For livestock producers like Simon Hoy (pictured above) who are looking to reduce stress on their stock and gain performance data without constant yard work, Optiweigh is proving to be a game-changer. Simon’s breeding and backgrounding operation near Optiweigh’s Armidale base has found significant benefits in using Optiweigh Cattle to manage his operation more efficiently and with less intervention.
Traditionally, Simon relied on bringing cattle into the yards for weighing and data collection. With the purchase of an Optiweigh unit, he has drastically reduced this need. Now, he can gather crucial information directly from the paddock – a shift that is leading to increased productivity with less time is spent in the yards and more time on other jobs.
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Paddock Trial Insights: The real power of Optiweigh became evident during paddock trials where the data allowed Simon to identify the most productive paddocks for optimal weight gain, a crucial piece of information that was only accessible thanks to Optiweigh.
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Simple to Use, Powerful Results: The user-friendliness of the system is a significant advantage with data available through email notifications and our dedicated app, making it easy to monitor cattle in real time. The portability of the Unit allows for simple relocation between mobs so producers can track different groups of cattle or focus on specific mobs.
For Simon’s operation, Optiweigh has become an invaluable tool, helping him move forward in his management practices. It’s enabling him to hit goals with less physical effort and more data-driven decision-making.
By automating weight data collection in the paddock, Optiweigh is helping producers like Simon work smarter, not harder. Ready to experience the benefits of reduced stress handling and improved data insights for your operation? Get a quote today.
Video Transcript:
“We really needed the Optiweigh to help us out with the low stress handling of the stock. We used to just run everything to the yards, now we barely do that, and we can get all that data from just the paddock now. So I think we just get more done without being in the yards as often.
The trial we had was to put cattle in paddocks with the Optiweigh, and that gave us the insight into the weight gain they were doing in those paddocks. This then helped us pick the best paddocks for our best weight gain, and we only know that because of the Optiweigh.
It’s so simple to use. We get the emails through, you look at the app, and it’s right there in front of you. Plus, the ease of just moving it from mob to mob, once you’ve got a bit of background on that mob, or you can shift it on to keep an eye on something else.
It’s been a wonderful thing for us to use here as a tool to just get us that little bit further over the line. We don’t have to do the hard work anymore.”