AN upcoming FutureBeef webinar will explore the use of the HerdFlow livestock in inventory management system, designed for extensive area cattle production.

Developed with the backing of Meat & Livestock Australia, HerdFlow is a high-level livestock inventory management platform that allows users to assess their herd performance against industry benchmarks using a standardised set of measures.

A FutureBeef webinar on the plaform’s application and use will be held on Tuesday 30 September from 12:30pm AEST (details and registration below).

Not having accurate and reconciled herd data is one of the biggest challenges in the extensively-managed Australian beef industry.

Getting accurate numbers in the paddock is difficult enough, but beyond that, there are additional challenges in accurately recording, reconciling, and using this data. This results in a significant bottleneck in understanding and improving herd performance at a herd and industry level.

In addition, the lack of an industry standard or consistent language for categorising livestock classes and/or age groups has contributed to and compounded the problem of inaccurate herd records. This has been addressed with the Australian Herd Classification Guidelines.

In this BeefConnect* webinar, Harry Evans from Bush Agribusiness will discusses how these guidelines underpin the classification of animals within the HerdFlow platform, and outlines how:

• HerdFlow captures, reconciles and reports on animal movements within and between business units, locations and enterprises. It can accommodate stand-alone single enterprise businesses through to large integrated companies, with multiple business units, enterprises and locations.
• HerdFlow calculates and reports on kilograms produced, animal units carried, herd inventory values, herd inventory change, herd gross profit, reproductive rate and mortality. Herd emissions are calculated within the report using industry standard calculations.
• How budgeted herd data can be entered into, and reported on, within the platform as well as actual.
• How data can be imported into the HerdFlow platform.

About HerdFlow

The Herdflow platform has been developed by Bush AgriBusiness, with funding support from the MLA Donor Company. It is free to access for MyMLA members for one year, for one business unit.  More complicated business frameworks and additional recording  years require subscription to the platform. Initially, Bush AgriBusiness used an excel spreadsheet as a template to reconcile herd numbers for its clients and through their work as the business lead in the NB2 program.

The Northern Breeding Business (NB2) groups have all used the HerdFlow template delivered by Bush AgriBusiness. The Herdflow platform will also calculate herd KPI’s and herd emissions.

HerdFlow does not collect detailed herd data that existing herd software products generally do (e.g. check weights, treatments, or paddock moves) and has been developed to complement, not compete with, existing herd software products.

Webinar title: HerdFlow – high-level livestock inventory management for the extensive pastoral industry

When: Tuesday September 30 from 12:30pm AEST

Registration: Click here to register. https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3458361442635111004

Questions? Email Greg Bath here.

* Beef Connect is an extension and communication collaboration between FutureBeef and Beef Central