Equine Farm Manager · Quick Start · Fact Sheet
Quick Start: Your First Hour in the Equine Farm Manager
Set up the farm, the herd, the fields, and the hay once. After that, every tab shares the same horses and fields, and the app keeps the math current as you record what happens.
01What the app does
The Equine Farm Manager is one free, browser-based record for a horse operation. You enter a horse or a field once, and every tab uses it: body condition drives ration targets, housing drives manure volume, grazing ties horses to paddocks, and the feeding log draws down hay inventory.
It runs on your device
- No login and no account.
- Entries save automatically in the browser you are using.
- Nothing is uploaded. Your farm data stays on that device.
- It works offline once loaded. Add it to your phone's home screen for barn use.
It is a planning aid
- Figures are estimates to plan and buy against.
- Body condition and weight trend are the final word on whether a plan works.
- It does not formulate rations or diagnose. Your veterinarian and nutritionist still do that.
02Set up in seven steps
Work in this order. Each step feeds the ones after it.
- Farm details. Enter farm name, steward or owner, county, and year established. The farm name prints on every report.
- Add your horses. Use + Add a horse on the Farm tab. Give each horse a weight, class (maintenance, senior, in work, broodmare, growing, and so on), housing type, and grazing system. Use the same name everywhere; records match by horse.
- Add fields and paddocks. Type them in with + Add a field, or export borders from Mapulator or any GPS mapper as KML or GeoJSON and use Import field borders. Shapes match fields by name; an unmatched shape becomes a new field with acreage measured from its outline.
- Build the hay library. Add one entry per cutting or purchased load: pounds per bale, bales on hand, cutting number, and cost. If you have a lab report, import the XML so dry matter, energy, protein, and sugar are measured rather than estimated.
- Score body condition. On the BCS tab, score the six regions for each horse and save. The score carries to the horse and into the forage plan.
- Print the daily feed chart. Reports → Daily feed chart gives whoever throws hay the pounds per horse, split AM and PM, for this month's pasture.
- Save to file. Settings → Save to file makes a portable backup. Do this before you clear browser data or switch devices.
Try it first
The app opens with a sample farm. Explore it to see how the tabs connect, then use Clear everything in Settings before entering your own farm. Reset to JoGlenn sample brings the example back.
03How the tabs feed each other
Horse weight + class→Hay need→Have vs. need by cutting→What to buy
BCS + weight trend→Ration targets→Daily feed chart→Feeding log→Bales on hand
Housing→Manure + bedding volume→Compost records→Application planner←Field soil test
Grazing log→Horses on paddocks→Rotation map status
Breeding record→Foaling→Add foal to herd
04Keep it current
| When | Do this | Tab |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | Log today's feeding from the chart; log grazing moves | Forage · Fields |
| Weekly | Update bales on hand if the log missed anything; check what's coming due | Forage · Biosecurity |
| Monthly | Re-score BCS and tape weight; add management notes for any feed or turnout change | BCS |
| Each workout you track | Record recovery heart rate, heat index, and the whole-horse check | Recovery |
| At haying | Add cuttings as they come off the field; send samples for analysis | Forage |
| Fall | Set the feeding window to turnout; check still-to-buy and the heaviest month | Forage |
| Any time you change devices | Save to file, then Open a saved file on the new device | Settings |
05Which guide to read next
| If you want to… | Read |
|---|---|
| Learn every tab end to end | Complete User Guide |
| Size, test, cost, and buy hay | Forage & Hay Planning User Guide |
| Manage paddocks and pasture sugar | Pasture, Grazing & Sugar Risk |
| Score condition and track weight | Body Condition & Weight |
| Track conditioning after work | Recovery Ledger Guide |
| Plan manure and compost by soil need | Manure & Compost Planning |
| Track vaccines, tests, and fecal egg counts | Biosecurity & Parasite Records |
| Record breeding, due dates, and foals | Breeding & Foaling Records |
| Print, back up, and customize lists | Reports, Backup & Settings |