Spray reporting added to Herdwatch app farm compliance features
Farmers use Herdwatch on smartphones, tablets or computers, to record livestock remedies, feed purchases, cattle weights, and the full livestock breeding cycle, and to register calf births, and the app now also provides assistance with spray reporting.
The Herdwatch app was launched in 2014 by FRS (Farm Relief Services), and the spray reporting addition stems from FRS training in pesticide application.
Jim Dockery, FRS Training Manager said, ‘We have trained over 12,500 people through our QQI Pesticide Application Course, which is compulsory for all professional users, including farmers, under the new Sustainable Use Directive.
From experience, and feedback from farmers, recording the use of pesticides to be compliant is a big issue for them, and Herdwatch has developed an easy way for this to be done through the app on your phone, saving farmers time and hassle.
“We will definitely be recommending it at our training courses, and are confident that it will solve this spray recording problem for farmers in the future.”
Bimeda Ireland have launched Dectospot Spot-On, a 10mg/ml Deltamethrin spot-on treatment licensed for control of lice and flies in cattle, sheep and lambs.
Dectospot comes with zero milk withdrawal in cattle and can be used during pregnancy and lactation.
Dectospot is licensed for ticks, lice, keds and established blowfly strike on sheep , and for lice and ticks on lambs.
It is available in 250ml, 500ml, 1 litre, and 2.5 litres pack sizes.
Fly control in the summer prevents loss of grazing time and lower productivity due to nuisance flies, which also transmit diseases, such as summer mastitis.
