Step 1: Adding new paddock/pasture, spray, treatment or fertiliser product to your product inventory

This article explains Step 1 of 3 steps required to setup, record, and, report on paddock/pasture treatments in MaiaGrazing.

Step 1: Adding new paddock/pasture, spray treatment or fertiliser product to your product inventory

Step 2: Recording paddock/pasture, spray, treatment or fertiliser

Step 3: View paddock/pasture, spray, treatment or fertiliser history report

To add a new paddock treatment or spray treatment product to your product inventory:

Navigate to the settings screen:

• 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

• Click on 'Add New Product'

Choose a category of product to create

• Click on the top drop down box to select the category that you wish to setup.

You can choose from Animal Health, Fertiliser, Spray Treatment, or Stock Feed.

*Animal Health treatments and Stock Feed 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.

• Click into the box underneath name.

• Type the name of your product. Use letters or numbers only. Do not use special characters (!@#$%^&*_-). We recommend adding month and year to the product name eg. Tussock June 2024. Doing this makes the relevant batch of product easy to find in the product list. 

• 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

• Click on the drop down box under Weight or Volume

• Select weight for dry product or volume for a liquid product.

• Click into the data entry box under 'Amount In Stock'

• Enter the amount of product to be added to the inventory

• Click on the drop down box under units

• Select the appropriate units you wish to use.

Enter the product cost (optional)

• Click into the data entry box under 'Product Cost'

• Enter the cost of the product to be added to the inventory

• Click on the drop down box under 'Units'

• Select the appropriate units to fit the cost.

Enter the application dosage details

• Click on the drop down box under 'Application units'

• Select the appropriate units to fit the application.

• Click into the data entry box under 'Default Application Rate'

• Enter the application rate for the product

Enter the details of the product to be added to the inventory

• Click into the data entry box under 'Batch Number'

• Enter the batch number (this number will be linked to any treatments using this product)

• Click into the data entry box under 'WHP' (Withholding Period)

• Enter the number of days for the withholding period. If no withholding period enter "0".

• Click into the data entry box under 'Expiry Date'

• Click on the expiry date of the product in the calendar.

Click on 'Save' when finished

This product will now be available for selection when applying a paddock or spray treatment.