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Emerging rural professional, Sarah Hawkins, wins top award

Environmental and dairy consultant, Sarah Hawkins, has been named as the Farmax/FarmIQ Emerging Rural Professional of the Year for 2023, the top contender in a field of highly talented and passionate nominees.Sarah is a consultant at BakerAg, specialising in a number of areas, including environmental plans, financial analysis, farm system design and nutrient management. She brings her skills working with programs such as Overseer, FARMAX and mapping software to help farmers find solutions i...

Access the info you need, faster, with new mob history updates

In August we released some awesome updates to the Mob history, meaning you’ll be able to access the information you need, faster.The key benefits:The new design brings the important information to the forefront, where it’s easier to see and update your Mob history data.You can now access the Mob history from a pop-up so you don’t lose where you were working or what updates you were making. There's improved graphing of key data, including the ability to zero in on different time p...

Emerging Rural Professional Award winner takes his prize on tour

Since 2012, we’ve sponsored the Emerging Rural Professional of the Year Award at the New Zealand Institute of Primary Industry Management (NZIPIM) annual conference. This award was created to celebrate and recognise passionate and innovative young people in Aotearoa’s agricultural industry. Previously known as the FARMAX Emerging Rural Professional of the Year Award, following a merger and rebrand, the award is now sponsored by FarmIQ Systems Ltd. Despite a change in sponsorship title, ...

Less work off the farm with animal health treatment recording on the go

Our new and improved mobile access to animal health treatments (AHT) makes it faster and easier for all FarmIQ farmers* to update their records from your new mobile app.  Thanks to our latest updates, farmers can add their treatments on-the-go directly from the map, cutting data entry time in half. Anything recorded from the mobile app will be added to your animal health treatment report, making sure you’re all set when it comes time for assurance audits.&nbs...

What you need to know about freshwater farm plans

Freshwater farm plans (FWFPs) are now required in parts of the Waikato and Southland, with all other regions to be legislated by the end of 2025. Farm operators will have 18 months to produce a plan for certification from when this is ‘turned on’ in their region.Freshwater farm plans are a practical way for farmers to identify, manage and reduce the impact of farming on the freshwater environment. Farmers must do an on-farm freshwater risk assessment and identify actions to manage (or mitiga...

Move your mob, while moving your mob!

You can now record mob moves faster than ever on our new mobile app - making it easier to keep an accurate record of your stock and ensuring everyone is on the same page.On a rainy day, the last thing you want to do is to hike to the other side of the farm to shift a mob, only to find out they were moved yesterday.Knowing where your stock are at all times and having access to an Event Log keeps your mind at ease. And coupled with our digital map, this feature is also han...

AgResearch officially becomes a shareholder of FarmIQ

Through FarmIQ’s acquisition of FARMAX in 2021, the company formed a strategic partnership with Crown Research Institute (CRI) AgResearch. Through a shared vision to provide the primary industry with better access to information and support, AgResearch has become the preferred provider of science and research for FarmIQ.  “For us, it’s all about finding ways to provide th...

Knowing your GHG number - FarmIQ & GHG calculators

Alison Worth, FarmIQ's Environment lead and Thomas Botica, Farmax's GHG specialist discuss about what information you need to calculate your farm's GHG emissions number. Chances are you may be recording it already in FarmIQ, so we'll impart some handy tips on how to find, view and share required data. We'll base the format on both the Beef + Lamb NZ and Farmax GHG calculators so there's something for everyone.Who is it forAgendaIntroductionGHGCalculating your GHG numberQ&A...