Herds & Animals
Every animal tracked by tag, species and breed, with parentage recorded and a breeding register covering mating, AI, scans and births — with a reminder before an expected birth is due.
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Shepherd's Watch
Run your herd like a business. Herds, vaccination programmes, camps and grazing, crops and irrigation, water points and farm tasks — all in one place, on the same platform that runs your IoT telemetry.
What's included
Herd management built around how commercial farms actually run.
From the animal on the ground to the water in the tank, Shepherd's Watch covers the whole operation.
Vaccination Schedules & Withdrawal
Define a vaccination programme per species and assign it to an animal — the full dose timeline is scheduled automatically. Meat and milk withdrawal periods are tracked too, and block a sale or cull until the window clears.
Camps & Grazing
Camps mapped with GPS boundaries, grazing capacity calculated using the South African Large Stock Unit model, and a full movement history of every herd between camps.
RFID Gate Activity
A fixed RFID reader at a camp gate logs a herd's move automatically once enough of it has been seen there — no manual check-in needed.
Crops & Irrigation
A spray and fertiliser register that blocks a harvest during its withholding period, plus irrigation advice driven by soil moisture and the weather forecast, and a frost warning before a cold night threatens a sensitive crop.
Water Points
Tank level and pump dry-run monitoring per camp, with water-test results and due dates kept alongside it.
Staff & Tasks
Assign and track farm tasks across your team, with dedicated farmhand accounts that see only their own queue of assigned work — so there's a clear record of who did what.
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