Herdwatch is honoured to have been invited by Enterprise Ireland to feature in their prestigious Innovation Tent at the upcoming Beef Open Day organised by Teagasc in Grange, Co. Meath, on June 18th. The event is free to attend and is expected to attract up to 10,000 visitors, so if you’re one of them, be sure to visit the Herdwatch stand where we’ll be running demos, talks and will have special offers on the day!
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We are delighted to announce our participation to the RTE and Enterprise Ireland-backed Launch of Mobile Monday Ireland’s Southern Chapter which will take place in Cork on June 23rd, between 2 World Cup matches (on big screen!). The event is also supported by various industry partners including FRS Recruitment (www.frsrecruitment.com).
Tickets are FREE but limited so make the best of this opportunity and register on https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mobile-monday-launch-of-southern-region-chapter-tickets-577207443
With chapters in Silicon Valley and over one hundred cities across the globe, Mobile Monday aims to bring together tech visionaries, stakeholders, and investors in the tech community to share information and most importantly network.
The event will be chaired by John Kennedy (Silicon Republic), who will speak to Kevin Abosch and Conor Murphy of one of the hottest new start-ups Kwikdesk, Enda Keane and Garrett Mullolly of Treemetrics, and Patrick Leddy of Pulsate.
Lots of other participants will feature including Fabien Peyaud from Herdwatch and Kevin Hennessy from Boat Warden who has some Hollywood A-listers as his clients.
More details available here on the RTE website or on the Mobile Monday Cork website.
Want to find out more about Herdwatch? Check out our new “Herdwatch in 60 seconds” video below!
Dairy & Beef Farmers, are you tired of wasting time on paperwork? You can finally say “Bye Bye Blue Book, Hello Herdwatch“, reclaim some well-earned free time and be in with a chance to win an iPad!*
Subscribe now for a chance to win an iPad*. You can also text “frs 24” + your name to 51444 to receive a call back from the Herdwatch team
Update 1st August 2014: Well done to Sean McCormack, Dairy & Tillage Farmer from Co. Kildare, who recently signed up to Herdwatch and just won himself a brand new iPad!
If you are ready to subscribe, click below and join thousands of farmers who have already made the move to Herdwatch. Thousands of Calves registered, and counting! All Features, Free updates, No hidden costs, only €130 (incl. VAT) per year with a 30-day FREE trial.
Check out our new “Herdwatch in 60 seconds” video below!
*Entry to the iPad competition is subject to subscription to Herdwatch (€130) by 31/07/2014. Full T&Cs available at www.herdwatch.ie/ct
It’s that time of the year, when the “Summer Madness” hits and we look forward to good weather (hopefully), holidays (maybe), and for most farmers (definitely), cutting silage! Happy cattle are munching through lovely green and tasty Irish grass, and with Herdwatch in your hand, you can now walk those fields and still have access to your critical herd data, anytime, anywhere. At Herdwatch, we’ve also gone a little bit “Summer Mad”…
So what’s happening with Herdwatch this summer?
There is more news to come this Summer, with new features, new reports, etc… so don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn for regular updates.
If you are ready to subscribe, click below and join thousands of farmers who have already made the move to Herdwatch. Thousands of Calves registered, and counting! All Features, Free updates, No hidden costs, only €130 (incl. VAT) per year with a 30-day FREE trial.
Irish Independent farming deputy editor Darragh McCullough (also presenter of RTE’s Ear to The Ground) spoke to FRS (Farm Relief Services) & Herdwatch CEO, Peter Byrne about all the exciting things FRS are up to. The resulting article gives a glimpse into the profile of FRS, our CEO Peter, and the depth of services we provide to Farmers and other industry sectors, uncluding some truly unique services such as HoofWatch, the FRS Membership Benefit Scheme (MBS), and of course Herdwatch 😉
Click HERE to read the article in full on the Irish Independent’s website.
Meanwhile…the Herdwatch team has been busy testing and delivering the last few elements of the “Launch Phase”. The Breeding and Weight Recording features have been live on all platforms (iPhone, iPad, all Android Devices + Laptops & Computers) since April 10th, and all going well, the automated export of Weight and Breeding data to ICBF will start next week (it will be retrospective so all data entered since version 1.1 will be included) We are already working on the next phase, with some exciting new features in store, which will be added for free to all subscribers!
So what are you waiting for? If you are ready to subscribe, click below and join thousands of farmers who have already made the move to Herdwatch. Thousands of Calves registered, and counting! All Features, Free updates, No hidden costs, only €130 (incl. VAT) per year with a 30-day FREE trial.
To mark the 70th anniversary of Macra na Feirme and the launch of Herdwatch, FRS presented Macra’s Agricultural Affairs Committee members with a free one year subscription to their Mobile Herd Manager at the committee’s latest meeting in Abbeyleix, Co. Laois. Fabien Peyaud from FRS demonstrated the key features of this new innovative herd manager to the group of 20 committee members who represent Macra groups from around the country, with Macra CEO, Edmond Connolly, Macra President, Kieran O’Dowd and Agricultural Affairs Committee Chairperson Sean Coughlan also in attendance.
Speaking on behalf of Macra, Edmond Connolly, CEO said ‘we were delighted that FRS came along to show the group what Herdwatch can do to make life so much easier on the farm and are grateful for their kind gesture of a free subscription. After using the mobile herd manager myself I am thrilled to have the facility of my herd in my hand and to manage my fledgling Pedigree Angus herd. I am awaiting the birth of the first calf from a new addition to my herd and will be registering it through Herdwatch and I have to say I am looking forward to doing that. Embracing something new can be empowering.’
