http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.farmiq.co.nz en-us Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:22:20 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/post/169807/product-update-grazing-stock-paddocks-flexi-stock-report-and-more/ See stock you've got off farm with a grazier in your stocklist, including the mob name, breed, age and number of animalsWhen stock that you own have finished with the grazier, you can add them back into your FarmIQ farmWhen bringing them back, you can enter details such as date, time and weight, add them to a paddock, and add them to a new or existing mob... Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:17:44 +1200 http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/#post169807 http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/post/169110/emma-ractliffe-and-carla-muller-win-top-industry-awards-recognising-rural-professionals/ L - R: Russell Mackay, Emma Ractliffe, Alex Coddington, Carla Muller, Claire Teutenberg and Greg Dryden... Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:29:31 +1200 http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/#post169110 http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/post/168594/product-update-harvested-feeds-shape-block-files-universal-search/ Manage harvested feeds on your mobile, with the ability to sell it or store it (add it to your inventory). You can create a new feed product or add it to an existing one, and you can store the feed against a location, such as a silo or silage bunker. Inventory numbers will increase automatically if you store the feed.... Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:37:41 +1200 http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/#post168594 http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/post/168055/product-update-horses-map-capabilities-people-management-and-more/ 📱💻 Horses as stock If you’ve got horses on farm, you can now add them as stock in FarmIQ!Create transaction activities including sales, purchases, births and deathsMove horse mobs between paddocks, log animal health treatments, and record weights and breeding informationSpecify horse age and sex from a range of in-built options, including foals, yearlings, fillies, geldings, colts and stallionsSpecify the breed from a list, such as Appaloosa, Clydesdale and KaimanawaYou can sti... Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:11:47 +1200 http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/#post168055 http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/post/167414/farmiq-systems-using-satellite-capability-to-keep-farmers-connected-on-farm/ FarmIQ Systems has announced an exciting development to take advantage of the latest advances from One NZ and Spark to increase mobile coverage when using the FarmIQ app. It will extend mobile coverage via satellite, meaning that previously out-of-range areas with no cell service or internet will now be able to send and receive data on their FarmIQ mobile app.One of the core advantages of FarmIQ as a mobile app is it... Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:06:54 +1200 http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/#post167414 http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/post/162659/out-on-the-farm-autumn-2026/ Head of Sales and Marketing, Russell MacKay, has a fifth-generation family sheep and beef farm near Queenstown. Here's his farming update as we get into the midst of autumn after a strange summer.... Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:41:27 +1300 http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/#post162659 http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/post/162242/paddock-history-and-dark-mode/ 📱Paddock historySee the complete history of a paddock including fertiliser and chemical applications, moves and pasture coversGet a quick snapshot of what events happened in a specific paddock and when, so you know when another fertiliser or chemical application might be dueView paddock information, such as size, related blocks, irrigation and other featuresSee land, forage and soil type at a glanceAccess paddock history by clicking on a paddock from the map or through the report centre... Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:30:51 +1300 http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/#post162242 http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/post/160585/need-help-with-farmiq-ask-scout/ Ask Scout is an easy way of using AI to summarise your help request: ask Scout a question and it will look through our FarmIQ help documentation and provide you with a short and simple response, plus links in case you'd like further information.Our current Help documentation is awesome - extremely thorough, with pages covering (almost!) every topic you can think of! But if you're struggling to find exactly what you're after, Scout might be able to help with that. Ask a full question or type... Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:54:58 +1300 http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/#post160585 http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/post/160583/new-feed-tures-labels-and-more-flexi-stock/ It's our first release of the year and it's jam-packed! We've got the much-anticipated Flexi-Stock on the web app, new feed features on mobile, custom labels and a clever AI helper called Scout. Read more about what's new, below.... Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:31:48 +1300 http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/#post160583 http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/post/160477/measuring-farmiq-return-on-investment-in-cold-hard-cash-part-2-elite-flocks/ This second story comes from Mangapoike Station in the Ruakituri (Gisborne), where Dan Jex-Blake has used FarmIQ to identify a true Elite flock of ewes. In the last years scanning, these ewes conceived lambs worth an additional $48/head more than his lowest performing ewes, equating to 30% points higher scanning.Each year the farm retains approximately 1800 replacement ewe lambs. The key to maximising efficiency in a ewe flock is to have the smallest number of ewes mated to the maternal sire and... Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.farmiq.co.nz/blog/#post160477