Herdwatch and Farmplan, the farm software companies, have today (June 1) announced a new partnership.
Under this partnership Herdwatch will acquire all of Herefordshire-based Farmplan’s livestock software customers.
The new partnership will also result in an “upgrade” for those customers who are currently using Farmplan’s livestock software suite specifically dedicated to sheep and cattle products such as livestock manager, cattle manager and sheep manager.
The livestock software suite allows customers to record individual animal details from birth to point of sale; manage essential information including treatments; and connect via an online portal to update your herd register.
It also allows farmers to access and record information from anywhere, non-dependent on signal; record pedigree performance; and provides import kill data.
Customers who are using Farmplan’s financial, cropping or hardware products and services will continue to have access to the same support, as these areas remain unaffected by the partnership.
Piers Costley, Farmplan, vice president of operations said he believes that Herdwatch, founded in 2012, is a natural and logical partner for the company which was founded in 1972 is part of Proagrica.
He said that Co. Tipperary based Herdwatch was already used on more than 18,000 farms across the UK and Ireland.
The Irish company was founded was founded in 2012 by chief executive, Fabien Peyaud and co-founders FRS Network.
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According to Herdwatch it plans to make “additional ambitious expansion announcements” in the coming weeks.
It is the first strategic deal reached by the company since they announced a multimillion euro investment in the company late last year.
Tipperary based Herdwatch secured a multi-million euro investment from Renatus Capital Partners last November.
Herdwatch, founded in 2012 claims to be the number one farming software used in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland.
A recent member survey, which received over 1,600 responses has according to Herdwatch, highlighted that the app saves farmers an average of three hours a week on paperwork.