1. Technology in Dairy Farming in
East Galway, South
Roscommon Area
IS30070
Mary Murray

3. Methods
Three Types of Software:
 Kingswood Herd
 Agri Net
 ICBF (Irish Cattle Breeding
Information)

4. Kingswood Herd
 1987
 Leading farmer software suppliers
 Spreadsheets
 Internet

5. Kingswood Herd cont.
 What?
 Grass Management
 Breeding
◦ -Which cows are in calf
◦ - Animal Register
◦ - Veterinary Treatments Register
◦ -Animal Movement Permit Forms

6. Kingswood Herd cont.
 Crops
 Cashbook Management
 Bull Information

7. Cashbook

8. Breeding

9. Input Screen

10. Veterinary Treatment Register

11. Grass Management

12. Advantages and
Disadvantages
Advantages: Disadvantages:
 High Efficiency  No Phone App
Rate software available
 Available in Ireland yet
and UK  Grass
 Inexpensive management not
 After hours
as good as other
Assistance software
 Cash Management
 Everything with a
touch of a button very complicated

13. Agri Net
 Grassland Management
◦ Which fields need fertiliser
◦ Due to amount of grass, see whether or not cows
need meal on top of grass.
◦ Rate of Growth of Grass
◦ Group Work
 Milk Supply
 Rotation Planner

14. Milk Tank Details

15. Group Statistics

16. General Overview of Farm

17. Applying Fertiliser

18. Advantages and
Disadvantages
 Grass  Technology Fails!
Management is  Weather may
better cause inaccuracy
 Group accessibility
 Inexpensive
 Available on
Smartphone
 Accessibility
 Personalised

19. Irish Cattle Breeding
Information
 Information on Best Bull
◦ Fertility rate
◦ Can see if “daughters” fertility and milk
rate will be high
 Prevent inbreeding

20. Fertility analysis

21. Advantages and
Disadvantages
 Facebook  Technology Fails!
 Accuracy
 Not as popular as
 Product of hardcopy
Kingswood Herd catalogue

22. Impact of Technology
 Access
 Weather Resilient
 All in one place
 Little room for error
eg. Cash Management
 Less time consuming
 Developments
 Employ Computer science Graduates!