Farm Matters

Record keeping Cattle records include births, purchases, sales, movements, deaths, services, treatments and weights Entering cattle data is easy using our intuitive wizards which check you've entered the required information All cattle records can be be edited or deleted making managing your records easy

British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) Farm Matters can report your cattle passport and movement notifications direct to British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) using the Internet Simply enter the birth/movement into your cattle records and click the BCMS send button, it couldn't be easier There is also a facility to check your cattle records against those held by BCMS, we call this a CTS Cross Check The cross check displays the differences, if any, between the cattle on farm in Farm Matters and those recorded on BCMS A real life saver before a cattle inspection! More details

ScotMoves Scottish farmers can use Farm Matters to submit cattle birth and movement applications direct to ScotMoves and ScotMoves+ using the Internet As with BCMS there is also a facility to cross check your cattle on farm against ScotMoves The cross check facility can also be used to add records directly from movements reported to ScotMoves by markets and abattoirs

Cattle Software Reports A host of cattle reports can be printed from Farm Matters ranging from legislative documents like your Cattle Movement Book & Medicine Book to age, weight and profit reports All reports show a print preview before printing to avoid waste and can be exported to PDF and other formats

Scottish Beef Schemes For cattle keepers in Scotland Farm Matters supports the Beef Efficiency Scheme, ScotMoves and the Scottish Suckler Calf Support Scheme Farm Matters connects to ScotEID for submitting movements to ScotMoves and reporting calves, weight & disposals for the Beef Efficiency Scheme For the Scottish Suckler Calf Support Scheme Farm Matters can assist in finding which calves are eligible for the scheme and produce either a printable list of cattle barcodes or an CSV file for submission online All submissions can be re-printed or exported to CSV at any time More details

Tracking Weights With Farm Matters you can quickly enter weights or import them from a device such as a Tru-Test weigh head This data will then be used to show you daily live weight gains, weight progressions, target weights and more You can also track weaning weights for cow performance

Console Take your laptop out on farm and use the Console screen to quickly create a cattle batch The console shows the animals details including alerts for medicine withdrawal The console also allows you to quickly enter animal weights The batch can be used then and there or later to record cattle events such as movements and treatments

This is only the tip of the iceberg Farm Matters cattle software does so much more from tracking semen straws to pelvic measurements

Record keeping Sheep records include births, purchases, sales, movements, deaths, missing & found, tagging, tag replacements, treatments, retainments and flock transfers Farm Matters allows multiple sheep flocks across multiple holdings and even allows you create your own custom sheep types while offering full traceability of individual sheep The grid representation allows you to track your stock numbers easily and highlights any mistakes which would result in a negative number of sheep in your records For individual sheep you view their history and analyse their lambing, weight and more

Individual Sheep While Farm Matters can be used as a purely flock/number based system it is equally at home tracking individual sheep Events are tracked and the history of an individual sheep including it's pedigree can easily found and viewed on screen Farm Matters sheep software is very flexible

Holding Register The official sheep holding register can easily be printed and includes customisable features such as which sections you want to print and whether to truncate the sheep ear tags In addition to the sheep holding register you can print a flock management record, a on farm at snapshot and sheep profit analysis

Livestock Information Reporting sheep movements electronically can be achieved easily in Farm Matters using the Livestock Information screens Functionality includes reporting of new movements and the confirming of movements submitted by another party such as a market

Record keeping Crop records include cultivations, fertiliser applications, spray treatments, harvests, soil analysis and LERAPs

Medicine Records Farm Matters allows you keep comprehensive medicine records for cattle, sheep and other livestock Tracking medicine stock levels and applications is easy whether the medicine comes from your stock cupboard and applied directly by the vet Medicine costs are applied to the cattle given treatment with a separate entry available for any associated vet costs

Reports The two key medicine reports are easily produced by Farm Matters; Medicine Book and Medicine Purchase Book You can set between which dates you would like the report generating and print it or export it to a PDF

Nitrate Vulnerable Zone If you are unfortunate enough to be inside a NVZ in England then Farm Matters can help you keep the required NVZ records Fully integrated with the Fields section keeping your records is made easy Farm Matters guides you through entering the information about each crop/fertiliser application and it does the complex calculations for you

N Max Limit Using Farm Matters there is no need to calculate your N Max Limits Simply by keeping accurate crop and fertiliser application records the software automatically calculates the N Max Limit with full printable reports

Farm Matters is a subscription service with NO initial cost, try using your own farm information totally free with no obligation Includes all the cattle, sheep, crops, medicines and Nitrate Vulnerable Zone record keeping functionality We are confident that once you start using our Farm Matters software you will be impressed by it's excellent quality and the high standard of support given You have nothing to lose! No obligation! No initial cost! No hassle! Cattle, sheep, crops, medicines & NVZ all in one easy to use software solution - Farm Matters We offer a simple and affordable pricing structure combined with enthusiastic and knowledgeable support for the best possible experience Read testimonials to see what our customer think about Farm Matters

Only £225 pa + VAT

"It is easy, efficient and the paperwork is presented in a handy form for markets If I need something different, I just ask as if they can satisfy my request, they do! A fabulous service!" Ali Petrie Firm of Woodhill and Ballintuim The Farm Matters Web App is our website portal for cattle look up and event recording Please note you will need to setup a username and password in Farm Matters before you can use this service Login Sheep Daily Live Weight Gain