How to create and set up new stock feed products in MaiaGrazing for the purpose of recording supplementary feeding of stock.
This article explains Step 1 of 3 steps required to setup, record, and report on stock fed to livestock in MaiaGrazing.
Step 1: Create a stock feed product in product inventory
Step 2: Recording fodder or supplement stock feeding events
Step 3: View stock feed history report
Create a new stock feed product
Navigate to the settings screen:
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Click on the cog wheel
in the top right hand corner of the screen to open your settings tab.
Open the Add New Product screen
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Click on 'Add New Product'
Choose the category of product to create
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Click on the top drop down box underneath 'Category'
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Click on 'stock feed'
You can choose from Animal Health, Fertiliser, Spray Treatment, or Stock Feed.
*Animal Health treatments, Fertiliser and Spray Treatments are explained in a separate document.
Enter the name and availability of your product
After you have chosen your category you will be able to enter the details of your product.
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Click into the box underneath 'name'.
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Type the name of your product.
Be as specific as possible as this name will appear in your reports when fed out to mobs. User letters or numbers only. Do not use special characters (!@#$%^&*_-)
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Click 'yes' or 'no' as appropriate underneath Share this product with other properties?
If you have multiple properties setup in MaiaGrazing and wish to be able to select this product from your inventory to use on all properties then make sure to choose the yes option.
Enter the amount of product to be added to your inventory
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Click on the drop down box under 'Weight or Volume'
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Select weight for dry product or volume for a liquid product.
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Click into the data entry box under Amount In Stock
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Enter the amount of product to be added to the inventory
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Click on the drop down box under 'units'
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Select the appropriate units you wish to use.
Enter the product cost
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Click into the data entry box under 'Product Cost'
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Enter the cost of the product to be added to the inventory
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Click on the drop down box under 'units'
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Select the appropriate units to fit the cost.
Calculate the dosage details (how much they going to eat per feed event)
MaiaGrazing does not have the capability to multiply a daily consumption amount by an event that spans several days or weeks.
If you intend to enter a feed event into MaiaGrazing everyday the stock feed product will need to be setup using the daily consumption rate per head.
If a feed event is to be ongoing for several weeks it may be better to create your product using the weekly consumption rate per head. This will only require one feed event per week to be entered into MaiaGrazing.
For example: if feeding out a dry loose supplement that has a recommended consumption rate of 30 grams per head per day then, by multiplying 30 grams per head per day by 7 days in a week, we will get a “dosage” per head of 210 grams per head per week. This feed entry will only need to be entered into MaiaGrazing once per week.
Enter the application dosage details (how much they going to eat per feed event)
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Click on the drop down box under 'Application units'
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Select the appropriate units to fit the application.
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Click into the data entry box under 'Default Application Rate'
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Enter the application rate for the product
The rest of the details are optional. Complete as required.
Enter the details of the product to be added to the inventory
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Click into the data entry box under 'Batch Number'
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Enter the batch number (this number will be linked to any treatments using this product)
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Click into the data entry box under 'WHP (Withholding Period)'
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Enter the number of days for the withholding period. If no withholding period enter "0".
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Click into the data entry box under 'Expiry Date'
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Click on the expiry date of the product in the calendar.
Click on 'save' when finished
This product will now be available for selection from the operations screen.
An article on how to enter stock feed and supplement feeding events can be found here.