What's New in FeedComp?

You can now assign Alternate Recipes!: FeedComp now supports Alternate Recipes in the mobile app and in PULSE. If your dairy runs out of an ingredient, your feeding technician can select an alternate recipe to keep your herd fed until the ingredient is restocked. An alternate recipe can be used to add weighback Feed leftover from the day before, which helps dairies track the actual amount of feed the animals consumed. ingredients to a feed mix and help you reduce waste. See Assign Alternate Recipes to learn more.

• FeedComp on PULSEnow prevents duplicate equipment names: If you create a duplicate equipment name, the app now shows an error message and prevents you from saving a duplicate.
• Fixed load and drop error calculation in reports: Previously, if you advanced multiple ingredients or drops, the FeedComp App may have incorrectly calculated the load error calculation and the drop error calculation. This issue has been resolved.
• The FeedComp App Schedule Mix cards now show Mix Total and Pen Count labels and values: Previously, the Schedule Mix cards did not correctly include the Mix Total or Pen Count information.
• Fixed the user interface for deactivating pens: We improved the app's messaging and usability when you deactivate a pen.
• The FeedComp App now correctly processes ingredient order changes if weighbacks are included: Previously, the FeedComp App would not save ingredient order changes in some instances, like if the recipe included a weighback.
• The Bluetooth connection status is now accurate on the Weighbacks screen: Previously, if you closed and reopened the FeedComp App, then navigated to the Weighbacks screen, the app showed that the Bluetooth connection was active. However, the app showed that the Save and start loading button was disabled. Now, the app correctly shows you when Bluetooth is not connected.
• The FeedComp App now displays Feeding History correctly if you have empty pens: Previously, the FeedComp App would not generate the Feeding History report if the dairy had more than two empty pens.
• The FeedComp App now shows weighbacks Feed leftover from the day before, which helps dairies track the actual amount of feed the animals consumed. with filler loads in offline mode: When you enable offline mode and view Weighbacks Feed leftover from the day before, which helps dairies track the actual amount of feed the animals consumed., the app now shows filler loads correctly.
• Corrected the font appearance in various places: Fixed font size and font text color across FeedComp on PULSE.

• FeedComp web only Manage FeedComp in PULSE: You can now manage some of your FeedComp settings directly in PULSE! Click the links below to learn more about managing the FeedComp Settings pages for your system settings, locations, and equipment:
  • See System Settings to learn more about the system settings you can manage.
  • See Locations to learn how to create or edit a location, view ingredients at each location, and more!
  • See Equipment to learn more about adding or editing equipment.
• FeedComp MOBILE only Add audio alerts for your drops in the FeedComp App: The FeedComp App now includes an option to play a warning sound when your equipment is almost done loading or dropping feed. This audio cue helps the operator accurately finish the drop without needing to check the screen, which improves efficiency and focus during feeding! See Enable Sounds to learn more!

• Fixed a measurement issue: We fixed an issue where user profile and dairy settings were not set to the same measurement system before ingredients were added.
• The FeedComp App now correctly shows AF and DM/HD: We resolved an issue where pen screens did not list the correct values for AF As fed Amount or DM/HD Dry Matter per Head in the FeedComp App.
• Feed mix pens are now visible in the FeedComp App: We fixed an issue where Feed Mix pens were not shown correctly in the FeedComp App.
• Recipe changes completed in Feeding Mode are now shown correctly in PULSE: Previously, recipes created in Feeding Mode in the FeedComp App were not shown correctly in FeedComp on PULSE. The issue has been resolved.

• Set a weight acknowledgment threshold when setting up your mixing equipment! This ensures that ingredients are recorded correctly when their amounts are too small to be recognized by the scale while mixing. To set the threshold, see Create New Equipment and Edit Equipment.
• Skip or ignore a pen while feeding! When you skip a pen, it is temporarily skipped and moved to the end of the order so you can return to it later. When you ignore a pen, it is skipped and removed from the current order. See Mix Scheduled Feedings for more information.
• View all upcoming feedings, ingredient loads, and pen drops at any time—even if today’s feedings are complete. See View Upcoming Feedings to learn more!
• FeedComp can now play helpful sounds when while adding ingredients to the mixer A piece of farm equipment that mixes all the loaded ingredients for a feed recipe. Mobile mixers are most common, but stationary mixers also exist. or dropping loads at pens. See Enable Sounds to learn more!
• We have made numerous improvements to the app’s display. The app now uses bigger, easier-to-read text, displays improved icons and buttons, and better supports multiple screen sizes.
• FeedComp now allows you to capture weighbacks so that the leftover feed can be fed to animals in other pens or locations, included as a filler load in a recipe, or sold off farm. See Weighbacks to get started!
• You can now view the unit of measurement used in FeedComp. Open your User Account, then tap Settings to check whether your account uses the Imperial System or Metric System. You can update your measurement preference directly in PULSE. See View Measurement Setting to learn more.