Building a Digital Platform for Dairy Farm Data Collection and Performance Analytics
Dairy farm data across feeding, health, and production systems existed in silos, restricting herd performance visibility for dairy consultants and producers.
The client required a platform to collect farm visit data and create a unified herd performance view for consultants and dairy farmers.
Folio3 developed a dairy intelligence platform bringing data, insights, and forecasting into one comprehensive solution and deployed 20+ on-farm assessment tools.
A global dairy nutrition and agriculture company supporting producers across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Through a network of over 500 dairy consultants conducting nearly 17,000 farm visits annually, the company provides nutrition guidance, herd performance evaluations, and operational insights to help dairy producers improve productivity and farm profitability.
As the company grew, manual processes simply slowed the business down and prevented it from achieving new heights. Siloed data became a hindrance to operational efficiency and organizational growth. This is when the client understood that conventional methods that included paper-based records were cumbersome and becoming obsolete.
Data Living in Silos: Production, feed, health, and reproduction data existed across disconnected sources with no unified view
Delayed Decision-Making: Without real-time data access, producers and consultants were always reacting to problems rather than preventing them
No Forecasting Capability: Farms had no way to predict profitability or benchmark their herd performance against industry standards
High Replacement Costs: Poor calf and heifer management increased the need for replacement animals, raising operational costs for dairy producers.
Operational Inefficiency: Managing herd operations without integrated insights created compounding inefficiencies across feeding, health, and reproduction
Limited Consultant Reach: Consultants lacked structured digital tools to capture observations, making farm visits inconsistent and hard to act on at scale
Folio3's strategy to cater to customer needs revolves around four major steps:
The ERP platform used for the solution was Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain. Other proprietary Folio3 applications offered as part of the solution were the AgriERP web app, AgriERP mobile app, warehouse management app, and production app.
Mobile Farm Data Collection
A mobile application enabling dairy consultants to capture farm observations and operational data directly during farm visits.
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On Farm Assessment Tools
A suite of more than 20 digital tools designed to evaluate key areas of dairy farm performance.
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Herd Performance & Nutrition Analytics
Analytics dashboards that help consultants and producers evaluate herd productivity, feeding performance, and operational efficiency.
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Herd Lifecycle Monitoring
Tracking herd performance across multiple lifecycle stages to improve long-term productivity.
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Profitability Forecasting
Forecasting tools that help dairy operations evaluate future performance and financial outcomes.
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Work with our team to design and develop scalable solutions for agricultural data collection, analytics, and operational visibility.
