The Photos tab is your farm photo library — a place to store and organise photos from across the property. Document paddock conditions, track how fencing or infrastructure jobs are progressing, record weed patches, or just keep a visual record of the season.
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Photos are stored on the server and are accessible from any device you use to log in to BlackCow — so a photo taken on your phone in the paddock will be there when you open the app on your laptop at the homestead.
When you upload a photo, you can add:
| Field | What to enter |
|---|---|
| Description | What the photo shows — "East paddock trough needs replacing", "Boxthorn patch near bore", "New calf — March 25" |
| Farm | Which property the photo is from. This helps when you run multiple farms and need to filter the gallery. |
| Date | Defaults to today. Change it if you're uploading an older photo. |
You can edit any of these details later by tapping on a photo in the gallery and selecting Edit.
The Photos tab shows all your uploaded photos in a grid, most recent first. Tap any photo to see it full-size along with its description and date.
You can filter the gallery by farm — useful if you have separate properties and want to browse only photos from one of them.
To delete a photo, open it and tap Delete. Deleted photos are permanently removed.
Photos are one of those features that seems simple but becomes genuinely useful over time. Some practical ways farmers use the photo library:
Take a photo of each paddock at the start of the dry season and again after the wet. You'll quickly build a visual record of how pastures are performing year to year — far more useful than written notes when you're standing in the paddock trying to remember what it looked like this time last year.
Before and after shots of fencing jobs, trough replacements, and shed repairs. Handy when you're planning next year's capital works budget and need to remember what you've already done.
Photograph a new weed infestation to document its size and location before you spray. A photo from 2023 and a photo from 2025 showing the same patch tells you whether your control program is working.
A photo of an animal with a visible health issue is useful when you're on the phone to the vet describing the problem. It's also a record if the animal later dies — you have evidence of what was wrong and when you noticed it.
Photo documentation of paddock condition at the start and end of an agistment agreement protects both parties if there's ever a dispute about how the country was left.