Automated notifications on feed and supplement requirements based on weather data

Purpose

1. Automate timely feed and supplement notifications for graziers and land managers using real-time and forecasted weather data.

2. Alert recipients to conditions like drought, heavy rainfall, frost, or heat stress risks impacting grazing or stock health.

3. Enable proactive paddock management, ensuring stock productivity, welfare, and compliance with grazing agreements.

4. Reduce manual monitoring by providing AI-driven, precise, and location-specific alerts.

Trigger Conditions

1. Weather API indicates rainfall below/above defined threshold for the paddock’s location.

2. Temperature extremes forecasted (e.g., heatwaves or frost events) for the managed land.

3. Custom event triggers such as changes in wind, humidity, or seasonal weather patterns.

4. Scheduled checks (daily/hourly) for rapid data-response cycles.

5. Integration with paddock sensors for real-time confirmation of local conditions.

Platform Variants

1. Twilio SMS

• Feature: Programmable Messaging
  
• Setting: Use parameterized templates linked to weather events; configure an SMS flow for each weather alert, setting ‘To’ field dynamically using contact list.
  

2. SendGrid

• Feature: Marketing Campaigns API
  
• Setting: Set email notifications for feed/supplement reminders using dynamic templates triggered by webhook from weather data.
  

3. Slack

• Feature: Incoming Webhooks
  
• Setting: Configure channels for each paddock, send JSON payload of alerts via webhook when weather trigger met.
  

4. Microsoft Teams

• Feature: Connector Cards
  
• Setting: Create actionable message cards posted to relevant team channels on trigger.
  

5. Pushover

• Feature: Message API
  
• Setting: API token and user key set in automation; send concise push notification alert on mobile.
  

6. Telegram

• Feature: Bot API
  
• Setting: Channel/group message via bot; API uses sendMessage method with content generated from weather alert.
  

7. Discord

• Feature: Webhooks
  
• Setting: JSON POST to webhook URL containing paddock and weather trigger information.
  

8. WhatsApp Business API

• Feature: Message send endpoint
  
• Setting: Automated text to WhatsApp group, templated with weather context and feed/supplement task.
  

9. Mailgun

• Feature: Messages API
  
• Setting: Weather-alert triggered emails to custom distribution list.
  

10. Google Chat

• Feature: Incoming Webhooks
  
• Setting: POST alert message to room/webhook with direct call-to-action for field teams.
  

11. PagerDuty

• Feature: Events API
  
• Setting: Create an incident for each severe weather or stocking-risk event.
  

12. ServiceNow

• Feature: Notification API
  
• Setting: Automatically generate a feed reminder ticket for tracking, routed to responsible team.
  

13. Salesforce

• Feature: Process Builder
  
• Setting: Automated task or Chatter post assigned to grazing manager when weather trigger is read.
  

14. Notion

• Feature: Database Updates API
  
• Setting: Create/update records in grazing/management database, timestamped against weather event.
  

15. Monday.com

• Feature: Automations
  
• Setting: Trigger new item in feed/supplement board when webhook signals a weather event.
  

16. Airtable

• Feature: Automations
  
• Setting: Populate specific table records for required actions based on incoming weather trigger webhook.
  

17. Zoho Creator

• Feature: Deluge Script Webhook
  
• Setting: Automate notification and task assignment for paddock team.
  

18. Asana

• Feature: Task Creation API
  
• Setting: Auto-create task for grazing team, due date/time set from alert timestamp.
  

19. ClickSend

• Feature: SMS API
  
• Setting: Immediate sms notifications to all registered operators using API’s send SMS function.
  

20. Zapier

• Feature: Multi-step Zap
  
• Setting: Trigger chain actions across multiple messaging platforms and databases in response to any weather event.
  

21. AWS SNS

• Feature: Publish API
  
• Setting: Publish feed requirement notifications to SMS/email/HTTP endpoints subscribed.
  

22. Google Sheets

• Feature: Apps Script Trigger
  
• Setting: Append event and required action; optionally email alert from Apps Script on schedule.
  

Benefits

1. Provides rapid, targeted alerts reducing risk of stock loss or supplement shortage.

2. Automates cross-channel communication, lowering manual workloads.

3. Increases compliance and animal welfare by ensuring timely action.

4. Delivers scalable, multi-location support for growing agistment operations.

5. Integrates historical weather/event data with management records for auditing and improvement.

6. Minimizes operational errors and supports staff accountability.