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As you know, feed is the single-largest variable cost on a farm. The dollar payback and return on investment for FeedWatch can be very significant. To calculate the potential payback for your farm click here.
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CanWest DHI is pleased to introduce FeedWatch to the Canadian dairy industry. This exciting new tool is a revolutionary way to help improve and optimize on-farm TMR feeding.
Dairy cattle nutrition advancements have come a long way and FeedWatch now takes it to that final stage of making sure feed preparation and delivery is done in an accurate and consistent manner. Often overlooked, this final step in cow nutrition carries an impact in the tens of thousands of dollars per year.
From the developers of Dairy Comp 305, FeedWatch Software is designed from a philosophy of flexibility while maintaining complete analytical ability. The concept and approach of this feed management software is simple yet extremely powerful. Using an industrialized mixer scale indicator made by Avery Weigh-Tronix, and an ultra-bright LED external display, the software will monitor feed usage, sales, purchasing, animal intakes and cost.
Other features include export files for consultants, graphing, customizable reports, user security levels, chemistry levels, current and forecasting inventories.
FeedWatch works with mixer trucks and wagons, or with stationary mixers and delivery trucks.
FeedWatch will:
Eliminate Feed Sheets
Monitor Intakes and weighbacks
Optimize Feed Expense and Analyze Consumption
Verify Feeding Accuracy
Track Ingredient and Ration Chemistries
Track Feed Contracts and Reduce Feed Waste
Optimize Pen Feedings and Track Income Over Feed Price
Key Features:
Target DMI history
Pen-Level Feeding and Complete Pen History
Chemistries
Total Pen and Animal Summaries
User-Definable Fields
Ability to manage: feedings, recipes, etc. without leaving the pens screen.
Dynamic Scheduling
FeedWatch dynamically schedules all of your loads. Don't waste your time figuring what each load should be - let the power of FeedWatch do it for you.
"Set it and forget it" Once you give FeedWatch the basics of how to feed your herd, it will automatically create and schedule your loads to maximize the capacity of your mixer.
Feedwatch will automatically size loads according to the mixer's capacity. If your main mixer goes down, any size mixer can take its place without any hassles.
Dairy Comp 305 Integration
FeedWatch uses a direct connection to the Dairy Comp 305 database to automatically update your pen counts for each of the pens.
Not only will you have access to the pen counts but you will also be able to bring your milking information from your parlor program. FeedWatch will give you a complete dairy report so you can easily analyze your production vs. cost of your milking herd.
Ingredient Mix Timers
Ingredient mix timers allow you to have full control over the mixture of the ration. Some ingredients need longer mixing times, just increase the delay time before the next ingredient.
Simple Reporting
User-friendly report and graph writer makes it easy for you to access and generate any report you need. From inventory reports for your lender to usage reports by pen types, all can be generated with just a couple mouse clicks. Also you can schedule any custom report to automatically print reports, graphs or both by any duration (hours, days, weeks, months, etc.) you wish.
Weather-Resistant Equipment
FeedWatch uses state-of-the-art weather-resistant equipment that will hold up to the rugged abuse of day-to-day operations.
Super-Bright L.E.D. Exterior Display
Simple-To-Use Touch Scale Indicator
New Touch functions allows your feeder to spend his time feeding and not pushing buttons
Wireless Communication