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- Industry: Farming
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Market leader for cattle management s/w
Reviewed on 2023/05/18
Support, in-app and on-line, is responsive and clear.
Support, in-app and on-line, is responsive and clear.
Pros
There is very little at you might want to do in a beef enterprise that HerdWatch doesn't facilitate, record and manage.
Cons
There is a progressive roadmap for development to broaden the capability of HerdWatch into land management and financial performance aspects. In the future, it will have greater application for management of agri-environment schemes.
- Industry: Farming
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
JHreview
Reviewed on 2023/10/01
Very good
Very good
Pros
Information all in one place, and very good reports available for the likes of bord bia audit
Cons
It would be great if you could select the features you use most frequently and have a home screen that they could be kept in
- Industry: Farming
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Herdwatch
Reviewed on 2022/08/23
Overall i am happy with the app, i have been using it for less than 6 months so still have a lot to...
Overall i am happy with the app, i have been using it for less than 6 months so still have a lot to learn about it and to discover more of the features
Pros
I like that the information can be fed into and from other apps. The main features i use are the feed management and the remedy management and find these useful for tracking
Cons
One particular area that i find difficult to use is the spray feature
- Industry: Farming
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Ease of Use
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Herdwatch
Reviewed on 2023/05/11
Detailed history for each animal and ability to get due dates etc for Calving, repeats etc at any...
Detailed history for each animal and ability to get due dates etc for Calving, repeats etc at any stage of the day.
Pros
The history and tracking of animal medication. The Ancestral and calving performance of all animals in my herd
Cons
Getting a message to check the daily watchboard when there are none
- Industry: Farming
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Herdwatch is adaptable to the needs of individual farming businesses
Reviewed on 2021/09/06
Great for performance recording and med records to meet farm assurance requirements. Especially the...
Great for performance recording and med records to meet farm assurance requirements. Especially the fact that expiry dates on withdrawal periods are worked out automatically.
Pros
Weight recording is a doddle and the whole herd can be recorded on one page.
Cons
That when recording meds such as wormer where doses are calculated depending on weight there is a cattle have to be entered in batches according to their weight which is time consuming.
- Industry: Farming
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
HW
Reviewed on 2020/10/18
Keeping our medicine book up together and all other paperwork
Keeping our medicine book up together and all other paperwork
Pros
The stress free programme, easy to adapt. No complications. You can monitor everything even using your phone when out about on farm. Don’t have to write any info down it can be put straight on to phone. Because so much TB paperwork now with tracers I keep them in there groups and send info direct to vets no writing ear numbers down it’s just perfect
Cons
Nothing really. I just think it’s brilliant. If in difficulty HW are there to help you
Response from Herdwatch
Thank you so much for rating Herdwatch 5 stars, it means a lot to us.
- Industry: Farming
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10
Herdwatch
Reviewed on 2020/10/13
Overall I find it great for Bord boa/Dept of ag compliance. Next gen was a step forward but at the...
Overall I find it great for Bord boa/Dept of ag compliance. Next gen was a step forward but at the price it would want to be as good as it is
Pros
The compliance record keeping. The withdrawal period reminders. Ease of access on phone to feed/spraying records.
Cons
I find the breeding section confusing and have stopped using the heat reminder as my old style wall chart is more to my style. Has been disappointing trying to record vet visits eg not recognising products
Response from Herdwatch
Thank you for your 4 star overall rating, and we note your comments about the breeding section, which have been passed on to our product team - again thanks for the feedback, this is so important to us.
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Good app
Reviewed on 2022/03/06
Saves time
Saves time
Pros
Breeding section. Heats and repeats.
Weight recording
Cons
Adding a stock bull but I figured it out eventually. It wasn’t actually too bad.
- Industry: Dairy
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Herdwatch Review
Reviewed on 2020/12/29
The App has greatly improved recently with the ironing out of some previously irritating faults. Am...
The App has greatly improved recently with the ironing out of some previously irritating faults. Am now very happy with it.
Pros
Easy to load, easy to understand. Generally very slick.
Cons
Not great for generating to-do lists. These are still good to have sometimes.
Response from Herdwatch
Thank you for your 5 star review, we appreciate your feedback, it's what keeps us going and innovating for farmers
- Industry: Farming
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Good and easy to use 99% of time
Reviewed on 2020/10/12
Easy to use.
Easy to use.
Pros
Very easy to use and the update has made it even better
Cons
Please do t have your down time 7.30-8 pm as this is the time my husband gets indoors for the day abd I quickly try and update all the calves he’s tagged.
