Welcome to BlackCow Help
BlackCow is your farm management hub — livestock numbers, rainfall records, cattle sales, mob tracking, and more, all in one place. This help centre explains how each part of the app works, in plain language.
Choose a topic below, or use the ? button in the top-right corner of the app — it takes you straight to help for whatever screen you're currently on.
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Dashboard
Your daily overview — weather, voice drafts, and key date alerts.
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Livestock Numbers
Record and update stock counts per farm and class.
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Mobs
Group your cattle into named mobs and pin them to paddocks on the map.
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Sales
Log cattle sales, track $/head, and see your revenue history.
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Calf Logs
Daily calving records during the calving season.
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Events
Schedule and record farm events — musters, vet visits, spray days.
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Weather
Rainfall records, weather station feeds, and historical totals.
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Marking
Record branding and marking seasons — totals, steers, heifers.
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Reports
Analytics across herd, finances, calving, rainfall, treatments, and more.
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Market Prices
Live saleyard indicator prices from MLA to help you time sales.
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Photos
Upload and organise farm photos by paddock, condition, or job.
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Season Snapshots
Capture a point-in-time summary for year-on-year comparison.
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Setup
Configure your farms, paddocks, stations, contacts, and product libraries.
Getting started
If you're brand new to BlackCow, here's the recommended order to get set up:
- Go to Setup and add your farm name, PIC number, and paddocks.
- Go to Livestock Numbers and enter your current stock counts.
- Connect a rainfall source in Weather — either a BOM station or your Weather Underground device.
- Create your first Mob to start tracking where cattle are on the property.
- Check the Dashboard daily for weather updates and any pending voice notes.
Tip
The ? button in the top-right corner of the app always opens help for the screen you're currently on. You don't need to come back here to find the right page.