AgriLand is once again delighted to offer farmers the opportunity to farm free for a year. Now in its third year, our Farm Free Competition has grown to be even bigger than ever.

The winner of this year’s competition will take home a whole host of prizes; including a farm software package from AgriNet.

The prize consists of a one year subscription to CashMinder and all of AgriNet products. In addition, training on all aspects of the products will also be provided.

Since 1994, AgriNet has been helping farmers make the right management decisions for more profitable farming, as well as looking after their legislative requirements. The company’s products cover the complete range of software for herd and financial management.

AgriNet HerdApp

As part of the prize, farmers will be given access to AgriNet HerdApp – the complete management and compliance tool for every Irish dairy and beef farmer.

Packed with features, AgriNet HerdApp allows farmers to carry out a range of tasks including: manage your herd using only your smartphone; share data with others; work offline when out of coverage; and switch easily between multiple herds.

Key features:
  • Jobs list – view upcoming jobs and click on any job to get the list of animals;
  • Herd report – view herd history and generate automatic reports;
  • Animal report – view detailed history for one individual animal;
  • Births – register calves with AgFood.ie straight from the shed;
  • Moves – pick animals and get movement permits while in the yard;
  • Drugs – drug compliance on the phone for recording and for Bord Bia reports;
  • Drug cabinet – record drug purchases and administrations;
  • Diary – record diary events, future jobs and allocate jobs to staff;
  • AI/breeding – monitor activity to get cows in-calf efficiently;
  • Weights – track beef weight gains or track dairy replacement heifer targets.

Along with providing a whole host on on-farm benefits, AgriNet HerdApp is also linked with the ICBF and the Department of Agriculture. This allows for the seamless collection and generation of data by both parties.

Farm accounts

The winner of the Farm Free Competition may also choose the AgriNet HerdMaster system. This includes a farm accounts system, that is tailor-made for farming. It allows you to track your own finances, as well as preparing data for your accountant, discussion group or for the Teagasc eProfit Monitor system.

If you want to keep it simple, you can track you’re money on a cash basis. Or, if you want to know more about monies owed or owing, you can track bills and invoices.

The main process is to track all data through the bank and to make sure that all balances match with balances in the bank. From this information, a variety of reports can be generated for you, your farm advisor and your farm accountant.

Cashminder

In addition, the prize includes Cashminder – a simple and quick farm cash management system. It allows you to track your money and provide data quickly to your accountant, adviser or to the Teagasc eProfit Monitor system.

This data entry system is designed to work primarily around electronic data from online banking and dairy co-op systems.

Enter the competition

For your chance to be – what we believe – the luckiest farmer in Ireland, enter our competition below. Enter the competition below