Grazing and Paddock ManagementPurpose
1.2. Automate allocation and reservation of paddocks based on animal counts, lease contracts, and pasture availability.
1.3. Ensure compliance with tracking regulations, optimize grazing rotation, and provide transparent reporting to leaseholders.
1.4. Streamline data synchronization between physical animal sensors, paddock gates, and management records in software systems.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Manual entry or batch upload by staff via mobile/desktop app.
2.3. Scheduled move based on daily, weekly, or contract-driven grazing plans.
2.4. Low pasture level detected from IoT sensors.
2.5. New lease or animal listing added to management system.
Platform Variants
3.1. AWS IoT Core
• Feature/Setting: Device shadow state reporting for animal tags, trigger Lambda on shadow update, sample policy permitting update shadow.
3.2. Azure IoT Hub
• Feature/Setting: Event Grid on message arrival from device, route to Logic App for DB update and paddock allocation API.
3.3. Google Cloud Pub/Sub
• Feature/Setting: Topic for RFID events, subscription triggers Cloud Function to record movement.
3.4. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Inbound webhook to process SMS-based move logs from remote staff, sample flow with Messaging Service SID.
3.5. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled polling or webhook trigger, action to update Google Sheets or CRM.
3.6. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Custom connector to on-premise SQL or Dynamics 365, trigger Power Automate flow.
3.7. Make (Integromat)
• Feature/Setting: Webhook to receive device events, router action for different leaseholders, HTTP update to farm ERP.
3.8. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Webhooks to update base with new movement records, custom script block for rule-driven paddock allocation.
3.9. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Recipe for status change when animal moves, integration column updates real-time paddock population.
3.10. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Platform Event for movement, Process Builder flow to update Animal Asset and Paddock custom objects.
3.11. ServiceNow
• Feature/Setting: Record Producer for movement logs, workflow to assign follow-up for compliance review.
3.12. Oracle Integration Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Schedule integration, REST adapter to livestock ERP, mapping for paddock status.
3.13. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Apps Script bound to onEdit, triggers HTTP POST to main livestock DB.
3.14. UiPath
• Feature/Setting: RPA bot to read physical scanner output, enter details into MS SQL Server or web dashboard.
3.15. IBM Cloud Functions
• Feature/Setting: HTTP trigger receives RFID device data, stores batch event in Cloudant.
3.16. Dropbox
• Feature/Setting: Monitor folder for CSV log uploads (from field tablets), trigger update via Dropbox API.
3.17. Quick Base
• Feature/Setting: Webhook on table update for animal, relationship to paddock status.
3.18. SAP Business Technology Platform
• Feature/Setting: Event Mesh for device triggers, Integration Suite workflow for asset management.
3.19. Smartsheet
• Feature/Setting: Row update triggers automation, records new paddock allocations with conditional alerts.
3.20. Pipedream
• Feature/Setting: HTTP event source for RFID data, data transformation, action to REST API of livestock system.
3.21. Xero
• Feature/Setting: Webhook to generate invoice when new animal recorded in paddock for agistment charge.
3.22. Notion
• Feature/Setting: Automated database entry on animal move; integration API keys for secure data sync.
3.23. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming webhook posts notification on movement event channel, slash command for manual movement.
Benefits
4.2. Improved compliance with animal traceability standards.
4.3. Optimized pasture and paddock utilization based on actual movement data.
4.4. Transparent reporting for clients and leaseholders.
4.5. Reduces manual errors and increases operational efficiency.
4.6. Scalable and modular—adaptable for farms of all sizes and tech maturity.