For dairy farms, Trev provides a few different ways to record your replacement/young stock depending on your farm’s preference.
Option 1 : Weekly Recording
This is when you’ll add a new event each reporting week with the total cumulative number of calves for that particular seven day period.
Create a Livestock Event in the Stock Module:
Click Add Another at the top of the section
Complete the Event card by selecting the appropriate Stock Class e.g. Heifer Calves, Bull Calves
Select the Natural Increase event type
Put in the number of calves for that reporting week
Then click the blue Add button
Note: For ultimate visibility, you could also record these on a daily basis.
Option 2 : Cumulative Recording
This is when you’ll edit your existing event each reporting week with the total cumulative number of calves season to date.
Create one Livestock Event in the Stock Module at the beginning of calving:
Click Add Another at the top of the section
Complete the Event card by selecting the appropriate Stock Class e.g. Heifer Calves, Bull Calves
Select the Natural Increase event type
Put in the cumulative number of calves as at that point and time
Then click the blue Add button
Edit the Livestock Event each week with the cumulative number of calves:
Click on the blue edit pencil on the right of the Natural Increase event
Adjust the No. of Animals to the total cumulative number of calves at that point and time
Click on the blue Update button
Don’t Forget! Once the total number of desired replacements for the season is reached the number should be left unchanged for upcoming reports.
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Want to record your bobby calves?
You may want to have complete visibility across all aspects of your young stock. We have a ‘Bobby Calves’ stock class that can be added to your company.
How do I do this?
Follow the steps above under option 1 or 2 to add your Natural Increase using Bobby Calves as the Stock Class.
Recording the Sale:
Click Add Another at the top of the section
Complete the Event card by selecting Bobby Calves as the Stock Class
Select the Sold event type
Click the blue Add button