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.

As of today, iLivestock now also integrates with Gallagher W0 and Tru-Test S3, on android as well as iOS. This means we now offer a full range of EID reader equipment integrations. To our knowledge, we are the first to integrate with Gallagher W0. But there is more: we’ve enhanced the workflow for customers using a Tru-Test EziWeigh 7i, improved the Bluetooth connection and fixed a few login bugs.

We hope you'll enjoy the product improvements and that it will speed up your animal recording 🐑📱🐏🐄📓

Get in touch

Do you want to discuss with our Support Team what this means for you and your set-up? Please get in touch via the support chat in the app.

First-generation farmer Andrew Powers embraced technology to manage and run his farm of 350 New Zealand Romneys and contract flock of 700 Highlander ewes in Ledbury, Herefordshire.

Key app features that Andrew uses:

• Medicine records
• Moving records
• Breeding records
• Dag score collections
• Blow fly strike

In this video he shares his experience working with iLivestock 🐑📱🐏

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.

Join us at the Welsh Winter Fair 2022, our last show this year.

📅 When: 28-29 November 2022, 8AM - late
📍 Where: Royal Welsh Showground, LD2 3SY
👀 Find us on stand 142 in South Glenmorgan Hall

🤔 Why attend?

• Meet our team in person
• Get face-to-face support
• Superb livestock
• Livestock auctions

🚜 Looking for more reasons?

• Over 1,000 competitions
• Cookery, produce, handicraft and floral art
• Christmas gifts and late night shopping
• Santa's Grotto and Reindeer
• Musical entertainment
• Fireworks

🍔 Not to mention:

• Catering facilities second to none
• Savoury delights and tempting treats

Get that festive feeling with a visit to the Winter Fair.
Click here for visitor info & to buy your ticket.

We look forward to seeing you! 🐂🐑🚜🎄