Built for South African cattle farms

Know where every animal is.
Even with no signal.

OptiFarm is the offline-first cattle traceability platform. Capture births, treatments, vaccinations and movements right at the crush, on your phone, with no bars. Everything syncs the moment you are back in range.

  • No card required
  • Works fully offline
  • Compliance-correct by design
OptiFarm cattle list on a phone
OptiFarm dashboard on a phone
Offline-firstCapture never waits for signal
Compliance-correctRegistered mark is the legal identity
iOS, Android, WebOne platform, every screen
Secured per orgRow-level security on every record
The problem

The crush has no bars. Your records still need to be perfect.

Foot-and-mouth outbreaks turned traceability from a nice-to-have into an operational emergency. Yet most tools assume a signal you do not have where the work actually happens. OptiFarm was built the other way around.

  • Write first to the device, sync in the background. The network is never a dependency for capture.
  • Append-only history. Corrections add a row, they never erase the record an auditor needs.
  • Real multi-farm organisations, not a single spreadsheet pretending to be a herd.
Zero data loss offline Everything you capture at the kraal is safe on the device the instant you tap save.
Two-way sync Your changes go up, the team's come down, automatically, the moment you reconnect.
Isolated per organisation A worker's phone never holds another farm's data, online or offline.
Features

Everything your herd records need. Nothing they do not.

Purpose-built for the realities of farming in South Africa: patchy signal, real compliance, and a gloved thumb at the crush.

The registered mark is the identity

The legal identification mark is primary, exactly as the Animal Identification Act requires. RFID and EID tags are a linked, mutable convenience layer, never confused with identity. Compliance-correct by design, right down to the data model.

Brand and tattoo marks RFID and EID tags Management numbers

Works offline, syncs later

Every read and write hits local storage first. No bars at the crush does not matter. Capture flows, then syncs automatically when you are back in range.

Complete life history

Births and calving, pregnancies, treatments and vaccinations, weights and movements, all append-only. Corrections add a row, so the audit trail stays intact.

Boundary mapping

Draw farm and camp boundaries on satellite imagery. See your land, your pastures and your stocking at a glance, with area calculated for you.

Team roles and permissions

Owners, managers and field workers, scoped per farm. Invite your team and control exactly who can see and change what.

Health and withdrawal

Log illnesses, treatments, medicine, dosage and who administered. Withdrawal-period tracking protects food safety before an animal moves or sells.

Compliance reports

One-tap identification, vaccination and movement records per animal or farm, ready as PDF or CSV. Audit-grade and export-grade on demand.

A closer look

Built for the kraal, right in your hand.

Real screens from OptiFarm: organise herds and pastures, map farm boundaries on satellite imagery, and post jobs to your team, all from the field.

Compliance

The regulations, handled by default.

OptiFarm makes compliance a by-product of normal daily use, not extra admin at month end. The rules that matter in South Africa are built into how the app works.

Animal Identification Act (Act 6 of 2002)

  • Registered brand or tattoo mark stored as the legal identity of every animal.
  • Flags animals approaching legal marking age that are not yet marked.
  • Reminds you of the 14-day re-marking rule when ownership changes.

FMD Routine Vaccination Scheme (Gazette, 4 May 2026)

  • Dedicated FMD workflow: product, batch, date and next-due, per animal.
  • Aggregates per farm and per organisation for surveillance-ready outputs.
  • Scheme parameters stay configurable as the rules evolve.
How it works

From sign-up to synced records in an afternoon.

1

Set up your organisation

A quick guided wizard creates your organisation, farms, and the herds and pastures for each farm. Pick a plan, your first 14 days are free.

2

Capture in the field

Tag, treat, weigh and move cattle right at the crush on your phone, fully offline. Big targets, simple flows, made for gloved thumbs.

3

Sync and report

Back in signal, everything syncs to the cloud. Open the web portal in the office to run the whole operation and pull compliance-ready records.

One platform, every screen

Mobile apps for the field. A web portal for the office.

Same data, synced live. Your team captures on phones at the kraal while the office runs the numbers on a big screen. Nobody re-types anything.

Mobile apps, iOS and Android

Built for capture at the crush. Works in your pocket, works with no signal, syncs when you are back in range.

Apps coming to the stores. Start on the web today and your data carries over.

Web portal

Run your whole operation on a big screen: filterable cattle tables, dashboards, boundary maps, team management and reporting.

Open the web portal
Posting a task to the farm from a phone in OptiFarm
Pricing

Pay for the herd you run.

One plan, every feature. Start with 14 days free, no card required, then your price is set by your herd size. Never pay for capacity you do not use.

Up to 50 stocking units

R149/mo

Billed monthly. 14 days free.

about R2.98 per stocking unit each month

Only active large stocking units (LSU) count toward your tier. Calves, and animals that are dead or sold, are free.

Start 14 days free
  • Offline-first capture on mobile and web
  • Unlimited farms, herds and pastures
  • Treatments, vaccinations and movements
  • Pregnancies, calving and weights
  • Boundary mapping and team roles
  • Compliance reports (PDF and CSV)

Commercial

Over 1 000 stocking units

Let's talk

Custom pricing for large operations and co-ops, worked out with you.

Contact us
  • Everything in the standard plan
  • Volume pricing above 1 000 stocking units
  • Authority and co-op data sharing
  • Priority support and onboarding

Prices in ZAR, excl. VAT. You are billed per active large stocking unit (LSU). Calves, and animals that are dead or sold, are not counted, and your tier follows your herd so you never overpay for capacity you do not use.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Does it really work with no signal?

Yes. OptiFarm reads and writes to local storage on your device first, so capturing animals, treatments and weights never waits for a connection. When you are back in range it syncs both ways automatically, and nothing is lost.

What happens after the 14-day free trial?

OptiFarm is one plan with every feature; the price is set by your herd size, from up to 50 stocking units through to 1 000, with custom Commercial pricing over 1 000. You are never charged for capacity you are not using, and you can keep capturing throughout your trial. Billing is monthly or annual (annual saves 20%).

Is the registered mark or the ear tag the animal's identity?

The registered identification mark is the legal identity and is always primary, in line with the Animal Identification Act. RFID and EID tags are treated as a linked, mutable convenience layer: handy in the field, but never the source of truth.

Is my farm's data secure and private?

Every record is protected by row-level security keyed to your organisation and team membership, so data is isolated per organisation by default. Sharing with co-ops or authorities is strictly opt-in and additive. We process personal information in line with POPIA.

Can my whole team use it?

Yes. Invite owners, managers and field workers with roles scoped per farm, so each person sees and changes only what they should.

Which devices are supported?

Mobile apps for iOS and Android for capture in the field, plus a full web portal that runs in any modern browser for the office. Same data, synced live across all of them.

Bring your herd records into this century.

Start free for 14 days, no card, no risk. Capture your first animal at the next crush.