Upscale weigh system helps NSW cattle farm

Upgrading to Gallagher’s TWR-5 Weigh Scale, Reader and Data Collector and Panel Antenna was a no brainer for Scott Michelle on his “Castletop” Property, 50km west of Bingara in Northern New South Wales.

Scott has a herd of 500 breeding cows and an opportunity contract feeding for Highland Beef, which grows cattle to 550kg for the American Grass Feed Export market.

Previously using a Datamars XR5000, Scott’s Livestock Agent Russ Smyth, from CLS Rural in Bingara, has helped the transition and says support from Gallagher is incredible.

Russ has his own TWR-5 and Panel Antenna, so the support he was able to offer Scott was first-hand, as well as that from Territory Manager Mark Dempsey who he works closely with.

Mark is also there supporting end users to get the most out of their Gallagher WEID solutions on offer.

Russ said: ‘When I’m finished weighing cattle with my clients, I sync the machine and upload the sessions to the Gallagher cloud and email the data off before I’ve left the yard – it saves me so much time when I get home.

Russ and Mark were there to help set up Scott’s new Gallagher goodies, which got put to work straight away, and “didn’t disappoint.”  Scott was thrilled with how easy the system was to use and how straightforward the technology is.

We've come a long way with techniques to measure livestock, and the Gallagher TWR-5 is the next generation of Weigh Scale and Data Collectors. It’s easy to use touch screen weigh scale makes weighing and data management easier than ever before.

Access your animal’s data on multiple devices with the Animal Performance Web and Mobile App that synchronises the data to the cloud at the touch of a button, allowing farmers to use weight-based calculations, and manage and analyse animal data from their phones anywhere, any time.

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