• Track paddock use and identify over-performing or under-performing paddocks
• Keep track of fertiliser applications to help with future decision making
• Record pasture cover to improve management of feed requirements
• Trace stock/mob movements within and between farms, and the time spent in each paddock
• Build up a valuable asset of past farm management information to pass on to future stakeholders (e.g. new sharemilkers)

Entering the information is only half the story. It really pays off when you can start to run reports summarising all the information you've entered:
       

    * Feed Wedge Report - measured kgDM per hectare
    * Last Grazed Report - Useful for determining rotation
    * Paddock Grazing Performance Report - highlights paddocks that are underperforming
    * Fertiliser Summary Report - total of each element applied over a period
    * Map Summary Report (e.g. Length of line features such as water pipes)

    * Paper Based e.g. Map Summary Report (total area, total fence length etc.)
    * Graph Reports e.g. Feed Wedge
    * Map Reports e.g. Fertiliser Summary visually reveals more intensive use of nutrients

... or use the Calendar to see your information from a time perspective. Where were the cows last Friday? Which paddocks did we fertilise last month?

Note that FarmKeeper is not just for dairying - it's ideal for any pastoral enterprise where animals eat grass.

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