Agricultural Mobile Apps: A Review And Update Of Livestock Apps

Mar 14, 2016

This article provides a review and update of some of the current “livestock apps” for agriculture. These apps can assist farmers with animal management issues related to health, nutrition, market information, and more.

While these apps can often help you make quick decisions, always make sure to check with your crop consultants, Extension agents, and Extension specialists.

Stay tuned for more in this series of annual reviews and updates on Ag-Apps from our KSUCROPS Crop Production team (led by Dr. Ciampitti) and the K-State Department of Agronomy. More updated lists of Ag-Apps will be included in the next several editions of the Agronomy eUpdates.

For this series of articles, we have grouped Ag-Apps into the following 10 classifications:

ID Apps: For identification purposes (weeds, insects, diseases, and nutrients)

CALC Apps: For calculating purposes (nutrient removal calculations, tank mixes, volume to spray, etc.)

SCOUT Apps: For scouting purposes or for geo-positioning (soil sampling, recording notes, soil types, etc.).

ECON Apps: For checking grain prices, market evolutions, fertilizer price trends, news and finances.

FIELD GUIDE Apps: For diagnosing crop production issues in the field, primarily related to field guides (crop management: insect, disease, weed, and more).

LIVESTOCK Apps: Apps related to the animal side, nutrition, health, and information on markets.

IRRIGATION Apps: Apps related to field crop irrigation and water application.

MACHINERY Apps: Apps for associated with agricultural equipment preparation, inventory, providing information of the machine.

GENERAL AG Apps: GAG (general Ag-Apps) for general use, weather-related, for meetings, for reading magazines, among several other Apps’ properties.

NON-AG Apps: For general use from e-readers to calculators, email, calendar, picture editing, and more.

Livestock Apps

ThermalAid : This app provides a decision-making tool to identify, monitor, and reduce heat stress in cattle to improve animal performance.

Purina Cool Cow: This app provides dairy producers with a tool to help manage the impact of heat stress.

iHerd: iHerd app provides a design to simplify the herd management process for station owners and managers around the world.

Source: ksu.edu

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