Shropshire farmer Hayden Woolley uses data to breed wool shedding sheep. He started with 60 sheep and now has one of the largest commercial shedding flocks, breeding EasyCare and Exlana sheep mainly. By 2024, he plans to have all 3000 shedding ewes in full performance recording, almost double his current flock size.

Sheep performance

Hayden is focusing on flock performance to save costs, increase profits and to breed an efficient and sustainable sheep. Some of this year's lamb crop have been sired by imported rams from New Zealand, Australia and Great Britain.

Each lamb is being recorded in the field using iLivestock.

Farm highlights

📍 The Albynes, Bridgnorth, WV16 4SX, Shropshire, United Kingdom
🚜 Sheep and arable farmer
🐑 4,000 ewe flock, mainly EasyCare and Exlana, alongside 700 New Zealand Romneys
🧭 Farm area 1,700 acres: 450 owned; 300 acres of arable and temporary grass, the rest permanent pasture.

iLivestock features used on the farm:

• Group animal records
• Group medicine records
• Breeding
• Ewe performance reports
• Movements register

iLivestock to showcase its innovative livestock technology at NSA Welsh Sheep 2023

If you are a sheep farmer in Wales looking for a smart and easy way to manage your flock on the go, you might want to visit the iLivestock stand at the NSA Welsh Sheep 2023 event on Tuesday, May 16.

The event will showcase the very best of commercial farming in Wales and offer visitors a chance to see 40 different breeds of sheep, 170 trade stands, competitions and demonstrations.

iLivestock is a livestock management software that allows farmers to record, monitor and manage their sheep and cattle data on their smartphones or tablets. It also integrates with EiD readers, weigh heads and eWeigh devices to capture and sync the information automatically. It helps farmers to comply with local regulations and optimize their stock performance.

To find out more about iLivestock and how it can benefit your farm business, come and see us:

📅 When: 16 May, 9:00 - 5:00PM
📍 Where: Red House Farm, SY16 3HH
👀 Find us on stand 178

Local review

Meet George. He has a sheep and cattle farm in North Wales and invested in an iLivestock system in 2023:
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"I have been using iLivestock for over a year now and I can say it has made my life much easier. I can record everything from weights, movements, treatments, breeding and more with just a few taps on my phone or tablet. iLivestock helps me comply with the local regulations and keep track of my stock performance. It is a great tool for any farmer who wants to save time and money."

For more information George Sturla's and his farm set-up, visit the farmer story on our website.

iLivestock, a leading provider of livestock management software, has announced the launch of new breeding screens for sheep and cattle farmers. The new screens are designed to make it easier for farmers to capture and view breeding information for their animals, such as tupping, lambing, calving and offspring details.

The new breeding screens are available in the Breeding section of iLivestock, which can be accessed on any smartphone or tablet device. Farmers can create breeding records for individual animals or groups of animals, and scan or enter the tags of their offspring. They can also view the history and status of their breeding records at a glance.

The new breeding screens are part of iLivestock's continuous efforts to improve its system and provide regular updates to its users. iLivestock is trusted by farmers around the world for its features such as compliance, weight recording, smart grouping, reporting and EiD integration.

Breeding support

Have any questions about the breeding section in iLivestock or need additional support? Check out the 'How to use breeding' article in our academy hub.

Want to give it a try?

Farmers who want to try out the new breeding screens can contact the iLivestock team for more information.

Zoe and Gary are tenant farmers in East Anglia. With a veterinary background and a love for animals, Zoe joined Gary and his beef farming business a few years back. What started as a pet project, is slowly turning into a serious pedigree sheep farming venture producing both quality pedigree and butchery lambs.

Zoe and Gary didn't have any kind of technology on the farm before.

Now they breed their own pedigree flock of North Country Cheviots, a new farm activity using iLivestock. They wanted to do it properly and set off looking for a livestock management bundle that would keep them organised and compliant. They also knew that it would be useful to know maternal and paternal lineages, so the program needed to be able to capture detailed breeding information.

They held paper records for a 25 head suckler herd until recently, but started using iLivestock to register their holding records with British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS). In future, they are keen to use the iLivestock management app for rearing calves.

Did you see the newborn baby? - Farming never stops, even for a new mum.

