmers share verified animal information including age, breeding, movements, latest weights & more with other farmers on the DoneDeal platform.

Sharing this key animal information with other farmers will help increase the value of animals by using data to prove their history and help buyers simplify their purchasing decision, without having to ask for more information or wasting diesel going to see animals without the facts knowing what they are really going to see.

How does it work ?

It couldn't be easier:

1. Select the animals you want to sell in Herdwatch & Generate a Verified Code by selecting the 'Verified Ad'.

2. Using the 'Copy Code' button and then paste it into DoneDeal when creating your DoneDeal ad.

3. The animal information will appear on your DoneDeal ad, it is that easy...