MixMate User Manual
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1. MIX User Manual v2 1 1 Updated July 2012 Title www farmmates c m Top Farmers Have Top Mates Contents Quick start guide Glossary amp Data storage home Recipe How do change my recipe Targets Feed List ee oe ee ea Deliveries Budgets Contracts Multiply Divide amp New Delete Recipe Farm Snapshot Diet Analysis Annual Plan e e e FP bP Ye o E a 5 Click on the subject to get detailed information 1 2 Register the Mate app with Farmmates com Log in Setup your feed list or copy in your farm advi sors feed list Create or modify the recipes to what you are feeding or want to feed Set Targets for each recipe Analyse your recipe in the Analysis screen and modify to achieve your targets Record feed deliveries Create Snapshots to record what you were feeding for later analysis by you or your farm advisor Regularly ensure data is Exported to Farm mates com for backup DM Drymatter CP Crude Protein ME Metabolisable energy NDF Neutral Detergent Fibre This is NDF If you need to calculate FNDF Forage NDF then simply set all concentrates in the recipe to zero NDF IMPORTANT NOTE When you select a feed for your recipe MixMate records its values in the recipe e g DM CP NDF If you edit the values in the feed list they do NOT change the recipe values Delete the feed from the recipe and re select it to bring in the2. P budget start Colour the feed will appear on the graph c Kg DM T Cow Tonnes Waste Graph Cciour CP ME NDF Ga Cc eee PO T a Beer eS WEN OE ea ee nugget PE p pe poes mos pooo Bom e M o Ser HPHH XE oa MRE io1 420 N uchsia EE 23 585 DESSSSAAANNNni Molasses ______ o 24973 DESESSSANNNii SNEEN 5 704 ee wales HERES TTT o 13 470 PEENNNNIN These are import HET i ed from the feed EET EE eee list but you can ETE oe eee TA eee ie aaa aaaaaa customise them if 1119 93 393 757 pegaga 1896 77 393 757 Budget totals for the year Enter your diet targets here for CP ME amp NDF Currently uses the aH om o a ee e ai gt gt x 0 ma Cc os oo o 2 Os same targets for all mobs The Back button returns you to the Totals screen ANNUAL PLAN MONTHS MX Remember leaving the deliveries screen will Ex port the data to farmmates com if there is an internet connection Use this screen to plan your annual feed budget This helps plan feed contracts and cashflows iPad screen shown to display all the columns A PC in Google Chrome will display the complete screen simi lar to an iPad Just remember to import your recipes first Graphs the Milkers diet Enters the value from the box to the left into the highlighted cell Annual Plan nter Mar Mola Enter 40 K o so ho ho go go po so ko ko p he a8 2317
3. Milkers tab Dries Tally Calves 98 Replacement stock tallies Ylgs Yearlings The Home button returns you to the Recipe Correct the grass details and view the total diet Bere e ie OANE mage Cigars ote viet results You can adjust the recipe with the arrow Switch between Grass amp Supplement tabs Below MixMate will ask you to Save or Ignore changes switch between Grass 8 Supplement tabs serow y 6 6 buttons and see the effects of the change instantly Saving the changes will Export the diet to farm Alter the diet in the graph by sliding the bars Important Note The tighter the target range the better the adjustment by graph will work mates com if there is an internet connection Total area of AM amp PM paddocks uil Telecom NZ amp 12 28 PM 9 75 m Analysis Number of breaks grazings from the area v Milkers 348 Cows eg 1 3ha 2 breaks 0 65ha to calculate DM AM TA Ei 1 3 Pre grazing and post grazing Residual DM Breaks 1 1 Pre 2 200 2 200 Total DM Cow including all supple 2 Area in m allocated cow o 1 500 AM amp PM DM ments from the recipe and the grass Area Cow 86 2 m DM Cow6 03 Total diet analysis Cells in white are within set View Analysis graph targets Blue cells are below target and red cells i SLWT 3 6 sul Telecom NZ 3 32PM 81 mt above target Hit the DM or FNDF title to adjust feed to centre of ideal target range