Farm highlights

📍 GA Livestock, 3 Colchester Road, Bures, CO8 5AE
🚜 Tenancy sheep and cattle farm
🐑 Pedigree flock: North Country Cheviots, Stour Mill Cheviots
🐄 Simmental Sacombe Jaegerbomb X Suckler

iLivestock technology used on farm

• Weighing
• Breeding records
• Medicine records
• Grouping
• Compliance

Do you want to upgrade your farm technology but don’t know where to start? Come and see us this year at agricultural shows and events in United Kingdom and South Africa.

We believe that nothing beats a face-to-face chat. We are a friendly bunch and want to understand your farm set-up, the type of livestock that runs on your farm and what your business goals are. We want to make sure that you have the right technology for your farm - whether it’s ours or from other suppliers - and that it works well for you. Come and see us at an event where our expert team can help you find the best solution for your needs.

We look forward to meeting you!

United Kingdom

NSA Welsh Sheep

📅 16 May 2023
🕘 8:00am - 6:00pm
📍 Red House, Aberhafesp, Newtown, Powys

NSA Welsh Sheep is a stand out event for the Welsh sheep industry. It showcases the best of Welsh sheep farming, with trade stands, seminars, competitions, demonstrations, and more. We welcome you on our stand to meet our team, get a live demonstration of our iLivestock software and hardware and the face-to-face support you are looking for.

NSA North Sheep

📅 7 June 2023
🕘 8:00am - 6:00pm
📍 Bradford House Farm, Ponteland, Northumberland, NE20 0HA

NSA North Sheep is an event where sheep producers throughout the UK get a chance to network and stay connected with the industry. It features trade stands, seminars, workshops, demonstrations, competitions, and more. Be sure to visit our stand and get the latest technology demonstration.

Royal Highland Show

📅 22-25 June 2023
🕘 8:00am - 6:00pm
📍 Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh

Join us this year at the Royal Highland Show, one of the greatest agricultural shows in the United Kingdom. An event for the family, as well as for farmers and rural enthusiasts. It features livestock exhibits, trade stands, food and drink stalls, entertainment, and more. Don't miss this opportunity to chat with our friendly staff.

South Africa

Bloemskou

📅 27 April - 6 May 2023
🕘 8:00am - 5:00pm
📍 Bloemfontein Showgrounds, Bloemfontein, Free State

The Bloem Show is an annual event in Bloemfontein and is hosted every year between March and May on the show grounds in Bloemfontein. It is one of the largest agricultural shows in South Africa and attracts thousands of visitors from all over the country. You can find us at the Livetrack SA stand, where we will be happy to demonstrate the on-farm technology and answer any questions you may have.

Nampo

📅 16-19 May 2023
🕘 7:00am – 5:00pm
📍 Nampo Show Grounds, Bothaville, Free State

Grain SA’s NAMPO Harvest Day is one of the largest agricultural exhibitions under private ownership in the southern hemisphere. It features more than 700 exhibitors and attracts more than 80 000 visitors every year. You can find us at the Livetrack SA stand, where we will be showcasing the iLivestock software and hardware technology and how it can help you manage your livestock more efficiently.

Livestock management:

All your sheep and cattle records in one app, where and when you need it

iLivestock uses the latest smartphone and tablet technology to make it easy to manage your flock or herd on the go. You can weigh, scan, and manage your animals with a few taps on your device. iLivestock helps you comply with relevant local legislation, capture breeding information, apply medication, create smart groups, and generate reports. Plus, you can connect iLivestock to a range of EID readers and weigh indicators to speed up your process.

Get in touch

Don't want to wait to get the right advice for your farm business? Get in touch with our team:
📧 [email protected]
☎️ 01383 324 358

Improve your flock performance with our brand new sheep breeding performance dashboard.

You are already recording individual records with the app. With this new feature you can now quickly see the performance of your flock in one overview, showing results of the three most important stages in breeding:

1. Tupping
2. Scanning
3. Lambing

Reporting features

Watch the feature highlights in this video:

Visit iLivestock.co.uk/dashboard and get started!

Flock performance indicators

This feature has been designed in close collaboration with our farmers. With their help we have defined twenty key performance indicators in the three main breeding stages, to support on-farm management decisions in all areas of your business, applying AHDB sheep farming standards. The sheep breeding reports show the following results:

Tupping results

• First male in date
• Sires used
• Ewe : ram ratio
• Ewes to tup
• Expected start date lambing
• Average dag score
• Average foot score

Scanning results

• Scanning %
• Barren ewes
• Expected lambs (total)
• Expected lambs (per ewe)
• Expected type of lambs (single, twin or triplet)

Lambing results

• Start date lambing
• Male / female count
• Average litter size
• Birthing assistance required
• Lambing %
• Number of lambs born
• Type of lambs borns
• Abortion %

This new feature provides insights into your flock’s performance and it is the first step for iLivestock users to monitor animal performance and analyse breeding records year-on-year in more detail.