Response from Herdwatch
Thank you so much for the 5 star rating and the feedback, which we always take on board. Just to explain, that downtime between 7.30 and 8pm is not a Herdwatch issue, it's a BCMS (Government System) window which they use to update their records nightly, and during that time their systems may be unavailable - which we have no control over. I hope this helps. Thanks again.
- Industry: Dairy
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Herdwatch
Reviewed on 2021/10/05
Very good
Very good
Pros
That all records are to hand and easy to find
Cons
No mobility scoring, which is helpful to use
Response from Herdwatch
Thank you for your review Also some good news, mobility scoring is coming in the very near future - it's currently in testing
- Industry: Dairy
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Ease of Use
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Pros & Cons
Reviewed on 2021/01/04
Very good with very good back up
Very good with very good back up
Pros
Registration and Movements. Ease of use and easier than using ag food
Cons
Breeding. Repeats are not picked up on the watchboard. Ie if the cow is ai d as a repeat the cow remains on the watch board. Also entering a serve could be made more streamlined
- Industry: Farming
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Convenient and Excellent Service
Reviewed on 2020/10/12
Pros
Very easy to use and the customer service is excellent! Can add a medicine remedy as soon as the animals are treated which saves so much time preparing for the Bord Bia audit.
Cons
Even though I contact Herdwatch Spring 2020 requesting the ability to inlcude milk recordings, they told me they would add it to a list of considerations for the new Herdwatch 2.0 App. Unfortunately this did not make the cut. I think it would greatly benefit determining what AI Bull to give during the Breeding Season.
Response from Herdwatch
Thank you for your 4 star rating - much appreciated. We took your feedback on board regarding milk recordings, and we are working on that right now and it will definitely be included it in an upcoming release.
- Industry: Food Production
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Useful product
Reviewed on 2021/04/06
Pros
ease of use, it allows animals to be clearly found in the herd list with the search function
Cons
Animal tag numbers can be hard to read, instead of UK 9 124222 1111 3 it come out uk912422211113 which is harder to read
Response from Herdwatch
Thank you so much for the vote of confidence and the constructive feedback, it's what keeps us innovating for farmers
- Industry: Farming
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Review
Reviewed on 2021/02/06
Saved hours of manual work for the farm assurance assesment
Saved hours of manual work for the farm assurance assesment
Pros
Ease of registering calves,
Vet and med recording of medicines and their useage
Breeding tab, ease of use
Cons
Nothing, it all seems easy to use if we wwant to use it
Response from Herdwatch
Thank you for your great review, it's what keeps us innovating for farmers
- Industry: Farming
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Animal life in a box.
Reviewed on 2020/12/18
Great for sorting cattle into groups, pulling out ones to market. Keeping records for cattle is...
Great for sorting cattle into groups, pulling out ones to market. Keeping records for cattle is made easy.
Ticks a box for Farm assurance.
Pros
The smart list on animal s.
The AI bulls are there to pick from.
Cons
Be good if you could put 2 drugs on at once to an animal.
Getting a sheep platform would be magic.
Response from Herdwatch
Thank you so much for the 5 star rating, and we love your chosen title "Animal life in a box" ;-) Happy Herdwatch'in!
- Industry: Farming
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Useful app
Reviewed on 2021/07/25
Pros
Good app but would like medicine and weight recording and breeding records.
Cons
Fertilizer and slurry records and grass cover records
Response from Herdwatch
Dear Robert, thank you for the glowing review - We hear you on the fertiliser recording, watch this space we're working on it! Also, just to clarify, medicine, weights and breeding are all available already ;-)
- Industry: Farming
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
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Reviewed on 2020/10/14
Pros
learning the product as transitioned from previous version. Change is always different - was very familiar with previous product and find this slightly more complicated working around it
Cons
learning where the items are in the menu.
Response from Herdwatch
Thank you for your amazing 4 star rating, it gives us the motivation to continue to improve Herdwatch with our monthly releases, by listening to farmers, as we have done for the past 7 years ;-)
- Industry: Farming
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used for Free Trial
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Conversion to Print Format
Reviewed on 2020/11/03
I would always like to be able to view everything by cow number, not necessarily as default but...
I would always like to be able to view everything by cow number, not necessarily as default but always as an option
Pros
Capacity to print reports is excellent but there should be the option to print more data
Cons
There should be a capacity to print all smart lists/groups/empty cows
Response from Herdwatch
Thank you very much for the feedback and your 4-star rating, much appreciated. We are constantly working on expanding the reporting functionality - watch this space