Farming Software

AgriAir

Folks,

I'm probably resurrecting an old thread by even mentioning this but I'll ask anyway so if you could re-direct me to the post I would appreciate it. I am on the lookout for Farm Software that I can use for entering all the relevant farm data that I currently use paper & some Excel Sheets for. Any tips/advice on what to lookout for in a farm software package would be welcome.

Thanks,
AgriAir.

MayoAreMagic

What are you looking for in it? I would have thought that everything most farmers need can be done using Microsoft Excel and Word.

td5man

Agfood will do most of what you need to be compliant more being added to it next year and cards going over the next few years.

Or Agrinet if you want a more detailed package.

joejobrien

Highly recommend agrinet. very detailed to very simple system, depend what you want to draw from your reports.

Mad4simmental

Every time I try to Regester to agfood all I get is this on my screen. Any tips how to sign up?

Going to sign up to ibcf to,
(everything old school here at the moment)

Anything else handy to get?

Tanx from computer thick fcuker, :-)

Mad4simmental

Forgot the picture,

Bog Man 1

Try Farm Flo . I am looking into using it .

http://farmflo.com/

White Clover

Is there anyone here using herdwatch. Is it any good ?

Zr105

White Clover wrote: »

Is there anyone here using herdwatch. Is it any good ?

Yeah started using it a month or 2 ago, they released a new version yesterday,

I like it personally, when animals are injected it's a couple of taps while walking back to the house and that's the recording done, no more oh yeah I'll write that up tonight...........

Also find it handy, when you tap into an animal it tells you the age in months so it's easy to check when they'd be coming tight on factory ages.

The new version has stock groups, it was something I definitely thought would have been a help when using the original version for putting in dosing records and that.

Handiest thing I find is you don't have to log into it every time, unlike agfood which seems to hate me....

Blackgrass

We use gatekeeper as can tie together software from a few different machines together but would suspect not worth the money on stockfarm

freedominacup

Using agrinet here since the mid nineties. Linked to smartphone for the past twelve months. It links to agfood so reconciling the two is easy. I'd take a lot of convincing to change from it. Must start using the grass measuring facility next year.

td5man

Mad4simmental wrote: »

Every time I try to Regester to agfood all I get is this on my screen. Any tips how to sign up?

Going to sign up to ibcf to,
(everything old school here at the moment)

Anything else handy to get?

Tanx from computer thick fcuker, :-)

You need to register with dept and they'll send you a pac code.

White Clover

Zr105 wrote: »

Yeah started using it a month or 2 ago, they released a new version yesterday,

I like it personally, when animals are injected it's a couple of taps while walking back to the house and that's the recording done, no more oh yeah I'll write that up tonight...........

Also find it handy, when you tap into an animal it tells you the age in months so it's easy to check when they'd be coming tight on factory ages.

The new version has stock groups, it was something I definitely thought would have been a help when using the original version for putting in dosing records and that.

Handiest thing I find is you don't have to log into it every time, unlike agfood which seems to hate me....

Yeah I heard it was handy. Twas actually a Bord Bia man that I met at the ploughing that told me about it ! Said it was very easy to use.
Must look into getting it.

White Clover

Zr105 wrote: »

Yeah started using it a month or 2 ago, they released a new version yesterday,

I like it personally, when animals are injected it's a couple of taps while walking back to the house and that's the recording done, no more oh yeah I'll write that up tonight...........

Also find it handy, when you tap into an animal it tells you the age in months so it's easy to check when they'd be coming tight on factory ages.

The new version has stock groups, it was something I definitely thought would have been a help when using the original version for putting in dosing records and that.

Handiest thing I find is you don't have to log into it every time, unlike agfood which seems to hate me....

Yeah I heard it was handy. Twas actually a Bord Bia man that I met at the ploughing that told me about it ! Said it was very easy to use.
Must look into getting it.

L1985

hey guys any advice on farming software? im looking at getting our stuff online this year (what an exciting new years resolution lol) but having probs finding something I like. Just want an excel spreadsheet that can keep track of income and expenditure and go month by month to start with and one that I can amend but has all the formulas built in . Im good with computers but excels a weak point anyone any ideas? anything Iv come across isnt suitable really as I want it fairly detailed and the ones I have found are all about crop and we are suckler.
this year we are changing from outwintering to a slatted unit so really want to assess costs and profits and be a lot more systematic in our approach.
so any ideas and other farming software would be helpful-tried to get the farmflo trail but it wouldnt download (only tried yesterday though) looking at herdwatch as well seems handy enough all right so might get that.
thanks for your help