4. 3 17 3 27 P75 83 B85 44 66 l 45 13 13 72 Ps 27 AAE cover and it will calculate the farm cover from here Numbers 3 Milkers____ t00 z5 5o o fi50 3 Springers M CHEST A TInt EHH r P 2 O1 an gi gl 330 330 330 Kgs DM Cow for the 5 S S SET STAT EAT eelechea ec ale SHE STER SETENE STAT ST ey period You can type aM ZT kel Ee TEC A eat any text into any cell 05 bs p7 07 0 7 07 05 05 as a budget note Only 0 5 0 75 0 75 0 75 0 75 0 75 BEIT OTT ee Pe values will be calculat FEEFFE CEEEEEE GEEEFEE EREE EFEFEF EEEE CEEEBEE OPEFEDE EEFERN EFEEEGI EEFEEH EEPEEE EEEEEE ed EEE ELITE EB EE EE SSeS MER ES Be x SEES PEGE Peers Eee TPA OIE Ie Ee Mob totals for the peri EEE TEET TU EPEAT PP A EET EE E od Blue cells under tar TE EE AE PE ee ee ee Feb Mar Mar Apr Apr May May Jun ul P Sep Sep pa eee Dwana 351387 he1 hes tes h94 he3 193 he1 e1 ie 7e jel he1 si CP 8 2 el 19 6 19 3 20 2 19 7 21 2 20 3 20 1 19 8 19 7 20 0 120 5 19 0 19 4 20 9 Diet ME i i 176 i86 fret N1091 BO 200 198 188 184 184 88 188 178 T IRA 2AN IRA 1AN RA
5. Home button returns you to the Recipe screen Start date of the snapshot Use arrow keys to Select either Wkly Weekly or 1 3 1 3 of a month 10 day recording change Switch between Milkers and Non milkers tabs Shows the recipe s recorded for the period Lock the selected recipe to automatically bring that ration in for new snapshots Saal 357 Sold 5 Buy subtracted amp added to Non Milkers tab aill Telecom NZ 3 30 PM 81 period 1 1 1 Aug 10 Aug 01 08 12 Milkers Non Milkers Recine Milkers Select a ration to record in the snapshot You can have multiple recipes I Calved amp Dried off fields are respectively ilkers 352 Calved Diez off Tally at end of last period Note You can only Mastitis 2 Mercano DEU E o Greyed out fields are calculated and change this on the first record One of those occa LA Notin cannot be entered sions where it pays to get it right first time ya Cond 5 Calf Score K Write any diary notes in here Farm grass data Hint This data is populated Cover 1 900 automatically from GrassMate if it exists for PEH Note E praa Mi Grazed 7 save Milkers Non Milkers Ha Dav _ Recipe Dries Saves the entered snapshot You can Prev g Sold 4 Buy Dries only save the latest snapshot a Milking Platform On Off Died TIES 4 0 4 Previous Dries tally Sold Died Yigs 83 0 83 Calved Milkers tab Dried off
6. what you were expecting Mate Apps although have small files will use mobile data allow ance Exporting and Importing If you have Mobile Data turned off you can export import using your home Wi Fi network once in range This will use your home phone line data allowance most people have spare and not your mobile data allowance MIX When you first enter MixMate you are presented with the Home Screen Here you can register with farmmates com try out MixMate as a Guest or sign in to use your own de tails Check out which version of MixMate you are running Your login ID is entered here You iil Telecom NZ 1 25PM choose this in the Register Mix Mate screen Case sensitive Enter your farm login ID Your password is entered here Bestfarmerever You choose this in the Register Password screen also Case sensitive eeeeeeeee Auto login on startup i Import on startup You can log in here as a guest to Select Auto login to skip through try out MixMate before you are this screen automatically next time registered No data can be saved you enter MixMate Register button will take you to the ______ Register Guest If Import on startup is checked registration screen where you can then each time you enter MixMate enter you details it will look on the web for a backup Login copy of your recipes This is good for staff who always need t
7. 18 Total grams of diet crude Total grams of diet crude protein E y Mix DM 44 46 CP Grams 2 000 5 000 Total diet crude protein eg CP Total DM o ii oa Average herd live weight Used to calculate 175 185 Total diet metabolisable energy ME eT Lae kg a P Total diet NDF Neutral Detergent Fibre See Herd Liveweight Set the number of days you need to grease or service your mixer note on page 3 Mixer wagon maintenance j a a diet DM as a percentage of live weight interval days Enter 1000tohide 25 feed wagon This figure will deter Hint Keeping the targets limits close will mine when the Mixer icon turns make adjusting with graph easy Done red on the recipe screen Enter 1000 days to hide the icon Saves the displayed targets and returns to the Recipe screen HE OMe OU On tin OLO Use this screen to enter your feed list or edit the feed values the Recipe screen Important Changing the feed values will NOT change the feeds already in the recipes Delete the feed in the recipe and re select it to update the feed values Export Import your feed list from farmmates com You Feed list auil Telecom NZ amp 12 56 PM O 81 mt may Copy other users feed lists if they are set to public Feed List To get for example your advisors feed list select copy type in their username and MixMate will copy in their feed list Note Their feed values will not affect any feed values already recor
