Animal Detail

Detailed Breeding Records

Multiple breeding records and pregnancy checks are conveniently located on one screen to give insights on the current breeding season.

Current Breeding season conveniently summarized
Pasture Exposed, Artificial Insemination, Embryo Transfer, Observed Bred
Unlimited Breeding records
Unlimited Pregnancy checks

Complete Progeny History

Display complete progeny of any adult animal. Easily identify Embryo Transfers. Also tracks Recip ET Progeny.

Displays Sire ID, Dam ID, Donor ID, Recipient ID
Tracks Recip ET Progeny
Jump directly to any of the listed Calves
Performance summary for Progeny

Calfhood “Snapshot”

Our Calfhood Tab shows a helpful “snapshot” of Bull or Cow when it was a calf by including all calf records.

Birth Information
Weaning Information
Yearling Information

Comprehensive Health Records

A large number of fields allow for very detailed and accurate tracking of health treatments. All data fields are available in the reporting system (including any custom fields). Utilization of user defined fields allows faster data entry.

Common treatments preloaded in new installations
User defined fields for faster data entry
Retreat and Withdrawal Dates
Manufacturer information
Designed to help you be compliant with all BQA fundamentals
Unlimited Health Records

Measurements

All calfhood weights and measures are stored as actual and adjusted including contemporary groups and frame scores if data is entered.

Actual and Adjusted Weights and Heights
Group Ratios
Frame Scores calculated with Heights
Unlimited Measurements

Purchases & Sales

Support for partnership cattle. Both purchases and sales are conveniently located on one screen. Standard Financial Reports are included and can be filtered by date range.

Tracks partnership Animals
Pricing by Weight, Hundredweight, or Total Sale Price
Flag Animals that are “For Sale” and can include “Asking” price

EPD Tracking (EPDs)

Extensive list of EPDs recognized for each breed preloaded into the program.

Additional EPDs can be added as Breeds recognize new trait information
Enter EPDs as individual or by group

Seven Generation Pedigree

Display animal’s pedigree showing from two to seven generations.

Display from 2 to 7 Generations
Easily resizable with mouse
Jump to any animal within chart for quick edits

Herd

Multi-Record Actions

Save time by performing operations on groups of animals.

Breeding Information
Calving
Calf Management
Health Treatments
Measurements & EPDs
Purchase or Sell
Location

Animal Grid

Easily view and access any animal from the Animal Grid. Use sorting, filtering, and/or searching to quickly narrow in on a specific group. Then take an Action, Print, or Edit the group.

Sortable columns
Search & Filter
Edit a specific Animal or group
Quickly select Action to take on selected Animals
Print reports on selected Animals

Unlimited Herds & Locations

Use Herds to organize or group your animals any way you want such as by family members. All Locations are available to any Herd.

Unlimited Herds
Unlimited Locations
Unlimited Breeds
Additional Custom Fields and Notes are available for each record type.

Search and Filter Animals

Quickly find the Animals of interest.

Search by ID, Name, Registration, or EID
Filter by multiple fields such as Location and/or Animal Status
Filter by Animal Type

Inventory Filter

Quickly see a summary of your inventory broken down by location. Clicking on any cell shows those animals in the grid.

Display counts by Animal Type
Display counts by Age
Display counts by Animal Status

Reports

Breeding Reports

Display breeding data from upcoming due dates to complete breeding histories.

Current Due Dates
Pregnancy Checks
Breeding History

Herd Reports

Display entire inventory or a specific herd or location.

Entire Inventory
Cow Age & Status
Calf Age & Status

Health Reports

Display complete health treatment records.

Administration
Medicine (Mfr, Lot, cost, etc)
Retreat & Withdrawal Dates

Financial Reports

Report on any and all purchases and sales for your financial records.

Purchases & Sales (by Month)
Purchases & Sales (by Contact)
Consignment Sale
Purchased Animals Sold
“For Sale” Animals

Animal Detail Report

Display all data for each individual animal. Choose how much detail to display.

