Purpose
1. Enable fully automated, multi-channel scheduling and communication of animal grazing rotations for agistment operations.
2. Deliver real-time alerts, confirmations, and instructions to leaseholders and staff regarding paddock assignment, durations, and herd movement.
3. Coordinate calendar slots, resource availability, and compliance reminders for optimal pasture management and animal health.
4. Record communication logs and schedule data for traceability and audit purposes.
Trigger Conditions
1. Scheduled grazing rotation date/time occurs in calendar system.
2. Manual staff update on readiness or completion of paddock change.
3. Sensor or IoT data signals pasture health or occupancy threshold reached.
4. API call from farm management ERP with updated grazing plan.
5. Incoming SMS or email request to move herd.
Platform Variants
1. Google Calendar
• Feature/Setting: "Event trigger" - auto-create and monitor rotation slots; configure API watch for grazing events.
2. Microsoft Outlook Calendar
• Feature/Setting: "Create and update calendar events via Graph API", notify attendees and sync resources.
3. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: "Programmable SMS API" - auto-send SMS notifications to leaseholders on movement times and confirmations.
4. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: "Mail Send API" - dispatch templated email communications when rotations are scheduled or changed.
5. Slack
• Feature/Setting: "Incoming Webhooks" - auto-alerts to team channels when rotations are scheduled or require attention.
6. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: "Bot API / Webhook" - send rotation details and updates to Teams groups or individuals.
7. Telegram
• Feature/Setting: "Bot API" - direct message leases or staff rotation instructions.
8. WhatsApp Business
• Feature/Setting: "Cloud API" - auto-send movement notifications and obtain confirmations via WhatsApp.
9. AWS Lambda
• Feature/Setting: "Function trigger" - run custom logic when sensor events or schedules met; integrated with comms APIs.
10. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: "Multi-app workflow automation" - trigger communication on calendar or ERP events (Grazing rotations).
11. IFTTT
• Feature/Setting: "Applets" - monitor schedules and trigger comms on Google Calendar or SMS.
12. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: "Process Builder/API" - orchestrate notification campaigns from contract or schedule objects.
13. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: "Workflow automation" - queue and send emails to contacts when lease schedules change.
14. Mailchimp
• Feature/Setting: "Transactional Email API" - automated sends for schedule or instructions to leaseholder list.
15. monday.com
• Feature/Setting: "Automation recipes/API" - check paddock status and inform stakeholders via notification.
16. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: "Automations/API" - trigger actions when grazing session records updated.
17. Notion
• Feature/Setting: "Integration API" - when grazing note is updated, alert responsible via integration.
18. ClickSend
• Feature/Setting: "SMS/Email API" - push updates on grazing schedules to all parties.
19. Office 365 Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: "Scheduled flow" - trigger flows on calendar, email, or sensor update.
20. OpenAI (for summarization/response)
• Feature/Setting: "GPT API" - auto-generate custom communication or summary texts for each rotation event.
21. Discord
• Feature/Setting: "Bot/Webhook" - send grazing schedule messages to team or community channels.
22. Smartsheet
• Feature/Setting: "Automation workflows" - update sheets and send alerts per grazing plan state changes.
23. Pipedream
• Feature/Setting: "Workflow trigger" - integrate APIs for calendar, email, and notification flows.
24. Trello
• Feature/Setting: "Power-Ups/API" - create cards/checklists per grazing cycle and alert users.
Benefits
1. Eliminates manual scheduling and reduces error potential in grazing management.
2. Real-time, multi-channel communication ensures all stakeholders are promptly informed.
3. Centralized record-keeping for compliance and audit trails.
4. Scalable and adaptable to changing herd or lease conditions.
5. Streamlines coordination, saving time and optimizing resource utilization.
Grazing and Paddock Management