Trev allows you to create “Class Change” events to transfer animals between livestock classes. This provides more control as to when livestock is aged up or moved across different stock classes.
Examples where this might be useful:
To “age” animals up to the next stock class (e.g. when R2 Heifers become MA Cows)
Moving animals to/from the Carryover Cow class
Moving animals from MA Cows to the Cull Cow class
How to use the livestock “Class Change” function?
You can initiate a Class Change event either from the Quick Add menu or using the standard ‘Add Another’ button within the reporting process.
To add a Class Change Event:
Click Add Another at the top of the Livestock Events section
Select the date your Class Change is to take effect
Select the Stock Class that you wish to move a group of animals from
Select the Event Type should be selected as Class Change Out
Select the New Stock Class that you wish to move a group of animals to
Enter the number of animals you wish to move
Enter in a Reference no. and/or Notes (optional)
Click the blue Add button
This will create two corresponding (equal but opposite) Class Change events: one for the Stock Class you moved the animals from, and one for the New Stock Class you moved the animals to. These two records will sit together in your Livestock Events table.
How do I edit a Class Change event type?
If you have the right access levels to edit current and/or historic Livestock Events you can edit an existing Class Change event once it’s been created.
A couple of key things to note when editing a Class Change event:
You can only edit the Class Change event for the Stock Class that animals have moved from. The corresponding (equal but opposite) Class Change event will remain in a read-only state and will update automatically if changes are made.
Once a Class Change event has been created, you won’t be able to change the event type (you can edit all other details about the Event such as the two livestock classes, date or number of animals). If you’ve incorrectly created a Class Change instead of another event type, then simply choose the Remove Event option and create a new livestock event with the right event type.
Why am I unable to transfer to “this farm” anymore?
Prior to the release of the Class Change event type, you could transfer animals between livestock classes at the same farm location by creating separate “Transfer In” and ‘Transfer Out” events for respective classes. This was a short term solution to allow the movement between livestock classes however it meant that two corresponding transfers would potentially not reconcile. With this release the ability to use the Transfer event types to the same farm location has been disabled.