AcreWatch Auto
The count, the water and the fence, every flight.
A dock on the ranch flies the pastures on your schedule and sends one notification: how many head, which ones are off on their own, whether the water is there and whether the fence is still up. Nothing else.
What lands
- Every flight: head count, count exception, down or isolated animal, water check, fence and gates, feed and mineral
- Weekly or per rotation: forage mass by paddock, rotation record, weed and brush map, manure and mud map
- Seasonal: spring pasture, hay pre-cut and post-cut, calving watch, bull check, heat stress, winter feeding
- On call: stray and escape search, predator and carcass check, pre-sale or lender inventory, insurance documentation
Monthly plans
Light
2 flights a month
$1,300/mo
Standard
4 flights a month
$1,450/mo
Heavy
8 flights a month
$1,750/mo
Additional flights $100 each. Every plan includes the count, exception, water, and fence check on each flight.
What lands, and how often
The first six are the product: one notification per flight with the count, the exceptions, the water and the fence. The rest are there when the season or the bank asks for them.
Every flight
Included on every plan, on every flight the dock makes.
Head count
Thermal count per pasture vs. expected number
Count exception alert
Short, over, or animal outside the fence line; pin + zoom photo
Down or isolated animal
Heat signature that has not moved between flights; pin + photo. Calving and heat-stress product.
Water check
Trough level and flow, tank level, creek access; pinned photo per water point
Fence and gate check
Open gates, down wire, trees on fence; pinned photo
Feed and mineral check
Bale ring status, mineral feeder level, bunk condition (feedlot)
Weekly or per rotation
A map and an action line, on the Standard and Heavy plans.
Forage mass by paddock
Biomass index per paddock, ranked: graze next, resting, ready. Tied to the grazing plan.
Rotation record
Dated image of each paddock at entry and exit. Proof of grazing days for EQIP/CSP and grass-fed claims.
Weed and brush map
Thistle, multiflora rose, cedar, poison hemlock flagged with a spot-treatment Rx load file for the client's sprayer
Manure and mud map
Feedlot pen conditions, lot drainage, bedding and scraping zones
Seasonal
Tied to the season rather than to the flight schedule.
Spring pasture assessment
Winterkill, bare ground, erosion, reseeding and frost-seeding zones
Hay pre-cut / post-cut
Stand, weevil, maturity before; regrowth after. Alfalfa follows its own pass schedule.
Calving season watch
Daily or twice-daily flights through the calving window; calving log with new-calf locations, cows off alone, animals in draws or creeks
Breeding season bull check
Bull location relative to the cows each flight
Heat stress report
Summer afternoon thermal pass: bunching, shade and water use, with a shade/water recommendation
Winter feeding record
Bale placement, waste, pugging around feeding sites, for next year's
On demand
Called in when you need it, quoted per call.
Stray and escape search
Thermal search of the property and neighbors; pin. Same product as deer recovery.
Predator and carcass check
Coyote or vulture activity, dead-animal location for rendering pickup
Pre-sale or lender inventory
Dated head count with imagery for a cattle note, lease, or sale
Insurance documentation
Storm, flood, lightning, barn damage; dated georeferenced imagery
Infrastructure survey
Fence line map, water points, acreage by paddock, boundary file. Base map for everything above; delivered at install; doubles as the BVLOS site survey.
Body condition, weight and individual animal ID are not offered. That is ear-tag and chute data (701x, Halter), which the dock pairs with rather than replaces.
Get a Site Survey.
Tell us where you are and what we are watching. We map the property, pick the dock location, and file the authorization for your site.