Choosing livestock management software: what to look for
Updated 1 July 2026
Livestock management software — sometimes called a livestock information system — helps you keep track of your animals in one place. But they are not all the same. Here is what to look for.
What livestock management software does
At its core, livestock management software helps you record and see information about your animals: identification, movements, health and breeding records, and increasingly live alerts and location. Some tools focus on record-keeping and compliance; others connect to hardware on the farm.
Record-keeping vs a connected system
Software-only tools are good for records and paperwork, but they rely on you entering data. A connected system pairs the software with hardware — tags and sensors — so information like calving alerts, livestock location and gate status flows in automatically. HerdHalo Livestock Management Software is the connected kind.
Questions to ask before you choose
A few questions save a lot of regret later:
- Where is my data held — is it kept in the UK?
- Does it need a SIM in every tag, or a farm-owned network?
- Will it work where mobile signal is patchy?
- Is it one app for the whole farm, or a separate app per device?
Data and UK hosting
Where your farm's data lives matters. HerdHalo runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS), and your farm's data is hosted strictly in their UK region — it does not leave the country.