Livestock management in the 21st century has had to get a whole lot smarter. When the NLIS introduced mandatory RFID tagging it caused a stir in the industry for more than one reason.  While NLIS tagging was for the purpose of biosecurity, being able to exploit an individual animal identity for commercial reasons was a relatively new concept. 

There was no easy way of collecting the sort of detailed information that would highlight best and worst performing animals, no easy way of making informed decisions re breeding, retention or future sales, and no easy way of making smart, factual choices that would increase herd quality and revenue.  A solution was required.

And so, koolcollect was created.

koolcollect is an automated data collection system that captures information and logs it against individual animal IDs. Capturing the data via an RFID reader is simple, and koolcollect interfaces with the NLIS via superkool to meet mandatory compliance requirements. But in addition to NLIS-related data, koolcollect  can log weights, birth details, status, treatments, mobs, movements and comments about every individual animal, in very specific detail. Drafting by a chosen trait or category is quick and easy. RFID Readers and electronic scales aid in the collection of information and koolcollect marries the data together to provide a more useful, intelligent, valuable system.  koolcollect enables an enterprise to make quality decisions about the future of their herd, based on considered analysis of the facts available.

koolcollect offers enormous advantages to those in the livestock industry. Individual animal management becomes possible - koolcollect takes a herd and makes it a group of individuals that can be managed accordingly. The corresponding reporting possibilities offered by superkool are extensive and can be customised to suit the needs of the enterprise. Increased productivity and a competitive advantage are logical consequences. koolcollect has been built from the ground up with RFID and the NLIS in mind – it has not been adapted from previously existing software – so it absolutely fulfils the standard compliance requirements re animal movements and NLIS, yet it goes way beyond the mandatory to be the ideal data collection system for your herd .

koolcollect is software that makes the NLIS work for you.

For more information click here to download the product guide or read the Tonga Station case study