Livestock Setup
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      Introduction to livestock setup - Mob / Herd Setup

      How to setup your livestock with stock classes, enterprises, and groups to fit your business.

      This article explains the terms used in MaiaGrazing that relate to mob/herd setup. A herd or mob is a group of animals that graze together in the same paddock/pasture at the same time. It can contain multiple species and classes.

      Within Maia you are able to tailor the herd/mob model to mirror your business. 

      • You can create various business units (Enterprises) eg: Stud; Trading; Merino; Crossbred, Agistment.

      • You can incorporate familiar language you use to describe an animal. This way descriptions that you already use in day to day conversations can match what you see in the program. As an example A 12 month old heifer could be described as any of: Heifer, Yearling Heifer, Joiner Heifer, R1, H1, Trade Heifer, Replacement Heifer or anything else that you choose. It is purely a matter of personal preference.

      This is a herd/mob

      Stock classes

      Example:

      (Species) Sheep: (Class) Ewes, Lambs, Rams, Wethers, etc.

      (Species) Cattle: (Class) Cows, Calves, Bulls, Steers, Heifers, Yearlings, etc.

      (Species) Goat: (Class) Billy, Nanny, Kid

      These goats belong to 1 mob but 3 different stock classes

      Enterprises

      Activities with separate income streams. For example: Trading, Breeding, Custom Grazing. Stock classes are allocated to enterprises by using Stock Groups

      Stock groups

      A pairing between a stock class and an enterprise that is given a unique name.

      These cows belong to 1 mob/herd and 1 stock class but 2 different stock groups

      How it looks in MaiaGrazing

      You will be asked to setup your stock classes by typing in a stock class name and selecting a species from the drop down list. Keep your Stock Classes simple. More detail can be added at Stock Group level.

       

      You will then be asked to setup your enterprises by typing in a unique name for each enterprise.

       

       

      You will be asked to create stock groups by linking your stock classes to all appropriate enterprises and giving each link a unique name.

       

       

      You will then be able to create your mobs in the program using the stock groups that you have just created.

       

       

      The Stock Description box allows you to give animals their own particular label.

      Now that you know the basics you can find more detailed steps on setting up your livestock in this Advanced Livestock Setup article.