Sean Coughlan said “It’s interesting to see how mobile technology is evolving with the development of products that are relevant to farmers on the ground”
Fabien was able to show a preview of the next major Herdwatch update due in a few days, which will enable the easy recording of weight and breeding events (insemination and scans). These events will automatically be passed on to ICBF.
‘1,500 calves have been registered via Herdwatch in the last few weeks and the feedback from users has been very positive. I am inspired by the way farmers have taken the step forward to embrace a new way of doing things and I am confident that this will continue as farmers see for themselves how Herdwatch will improve the daily management of their herd.’ said Fabien Peyaud, FRS IT Manager and Herdwatch developer. ‘We welcome Macra to the fold and can see the motivation within Macra to embrace new things, which is why this organisation is celebrating the successes of 70 years.’ said Peyaud.
The Macra organisation was instrumental in the birth of FRS Farm Relief Services 35 years ago, so further celebrations of this special link and 70th Anniversary are planned, with an upcoming special Herdwatch deal for Macra members, so watch this space 😉
Kieran O’Dowd, Macra President, Fabien Peyaud, FRS/Herdwatch IT Manager, Edmond Connolly, Macra CEO, and Peter Byrne, FRS Network CEO at a recent meeting in Roscrea.
Macra Agricultural Affairs Committee Chairperson, Sean Coughlan (in green), Fabien Peyaud from Herdwatch (standing) and commitee members during a Herdwatch presentation at their latest meeting in Abbeyleix, Co. Laois.
Jack Kennedy, Irish Farmers Journal Dairy Editor, visited a farm in Mothel, Co. Waterford last Friday to see first-hand how Herdwatch made a difference to 3 generations of the same family, farming a 100 cow herd. Mark, the Grandson, David, the Son, and Brendan, the Father (75 years milking), have completely embraced Herdwatch over the past few weeks. In fact, they now use it daily on 2 iPhones, an iPad and a Laptop. Mark said “We have been looking out for something like this for years. We used to text each other Remedy Records so that one of us would always have them”
When asked how long it takes to register a calf, David replied “20 seconds at most…the last update took so many steps out of the process it might even be quicker”
You can read Jack Kennedy’s full page report in today’s Farmers Journal, on page 30.
Ready to join the Mobile Farming Revolution? Click HERE now to avail of our special launch offer of 13 months for the price of 12 (offer ends 30/03/2014).
Need more info? Why not contact one of our Herdwatch experts in your local FRS Office: Click HERE for contact details.
Over 500 farmers registered their interest in Herdwatch before it was even launched, and as promised, we picked 10 randomly, and the lucky competition winners received a free 1 year Herdwatch Subscription. Here are the winners, they have been notified – well done to all and Happy Herdwatch’in!
Tom B from Co. Cavan, David D from Co. Kilkenny, Mairead E. from Co. Tipperary, Paul M from Co. Tipperary, Blathnaid O from Co. Cork, Eoin R from Co. Tipperary, Tom B from Co. Cork, James C from Co. Wexford, Mervin S from Co. Offaly, and Willie W from Co. Limerick.
Got calves to register? Remedies to record? If so please read on!
We are delighted to announce that Herdwatch, a unique Mobile Herd Manager by FRS (Farm Relief Services), is now live, just in time for the height of the calving season! You will finally be able to register your calves in seconds, record remedy purchases and usage anytime, anywhere, and litterally have “Your Herd in Your Hand”.
Already, hundreds of calves have been registered successfully from Herdwatch on smartphones, tablets and laptops/PCs, yours could be next 😉
As a special Launch offer, if you subscribe before 1st March 2014, you will get an extra month added to your subscription for free.
To find out what Herdwatch can do for you, visit this page.
Happy Herdwatch’in!
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After months of internal development and testing, and recent approval by the Department of Agriculture for Herd Sync & Calf Registrations (see this post), Herdwatch is going to the next level, with a Beta version available for a limited number of users from the end of next week. We will be taking applications online for the next few days (here), and will randomly pick a number of farmers to be the lucky recipients of a free 1 year subscription to Herdwatch, starting with the Beta. So, where’s the catch?
In what will be the last in our series of (badly) paraphrased JFK quotes, we say: “Ask not what Herdwatch can do for you, but what you can do for Herdwatch!”. If you are interested in trying the Herdwatch Beta, here is what you need:
=> A Smartphone (iPhone or Android) and ideally a PC/Laptop
=> Be registered with Agfood.ie, the Department’s Online Register (a free service)
=> Be willing to give us regular feedback, and engage with our Support technicians
=> While we have done a lot of testing, you may find the odd “bug”, so we ask you to work with us while we resolve any issue
=> While we will do everything we can to avoid it, it is possible that you may lose some data (nothing affecting your Herd Register though)
We will be randomly picking from qualifying applicants, so don’t be too disappointed if you don’t get drawn out of the hat, we may extend the Beta numbers later, and you will always qualify for our “Early Adopter” discount when Herdwatch goes live soon!
If you’re still reading, that’s a good sign, now all you need to do is head over to this page and submit your details. If you had previously registered your interest in Herdwatch, but would like to apply for the Beta, please fill out this new form, it should only take a minute. Alternatively, or if you’re extra lazy 😉 you can send a text with the words “FRS BETA” to 51444 and we will get back to you in the next few days.
Keep an eye on our Twitter and Facebook pages for news & updates, we are up to over 800 followers on Twitter, not bad in 8 weeks! Thanks to all for your support, the wait is almost over…