Get started

Login to your iLivestock online account and see what your sheep breeding performance dashboard looks like. The sheep breeding performance reports are a new feature. If you have feedback to further improve the reports, don’t hesitate to let us know.

If you have enquiries, give us a shout and we will walk you through it:
🌐 iLivestock.co.uk/dashboard
📧 [email protected]
☎️ 01383 324 358

Looking for a new weigh head, an EID stick reader or load bars? The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2023 (FETF) applications close this week. Make sure you apply for new hardware in time.

Grant scheme bundles

Farm equipment grants can get pretty complicated. It is not always obvious what you need. That's why we have grant scheme bundles in different shapes and sizes. To either get you started on the farm or bring your set-up to the next level. Check out our grant scheme bundles: iLivestock.co.uk/bundles 🌐

Our bundles apply to the Small Grants Efficiency Scheme in Wales and the following FETF numbers in England:

• 🚜 FETF78 | Individual electronic weigh system (weigh head)
• 🚜 FETF79 | Weigh bars and weigh platforms for weighing livestock (load bars)
• 🚜 FETF80 | Weigh bars or platform for animals less than 300kg (load bars)
• 🚜 FETF81 | EID handheld recorder device (EID stick reader)
• 🚜 FETF82 | EID handheld device (EID stick reader)

Reserve equipment

Applied and waiting for a grant already? Reserve your equipment with us today!

Get in touch

Not sure what it is that you want? Give us a call to talk it over with our team:
📧 [email protected]
☎️ 01383 324 358

In 2016, sheep and cattle farmer George Sturla started Beeches Farm. A solo part-time farming venture in North Wales that started with seven sheep. Now he runs the farm together with his partner Hollie Blockley. An enterprise consisting of 140 breeding ewes, 13 suckler cows and 25 store cattle. Since 2022, Beeches Farm delivers lamb - and soon also beef - boxes to local households.

George and Hollie invested in an iLivestock system to closely monitor their livestock, keep animal records up-to-date and save time on the farm to manage their full-time jobs. They use eWeigh, a Bluetooth enabled animal weighing device system, to monitor the daily weight gains of their lambs until they're ready for end-consumers.

Farm highlights

📍Beeches Farm, Gwespyr, Holywell, CH8
🚜Sheep and cattle farm
🎁Meat box delivery
🐑Pedigree flock: Beltex and Blue Texel sheep
🐄Mixed herd: Angus cross and British Longhorn

iLivestock technology used on farm

• Breeding recording
• Weight recording
• Medication
• EID reading
• Smart grouping
• Compliance

Hey there,

Fantastic to see one of our iLivestock farmers Hayden Woolley talking about EasyCare sheep genetics in Farmers Weekly today 📰📢
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Performance recording

The Shropshire sheep and arable farmer runs a flock of 4,000 ewes. More than a fourth of his flock are now part of, presumably, the world's largest progeny testing scheme of wool-shedding sheep to help future UK farmers cut their production costs. By using iLivestock📱🐑

Photo credits: Farmers Weekly

Cornish farmer Steve Penberthy is one of the early adopters of iLivestock. With a fulltime job, next to his sheep farming business, welcomed faster and simpler methods to help him run his sheep farm. Ultimately, to spend more time on his other passion: surfing. That’s where iLivestock came in 🌊🏄📱🐑

On Trewithick Farm, he runs a commercial flock of 150 Suffolks, Dorsets, and Lleyns ewes; and a pedigree flock of Suffolk, Charollais and Texel ewes. Steve uses most - if not all - features in the iLivestock platform as a simple method to manage his pedigree flock of Suffolk sheep and keeping note of the pedigree line.

Key app features that Steve uses:

• Breeding
• Medication
• Weight recording
• Smart grouping
• Compliance
• Reporting

The integration with eWeigh in his Rappa yard means that he can record commercial weights of the lambs throughout their growing time up until they go to market.

Get in touch

Do you want to discuss with our Support Team what other features are worth recording to manage your flock or herd on the go? Please get in touch.