Today’s dairy farmer is challenged to combine profitability with the responsibilities of product safety, animal welfare and sustainable use of natural resources.
As the first and critical link in the farm-to-table supply chain, dairy farms succeed when they key their focus on best practices in production, safety, and other key business processes.
Adroit teams with dairy farm operations to support the production and marketing of safe, quality-assured dairy products.
Technology to Drive Performance Improvement
A dairy management software system provides the structure to successfully manage a set of livestock organized into herds.
Herds typically consist of livestock types and breeds. Individual animals are added into a livestock record with a unique identifier. The livestock record captures data including livestock ID(tag), herd, livestock type, gender, color, breed, birth date, dam, sire, purchase date, etc. The livestock id is used to capture all the history, feedings, vaccines, and vet checks for each animal.
For each livestock type an ideal sale age can usually be captured. As the livestock approaches the sale age it can show up on reports. Heat detection and pregnancies can be captured for each female and expected due dates based on defined gestation periods. Alerts can be generated as the due dates are near. With sire and dam captured for each livestock genealogy records may be generated. Birthing records for individual females are tracked and as their breeding back declines decisions can be made to sell the animal. Inputs required for herd management are organized into resources. Typical resources include feed, equipment, vaccinations, etc. These are all described in the system and costs per unit set.
Dairy ERP software also tracks the tasks that are created and used to reserve, coordinate, and track the resources applied to the herd management. Herds are assigned to specific fields. Weather history and forecasts, and herd grazing are tracked for each field.
Tracking Milk Production with Dairy Management Software
With dairy ERP software, milk production is captured for each livestock. Key metrics for each milking including milk fat, and milk yield. Based on these metrics, individualized care plans are generated including protein and energy. Specific stock mixes can be selected for each livestock.
Dairy management systems utilize warehouses to contain equipment, and resources. Current inventory levels and status are tracked. Reorder points can be set which suggest purchases as inventories fall below set levels. As tasks consume resources, their inventory is reduced in the warehouse.
Dairy Farm Software
Sophisticated farm management systems include fleet maintenance capabilities to manage the maintenance and repair of the various farm equipment. Maintenance reservations can be utilized to take the equipment out of service for preventative maintenance or repair.
The financials module manages the purchasing of resources, etc, the application of those resources to specific herds and crop productions, and the recording of the sale of crops, milk, and livestock to enable a detailed view into profitability and yield.
A Focus on Meeting Dairy Farm Business Needs
Adroit can assist with formalizing and improving your farm management processes and systems.
Your business will achieve sustainable improvements that impact your entire operation, and drive profitability. Team with Adroit to understand what you have today, what your needs are for the future, and then help you to select and implement the based system for your farm.