8. Enter tonnes delivered Enter the l lect Add New to enter in a new Takes you to the Budgets amp Contracts screen feed supplier Select a contract or budget to rec ord load against Select None to price tonne if saving to a budget Saves the entered Saves the entered delivery or contract Selecting a contract will bring in the contract price The Back button returns you to the Deliveries MIX screen Remember leaving the deliveries screen budget This helps you identify how much is left on your feed contract or how far over or under planned budget you are will Export the data to farmmates com if there is Use this screen to assign feed delivered to a contract or an internet connection The Used and Left columns are automatically calculated when you enter feed deliveries List of Contracts and Budgets iPad 4 12 31 PM 82 mm Budgets amp Contracts ss Molasses 50 0 PKE 59 Ag Soya Tapto GREIE pues Tap on the cell you wish to enter Contracts high or contract lighted yellow Tap the highlighted cell again to Financial data Total allocated to make the cells info appear in the entry field the budget used spent amp the Tap for a new budget or balance remaining A negative contract E number is under budget positive is nt over budget Enter in information for the selected cell here and 07 09 12 PKE 19 tap enter When the feed column is selected a drop Ooo O O down lis
9. Lwt 500 Milkers 355 Cows Drag graph bars to adjust recipe Round the selected or all feed to nearest Drag the bars to adjust the recipe Blue is too low red 0 25 0 5 or 1kg is too high green just right Note The tighter the tar get range the easier this feature is to use Great for guiding staff Keep it in the green Adjust the selected Molasses Straw feed up or down by Select the feeds to adjust in the graph by clicking on am 6G 0 25kg the feed in the Recipe tab Not the main screen i tiri Total Kgs 10 263 DM Cow 12 40 DM Cow Back The Back button returns you to the Budgets ANNUAL PLAN MIX Contracts screen Remember leaving the deliver ies screen will Export the data to farmmates com Use this screen to plan your annual feed budget This helps if there is an internet connection ca plan feed contracts and cashflows iPad screen shown to display all the columns A PC in Google Chrome will display the complete screen simi lar to an iPad Just remember to import your recipes first Enters the value from the box to the left into the highlighted cell Takes you to the Months screen 12 59 PM al Plan Months Enter text here O CERA Target milksolids for the fvg te 60 __Growth Ha T HarvestHa T 12 95 Start Cover 12007 year Cows Rec MSs TTT ESO eS NS I scce TEE TE A E T NESS CTT Ea es pes KS MITTEE T Tee a T Feed Farm cover at
10. ded in your recipes See note on page How do I change my recipe Type in the name of the feed here Check this box if you want to allow other mH _ O Enter the values of the feed here users to Import your feed list Suitable for DM CP ME FNDF farm advisors or multiple user situation Public Update OAO Update saves the feed and its val ues to the feed list Deletes the selected feed the selected feed Press this button to display only the MIX 6 selected feed Use this to total all 1 feed 43 Use this screen to keep a record of feed delivered to your for the season farm The Back button returns you to the Recipe screen Leaving this screen will Export the data to farmmates com if there is an inter net connection iil Telecom NZ amp 12 16 PM The dates to amp from to display Feed Delivered records between From 01 01 12 TO 16 07 13 Feed delivered records 12 07 12 Soya 29 s Gavins 12 07 12 PKE 29 Gavins 29 Gavins 29 __ Gavins Type in the number of cows and 29 j Gavins Tap the supplier square to delete a supplier FFA m PEE UL see the total tonnes and kgs cow Filter Cows Tonnes 282 Kgs Cow Feed Delivered PKE Date of the feed delivery eH pane Budget Contract PKE Select the feed delivered Date 06 09 12 Tonne 99 S TN 955 Select the source of the feed Se Budget Enter Deletes the selected Deletes the selected devery ignore See next page
