Affordable Purchase Price
3 Month's Free Gold Support
95% Customer Satisfaction
No Computer Experience Required
Mixed farm, Ashbourne, DerbyWe use the Total Beef herd app and cannot live life without it!
SUM-IT’s Cattle record keeping software is designed to be a complete herd management tool. Be more in control of your herd, increase efficiency and make better management decisions.
SPECIAL MIGRATION OFFER: Calling all Farmplan Cattle Manager Users, we are offering a special 30% migration discount and your data converted over for free when you move to Total Beef. Book a free demo today & find out more.
Make Better Decisions
Identify top performers and under-performers, know the full costs of production and identify trends leading to the highest profit margins.
Easy To Use
Our PC-based beef software is so simple to use. Choose from either Starter or Standard versions of our cattle management software and both modules will integrate seamlessly with our farm accounts module.
Cattle Management App
You and your team can access your cattle herd's data wherever you are with our optional bovine farm app, which also works offline.
We Are Here For You
SUM-IT's Total cattle software is backed up by our friendly Support Helpline and in-house development team. Our small passionate team has supported farmers for over 40 years and are always happy to answer your questions and keep you going to get the job done.
Key features
- Individual Animal Records
- Statutory Movement Reports
- Notifies BCMS, ScotMoves+ or NIFAIS with Births/Movements
- Generates Assurance Reports
- Links With Wide Range of Weighers
- Detailed Costings & Performance Reports
- Optional Smartphone or Tablet Cattle app
- Integrates with TOTAL2 Farm Accounts
- Low Annual Support from just £70 + vat a year
- View full features table
From just £345+vat one-off
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Key Benefits of our Cattle Record Keeping Software
Be in control
View comprehensive individual animal records and feel in complete control of your herd. Know exactly what is going on with each animal (feed, weight, medicines, health, movements etc) and maintain a complete unlimited pedigree history of the herd.
Save time
Our cattle record keeping software has many in-built time saving features. Program set-up time can be minimised by downloading animals on holding records from BCMS or ScotMoves+.If you opt for our smartphone app, you can also input events as they happen.
Grow profits
Always make the most profitable decisions with the insightful reports provided. Monitor liveweight gains and take action early on if any animal isn’t achieving desired weight. Identify the exact costs of each animal or herd, including profit per day on farm and per kg gained.
TOTAL peace of mind
Our cattle management software automatically notifies BCMS or ScotMoves+ to apply for passport applications and keeps all statutory cattle movement records so you are always compliant. You can also easily print off a NOAH format medicine book and calculate N kg/Ha generated by all livestock.
Secure Your Free Live Demonstration Today
Book a complimentary, no pressure demonstration with one of our friendly experts. See exactly how Total2 will look on your computer and ask us any questions you may have. Our team member will recommend the best package for your farm, with absolutely no-obligation to buy.
Simply fill out our 30 second online form and someone will be in touch to arrange the best time for the demo.
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Book TodayStarter: Essential Cattle Software
Total Starter Cattle offers a simple and easy-to-use record keeping program for UK cattle farmers.
Total Starter Cattle is designed to handle all legislative aspects of beef records, providing statutory cattle movement and herd register records plus a medicine book, that satisfies all Health Assurance recording requirements.
When entering calving details, the system will notify BCMS for a passport application for each calf. Also the movement details of any cattle purchased or sold can be submitted direct to BCMS, ScotMoves+ OR NIFAIS from the cattle software. The program also provides the facility to reconcile the data against BCMS/ScotMoves+/NIFAIS records.
Should you wish to upgrade to the Standard level of our cattle record keeping software, this can be done at any time, without needing to re-enter any data.
Total Starter Cattle
Standard: Full Cow Management System
Total Standard Cattle includes all the functionality of our Starter program as well as powerful in-depth beef management records and analysis.
Suckler herds benefit from full calving histories, fertility records and unlimited genealogies. Fattening herds can record weights and feed costs to calculate daily liveweight gains and true profit per kilo or per day on-farm.
Link with all major weighers and EIDs for reduced data entry & increased accuracy.
Our powerful cattle record keeping software gives you real-time insights into your herd, giving you the power to make the most profitable decisions for your beef farm.
With our cattle management app, anyone on your farm can access & update your herd records wherever they are, even offline.
