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HerdMASTER™ - SOUTHERN AFRICA’S LEADING HERD MANAGEMENT PROGRAM *
HerdMASTER Introduction
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Manual
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Pricelist
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Documents
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Crush Side Recording Utility
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Frequently Asked Questions |
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This herd management
program is an essential aid for every large and small stock
producer!!
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Since the beginning of 2011 over eight hundred users have
upgraded to the new HerdMASTER 4. It's been a massive
undertaking and the HerdMASTER team has so far held over 20
courses to ensure a smooth transition and to get users up and
running. Check here
for the next course
HerdMASTER 4 has the following features:
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A cleaner
interface throughout. Loading new calves for e.g. is a lot
easier as it uses mating's to achieve this ensuring that
reproduction records are updated at the same time.
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Ability to update
itself from the webserver (no more CD's need to be sent as
your version is now always updated). Producer requests are
easily incorporated at the same time.
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Days to Calving (DTC)
recording forms a significant part of the upgrade.
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Reports are easily
changed on the fly. HerdMASTER has used a new, modern SQL
database that allows reports to be created a lot easier. The
new database is also a major improvement from the old
database.
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Lots of new
functionality; for example Visual farm (downloaded from
Google maps), new reports, inbreeding functionality in the
matings option, updated crush side recorder, update to
mobile version and a whole lot more.
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Jan van Zyl
One of Southern
Africa’s biggest stud & commercial breeders and SA Stud Producer 2008
Brahman
"HerdMASTER is definitely the best herd management
program that we have ever used.
The support we get is outstanding. HerdMASTER becomes part of your
circle of friends, and is always prepared to help with any problems, day
or night. This is SERVICE, and it is nice! With all this, I get all my
management information. Births as well as weights are sent
electronically to the Society"
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Llewellyn Angus
Simmentaler producer and SA Stud Producer of the Year 2004
“HerdMASTER is well worth the investment. The program
has undoubtedly made my herd management a lot easier and I
enjoy the fact that I can customize it to
meet my own individual needs." |
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Ferdie Naude
SA Stud Breeder
of the Year 2007
Brangus
"I do everything with the
program, even send
births and weights to the
Society. The technical
support is wonderful,
and support is always
available".
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John Devonport
SA Stud Breeder of the Year 2006
Limousin
"HerdMASTER's
reports
help you make informed
decisions. With a one
page report you can get
an overall view of your
herd's fertility &
performance and can
hence make correct
selection decisions in the
veld. I would recommend
this program to any
breeder running a stud or
commercial herd.”
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Diethelm & Katja
Metzger of Namibia
Own one of the largest Simbra Studs in the world
“Farming is a business, and time is a scarce resource. This is
exactly where HerdMASTER comes in. We would not be able to manage
our Kamab Simbra
Stud as effectively and
efficient if we did not have
this tool. Not only do you optimize your time, but you also
have a vast array of
selection criteria available
at the press of a button.”
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*HerdMASTER Southern
Africa has a version for both stud and commercial and beef and small stock producers.
HerdMASTER has been designed as a practical program
for all levels of computer users! |
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Why should you consider HerdMASTER as a herd management program?
• Administering your herd is much more fluent
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HerdMASTER is a complete herd
management program.
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It has more than 60 reports and
lets you manage your stud, or
your commercial herd professionally. |
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The role of the cattle
farmer has changed tremendously over the past decade.
Today the
commercial bull buyer demands performance records. The famous American
beef production specialist, Clifford Mitchell, recently wrote the following
in one of America’s beef cattle magazines: “Working smart, trumps working hard. We simply have to have records. We need
to know what each cow is doing for us. Treat them like employees and give
them a yearly exam to decide if you want to keep them employed or not”.
How
else can you select your dams for fertility without a proper herd management
program? |
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HerdMASTER is:
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Flexible - it keeps pace with
improved technology
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Full Time Support available from
support personnel and
programmers
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Fully compatible with the
Registration program of your Society
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Management of more than one herd
done with one program |
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HerdMASTER it is easy.
The program has a complete
inventory of all the animals on the farm.
As a cattle farmer you have for the first time complete control over
your record keeping.
Other benefits of the herd management program is:
• Keeps a
complete data base of all the animals on your farm
(stud as well as commercial)
• Full time support
• Integration with most electronic scales
• Send all births and weights electronically to the Societies
• Integrates fully with all systems (NSBA, RSA Societies and
SA Studbook) |
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Support - The New Online SOS-System |
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The SOS site is designed for
users to access support tip sheets, custom reports & updates.
(http://saltbush.une.edu.au/SOS2/default.aspx)
There is also a built-in
functionality to allow Support Staff to upload files for users to download,
such as a backup file we have fixed or a new report file we have generated
for them.
Staff can also add users’
messages to Users or Trials that only appear for the specific user you add
the message to. Because many of our users have slow internet
connections and limits of the size of email attachments, we have added a
section where users (who have upload permission) can upload files to up to
20 MB in size to our server.
Other functions may be added in
the future as they are required.
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Pocket PC Version Available * |
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The HerdMASTER Pocket
has been completely re-written and is
easy to install on cell phones running
the Windows operating system.
HerdMASTER Pocket has been designed to provide users with a
portable version of their HerdMASTER data with as much detail as possible on a
handheld device.
The following information can be synchronised between HerdMASTER
and HerdMASTER Pocket:
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Animals: Weights;
Traits; Procedures; Movements; Pedigrees; EBVs; Matings; Pictures; Notes
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Contacts: Client Info;
Contact Info; Notes; Comments
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For any further enquiries on
HerdMASTER contact us on 012-667 5258 or e-mail at
herdmaster@agribsa.co.za |