C4d78

L1985 wrote: »

hey guys any advice on farming software? im looking at getting our stuff online this year (what an exciting new years resolution lol) but having probs finding something I like. Just want an excel spreadsheet that can keep track of income and expenditure and go month by month to start with and one that I can amend but has all the formulas built in . Im good with computers but excels a weak point anyone any ideas? anything Iv come across isnt suitable really as I want it fairly detailed and the ones I have found are all about crop and we are suckler.
this year we are changing from outwintering to a slatted unit so really want to assess costs and profits and be a lot more systematic in our approach.
so any ideas and other farming software would be helpful-tried to get the farmflo trail but it wouldnt download (only tried yesterday though) looking at herdwatch as well seems handy enough all right so might get that.
thanks for your help

Teagasc cost control planner

dodo mommy

I would like to try herd watch but does it justify paying €100/year when I'd only run around 25 suckers and their followers.

frazzledhome

freedominacup wrote: »

Using agrinet here since the mid nineties. Linked to smartphone for the past twelve months. It links to agfood so reconciling the two is easy. I'd take a lot of convincing to change from it. Must start using the grass measuring facility next year.

Free heading to office to reconcile IFC and Agfood. How do you do this. I'm agrinet for years as well but never reconciled this way yet.

Have someone else taking over record keeping so want it right starting out

Greengrass1

frazzledhome wrote: »

Free heading to office to reconcile IFC and Agfood. How do you do this. I'm agrinet for years as well but never reconciled this way yet.

Have someone else taking over record keeping so want it right starting out

Is it just the grass package you have? The full one is 200/yr does all stock records registering and all that.
Has a programme you download onto computer iirc

Midfield9

Hi,
Got agrinet here last summer. Happy enough with the stock side of it. Im thinking of using the accounts side of it this year and im wondering does anyone have any thoughts/experience of the accounts package. Ive been using Teagasc CCP which it fairly simple and straight forward to use but im wondering if agrinet has more benefits/features.
Thanks

jamesroscommon

Hi,
Im looking at getting farming software, Im going into partnership at home and I think it will save a lot of messing about. Im just curious about how people feel about the different brands? I used Agrinet before and on a dairy farm I used to work on and I didnt really like it. Im hearing a lot about herdwatch and it does sound good but I dunno is 99 punts to expensive???? Also has anyone used farmflo, they seem new enough?

joejobrien

Many people using agrinet and is very good. What did you not like about it. Also what are you getting for 99 punts?

WheatenBriar

With the likes of kings wood and agrinet,you pay up front for the software and thereafter an annual maintenance charge for access to online support and updates
Yes the programmes log into your Aim account and register calves for you in a few clicks

Jack180570

What software packages and available for sheep farmers...

orm0nd

Jack180570 wrote: »

What software packages and available for sheep farmers...

tgm sheepware


http://www.tgmsoftware.com/sheep.htm

jamesroscommon

I was looking at herdwatch, it seems to be the cheapest out there and I'm not sure but it seems to have the best functionality. We would buy and sell a good few cattle, and (now I,m not 100% on this so correct me if I,m wrong) it seems like herdwatch allows you easily apply for movement cert and I think it automatically updates your herd without having to enter tag number for the cattle you move in and out.

Sam Kade

joejobrien wrote: »

Many people using agrinet and is very good. What did you not like about it. Also what are you getting for 99 punts?

Is that the only payment or is there extra cost for the software when starting off?

orm0nd

jamesroscommon wrote: »

I was looking at herdwatch, it seems to be the cheapest out there and I'm not sure but it seems to have the best functionality. We would buy and sell a good few cattle, and (now I,m not 100% on this so correct me if I,m wrong) it seems like herdwatch allows you easily apply for movement cert and I think it automatically updates your herd without having to enter tag number for the cattle you move in and out.

using it here

have never applied for a cert but it's quite simple once you have the buyer's details logged

when you synchronize with the dept website,(you need a pin no) it will auto update your animals whether moved in or out, ie whatever are on your herd profile

you can view the cattle moved off farm

White Clover

orm0nd wrote: »

using it here

have never applied for a cert but it's quite simple once you have the buyer's details logged

when you synchronize with the dept website,(you need a pin no) it will auto update your animals whether moved in or out, ie whatever are on your herd profile

you can view the cattle moved off farm

Have herdwatch here too. Very simple to use. Can be used offline so if u have bad coverage in the shed or wherever u can still use it.

orm0nd

White Clover wrote: »

Have herdwatch here too. Very simple to use. Can be used offline so if u have bad coverage in the shed or wherever u can still use it.

yep, I havent a smart phone, but son does

both of us just up load each night.. any changes made by either of us are copied to his phone or my laptop

very handy now as the breeding season is in full swing