All Total Standard Beef Cattle reports can be easily exported into Excel, CSV, TXT and PDF formats. Opt for our online back-up service and you will remove the risk of ever losing your precious data.
Cattle management software that actually helps produce higher performing livestock.
Total Standard Cattle
Feature Comparison
| Features | Starter | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Statutory Stock Movements | ✔ | ✔ |
| Passports/Movements to BCMS or ScotMoves+ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Livestock Sales & Purchases | ✔ | ✔ |
| Records All Calving Details | ✔ | ✔ |
| OTM Warning | ✔ | ✔ |
| TB Movements Control | ✔ | ✔ |
| Drug Treatments & Stocks | ✔ | ✔ |
| NOAH Medicine Book (Conv./Organic) | ✔ | ✔ |
| BCMS/ScotMoves+/NIFAIS Livestock Reconciliation | ✔ | ✔ |
| Block Booking of Events | ✔ | ✔ |
| NVZ Muck Planner | ✔ | ✔ |
| Cattle Herd Book Register | ✔ | ✔ |
| Will utilise Bar Code Scanners | ✔ | ✔ |
| Comprehensive Animal Cards | x | ✔ |
| Electronic IDs | x | ✔ |
| Weighing/DLWG Records | x | ✔ |
| Growth Reports: Grades/KO% | x | ✔ |
| Feed Usage Records | x | ✔ |
| Pedigree/Relation Reports | x | ✔ |
| Selective Performance Reports | x | ✔ |
| Profit Analysis by Day/Kg/Grade | x | ✔ |
| Advanced Herd Health Analysis | x | ✔ |
| Suckler Cow Records | x | ✔ |
| Fertility Reports | x | ✔ |
| Imports EBV Data from Signet | x | ✔ |
| Bull/Semen Records | x | ✔ |
| Multi-Holdings | x | ✔ |
| Data Export to Excel & Word etc. | o | ✔ |
| Electronically register pedigree calves with BREEDPLAN Breed Societies | x | ✔ |
| Smartphone Total Bovine App | o | o |
| Electronic Weigher Interface | x | o |
| * Upgrade to Standard Cattle | o | x |
| Price (excl.VAT) | £345 | £645 |
| O = Optional Extras. * Upgrade Option from Starter Cattle to Standard Cattle costs £345. Purchase prices above include first 3 months Gold Level Support & Updates. Full range of annual Support options thereafter, see our Support page for more details. | ||
Optional Modules and Equipment
Total Bovine App
You can record any event as it happens with the Total Bovine App running on an Android Smartphone or Tablet PC.This imports the cattle data from Total Beef onto the mobile device to either review the status of each animal or input new events, such as calvings, drug treatments and weights as you do them outside. This data can then be synchronised with Total Beef via WiFi back on the office PC at anytime.
Laser Barcode Readers
Barcode readers can be supplied to speed up data entry from Cattle Passports. They scan the UK Ear Tag, Date of Birth, Sex and Breed instantly onto the Purchase Screen and can also be used to tag animals for sale.
Electronic Weigher Interface Module
This Module imports weigh session files from Tru-Test, Gallagher and Iconix weighers into the Total Standard Cattle Module. From the imported weigh data, Daily Liveweight Gains are automatically calculated and a range of reports and scatter graphs can then provide in-depth analysis on the growth rates across individual animals.
BREEDPLAN Link Module
The BREEDPLAN Link Module enables you to send your pedigree calf registrations direct from the Total Standard Beef Module to any breed society that uses the BREEDPLAN Database system.
TOTAL2 Accounts Module
Choose from either cashbook or full farm accounts levels and both modules can either be run as stand-alone programs or will integrate seamlessly with the Total Beef modules.
Beef Leaflet
Looking to print out all the features of our Total Beef program? Click here for a printable overview.
Hardware Requirements
Total software operates on Windows 10, 11 and Windows Server. Suitable hardware should have a minimum of 4GB Ram and the software will require 500MB of Hard Disk capacity plus an internet connection to receive program updates and communicate with HMRC and BCMS. Need help with purchasing your farm computer? Our experienced team can help.
Bespoke Software Development
If you have a specific software requirement not covered by our main product range then please contact us and ask about our bespoke software development.
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