App for managing herd ‘can save four hours of paperwork per week’

Managing live data on your herd via mobile phone can eliminate up to four hours of paperwork per week, says dairy farmer and Herdwatch app user Andrew Darmody.

“It’s great not having to sit in front of the computer after you’re done working on the farm,” said Mr Darmody, who farms a 200-head dairy herd and finishes 300 to 400 beef animals a year on his farm in Twomileborris, Co Tipperary.

“The big thing for me is having all the data on animal remedies to hand right there on the phone. I had a Bord Bia inspection recently and I didn’t have to go rummaging for paper on any injections I’d given an animal. I save about three to four hours a week during the busier times in paperwork.