Breeding History
Progeny
Weights & Measures
Purchases & Sales
Health Records
EPDs
Custom fields (if defined)
Pedigree

Custom Reports

Custom Reports can be quickly created by RanchHand support team and immediately “dropped” into the program. You supply the need/imagination we supply the report. Any data entered into RanchHand is available for reporting including custom fields and note fields. We use the same built-in Custom Report Designer that will be released soon to all users.

Self-Designer – COMING SOON
Report-specific options such as a Date range
Use a Standard Report as a starting point for a new Custom Report

Personalize

Extensive Custom Fields

Track any additional data you would like by utilizing powerful Custom Fields. Available on all Record Types, which means, you don’t have to use “generic” fields or notes for several pieces of information. Define one for a new Animal trait, a Health Treatment, or Semen record. Some Custom Fields could be specific to a Bull or Cow.

Available for ALL Record Types
All Custom Fields can be accessed from Custom Report Designer
Data Types of Text, Date, Date-Time, Check Mark, Integer, Decimal
Apply to specific Animal Types
Unlimited number of Custom Fields

International Measurement Options

Use your preferred measurement options.

Imperial or Metric Units
Pound or Kilogram Weights
Inch or Centimeter Heights
Fahrenheit or Celsius Temperatures
Hundredweight Types of 100 Pound, 112 Pound, 50 Kg, or Custom

International Currency Options

Use your preferred currency option or even a custom Currency.

Us Dollars
Argentinian Peso
Brazilian Real
Custom Currency
Punctuated or Unpunctuated

User Defined Values

Setup user defined values for several fields to both personalize and speed up data entry. Add custom fields specific to any of these fields.

Herds & Locations
Breeds
Colors
Brands & Brand Locations
Breeders
Pregnancy Test Types
Add Custom Fields specific to any of these
Add Notes specific to a Herd or Location
Define Abbreviations to save space on Reports

User Defined Health Treatments

Setup user defined values for most aspects of your Health Treatments for quick data entry. Or use/modify preloaded values. Additional fields can be added with Custom Fields.

Health Treatments (ie Vira Shield 6, Deworm, etc)
Routes of Administration (ie Intramuscular, Subcutaneous, Pour On, etc.)
Treatment Sites (ie Ear, Shoulder, Neck, etc.)
Treatment Types (ie Antibiotic, Antiparasitic, Vaccine, etc.)
Manufacturers
Add Custom Fields specific to a Health Treatment
Add Notes specific to a Health Treatment

Multiple Breeds

Select from over 100 preloaded Breeds or define your own.

Unlimited number of Breed definitions
Use percentage of other Breeds for new Breeds
Milestone dates, Weight Adjustments, EPDs defined per Breed

Unlimited Timestamped Notes

All record types (Animals, Herds, Locations, etc) allow unlimited general timestamped notes to record any additional information you would like. Additionally, note fields are included with each specific record such as a Breeding, Pregnancy Check, Health Treatment, Purchase, Sale, and more. Allows entry of some “quick” notes without the use of a Custom Field.

All Record Types allow Unlimited Timestamped Notes
Animal Records
Herd & Location Records
Health Treatments
Semen Inventory Records

Program

No Online Interruptions

RanchHand can run completely offline, so you can continue to do your work regardless of whether your Internet is currently unavailable. New software updates may be downloaded when internet service is available or can be downloaded via other machines or even sent via offline methods.

Software Updates

We are constantly working on improving the RanchHand experience as well as add important features. Our customers want a software partner actively evolving to meet the growing and changing needs of the Ag World.

Minimum of one major software update per quarter

Unlimited Animals

RanchHand is the leading software of the cattle industry regardless of the number of cattle in your herd. Our program offers the same qualify performance no matter whether you have 10 or 10,000 head.

Backup & Restore Data

Save as many backups as you would like and restore at any time. Backups not only save animal data but there are options to save reports and configuration data as well.

Unlimited number of backups and restore
Data is privately stored on your computer

Instructional Videos

Get up and running quickly on RanchHand with our “How To” instruction videos or use as a quick reference. We have over 50 videos organized into small quick segments covering general usage such as how to use the Animal Grid to specific operations such as adding a Breeding record.

Over 50 Videos
Short and Quick videos on specific operations
Available on YouTube or the RanchHand website

In-Program Help