11. he lat Press Login once you have entered your login ID and est recipe tweaked by the person password MixMate will verify your registration then in charge of cow diets take you to the Recipe screen If no internet access is available you will then have 15 days to use MixMate before a Login online is required This enables you to use MixMate when you need it even if there is no internet access Your login ID Import Export Message Data MIX 6 modified means data has changed since last Export This is the first screen to appear after logging in Your recipe the Home screen is entered here cow numbers changed and this is where you see the 7 MixMate menu icons How do enter data The Home button returns you to Name of the recipe currently se lected Press this to display a list of Export Import your recipes from current recipes p farmmates com If a team member has changed a recipe and exported Mixer serviced icon This icon is a reminder auil Telecom NZ amp 465 PM 74 fa it you can Import it here to show when your mixer wagon or feedout MixMate Barlow wagon is due for a grease and service A red Type in the mob herd size here wagon means a service is overdue and a Milkers MixMate will automatically calcu green wagon denotes wagon does not need late the Total Kgs for the mob servicing yet Change the service interval in the Targets screen Recipe table sh
12. new values Water is treated as Wet kgs in the entire program MX Export Exports recipes feed list and creates a public feed list if selected Client list is exported from the Client screen Import The Import option from the recipe screen imports everything except feed list and client list Import these lists from their respective screens Import on Startup If you put info into your phone it automatically sends it to farmmates com on exit of most screens when connect ed To keep the program running fast it does not export when editing in the main recipe screen then as soon as you restart MixMate on any phone and sign in it looks for the backup copy on server and automatically imports it So if a team mem ber does a feed analysis on a recipe and Saves on exiting the screen on their phone then that is automatically sent to the server Then when you start MixMate it downloads the new recipes info to your phone want to copy my farm advisors feed list In the feed list select Import Copy Type in the username of your farm advisor friend who has selected to make their feed list public and tap OK Their feed list will be copied in Export to farmmates com overwrites server copy Import from farmmates com Overwrites phone copy 74 ca _ _ Tap the i to export or import OW Team members phone Same username amp password MX MixMate is downloaded from the web and installs on your
13. owing feed totals and DM Drymatter Cow Blue Press this to see a list of feeds to enter into your recipe row is the highlighted row and IMPORTANT NOTE When you select a feed for your recipe MixMate records its values in the recipe e g DM CP NDF If light tan rows are feeds with 100 DM eg minerals and other non Limeflour Mag Oxide feed inputs Aineral Mix 2 Totals you edit the values in the feed list they do NOT change the reci pe values Delete the feed from the recipe and re select it to bring in the new values If water is in the recipe it is calcu Add feed Goes to the Diet targets screen lated as wet kgs not DM and qQ highlights in blue Goes to the Feed list screen Recipe totals Total wet kgs and DM Cow Goes to the Deliveries screen Type in the kgs here and the value Dove ineeie will appear in the blue highlighted snapshot Press this to mul cell To enter 3 grams type in 003 Blue Done tiply divide your Green Due ration by 2 or 3 Goes to the Diet Analysis screen Goes to the Farm Snapshot screen Red Ov rd e Recipe icon Gives you the option to create a new recipe or delete an old recipe IMPORTANT NOTE 1 If the feed is not in the recipe then tap the Add Feed button located here then select the feed from the feed list that displays by tapping here an you select a feed for your recipe ipe e g DM CP NDF If you edit the falue
14. phone It then stores it s data that you enter on your phone in an area protected from other apps The industry calls this pro tection Sandboxing Using MixMate is the only way of seeing this data and if you didn t backup your data you would lose it if when you lost your phone The Mate apps have an Export Import feature where your data is exported to www farmmates com as backup The farm mates com server will keep your data for one month after your regis tration is expired From here you can retrieve your data onto another device or have other members of your team retrieve the data for use on the farm You will need to use the same login ID amp password each time You are paying for a registration not the app on your device so you are free to use that on as many devices as you wish e g if you have a large farm with 10 staff then they will all have ac cess to the data with that registration With this in mind it is recommended that your password is not a personal password but a team appropriate password Retrieving data will overwrite ALL the data on your phone with the data on the farmmates com server Itis recommended that staff or viewers of your data check the Import on startup op tion so they always have the latest version of your data If you are the person in charge then take care importing if you are unsure which user has last backed up the data You can use the Undo Import option if the Imported data is not
15. s Delete the ail Telecom NZ amp 12 41 AM Q 51 ma Data Modified A MixMate Barlow Q Milkers 355 Mineral Mix Totals sogo gg HOW DO I CHANGE MY RECIPE MX 2 Highlight the feed to change NB If you tap the highlighted cell again you can delete change it s order in the recipe or order more of this feed by email It will also give you the total of the feeds be low amp including this feed and total below This is handy to total all minerals or all feeds only 3 Enter in the kgs or grams to enter Either total wet kgs or kgs DM cow To enter grams cow divide by 1000 For 3 grams type in 003 For 25 grams type in 025 For 100 grams type in 1 4 On the highlighted feed tap in the cell you wish to enter either Wet kg or DM and the figure you typed in will enter and calculate the recipe totals MIX Use this screen to set the upper and lower targets of your diet These targets determine the highlights in the analysis screen and the values of the analysis graph The Home button returns you to the Recipe screen Tip The tighter the target range the easier it is to adjust your diet by dragging the bars of the Analysis graph Total diet DM Cow including Grass 75 ma 12 27 PM sill Telecom NZ Analysis Targets Ration only DM excluding grass Set the recipe upper and lower targets eg DM Wet Kgs Lower Upper DM Cow 17
16. t will appear You cannot change calculated 19 n MHIN cells like Used Left Type and financials 59 15 40 10k Table showing a list of deliveries allocated to the Budget or Con tract with totals displays actual spend and difference to budget MULTIPLY DIVIDE RATION MIX 6 yx Use this feature to divide or multiply the ration by 2 or 3 a NC stands for No change or Cancel Hint If your ration is a 24 hour feed ration but you need to know what to put in the wagon over 2 or 3 loads simply di vide by x to give you your exact ration accurately For 4 loads simply divide by 2 twice will Telecom NZ amp 12 56 PM 81 ta Times Divide Select factor to multiply or divide NEW DELETE RECIPE MIX Used to create a new recipe or delete copy an existing reci pe Selecting New will give you an option to type in the name of a ration Hint Deleted recipe can be recovered by Importing from web only if you have not exported after a deletion auil Telecom NZ D 8 57 AM O 94 la Modify Recipe Delete Copy Milkers OR create a new recipe Deleted recipe cannot be recovered Del Copy New Cancel MXA Use farm snapshot to record a snapshot of your farm for a O given period Record cow movements diets health issues and cows supplying just like a diary The snapshot can be used for reporting to farm advisor off farm owner or inter ested parties Deletes last entered snapshot The
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