How to make an app for a dairy farm

A dairy farm is run on two milkings a day: which animal gave how many litres, how much went to the sweet shop and how much to the collection centre, and how many bags of feed are left. An app keeps these numbers per animal so you can see trends without a register.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The owner and the farm workers. If only the owner enters the milk, the data can stay on one phone and works offline. If the worker enters the evening milking and you check it from town, connect your own Supabase database.

The screens a dairy farm app needs

• Milking: Morning and evening litres for each animal, entered after each milking, with the day's total
• Animals: Each cow or buffalo with a tag number, breed, calving date, whether in milk or dry, and a photo
• Feed and fodder: Bags of feed, green fodder and dry fodder received, used and left, with prices
• Sales: Litres lifted by each buyer per milking, with the rate and fat or SNF figure the buyer gives
• Buyers and dues: Sweet shops, hotels, the collection centre and families, what each owes and a WhatsApp reminder
• Health record: Vaccination, deworming and vet visit dates as your vet gives them, kept per animal

Features worth asking for

• A quick milking entry screen with big boxes for each animal's litres
• Each animal's average milk this month compared with last month
• A list of animals going dry or due to calve, from the dates you enter
• Fat and SNF from the buyer's slip saved with each sale, so payments can be checked
• A 15-day bill per buyer as a PDF to share on WhatsApp
• A reminder on the phone the day before a vet date you have entered
• A low-fodder list when stock falls below the number you set

Where the data lives

If only one phone is used, the data stays on it and works where the farm's signal is weak. If a worker enters the milking on his own phone, connect your own Supabase database so both phones see the same numbers; entries need internet to reach the other phone.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

1. Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Milking, Animals, Feed and fodder, Sales, Buyers and dues.
2. Describe it to AppCub. Paste the request below, changed to your own business and details.
3. Check the plan. AppCub shows the screens and features it will build. Change them in the chat until they are right; seeing the plan is free.
4. Try it on your phone. The app runs live next to the chat. Scan the QR code to install it, and ask for changes.
5. Share it. Share it as a web link, an APK file, or publish it on Google Play from your own developer account.

Copy this request, change the details to match your dairy farm, and paste it into AppCub:

Tips for a dairy farm app

• Use the tag numbers or names your workers already use for each animal.
• Start with milking and sales. Once the daily numbers come in, add fodder stock and the health record.
• Enter the vet's dates exactly as the vet gives them; the app keeps the record and doesn't decide treatment.
• Ask for Hindi labels and large number boxes so workers can fill in the milking with wet hands in a minute.
• Check one week of milking totals against your register before you stop writing it.

What it costs

• Describing your app and seeing AppCub’s plan for it is free.
• A new app usually takes 60 to 110 credits. Start with the 2-day trial for ₹99 (150 credits, enough for one app and a few changes) or the one-time App Pack for ₹499. Starter is ₹1,599 a month for 700 credits.
• Google Play needs a paid plan (it includes the Play Store bundle and your app’s signing key) and your own Google Play developer account, a one-time US$25 fee to Google.
• Work that fails or is rolled back costs no credits.

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Good to know

• AppCub gives no veterinary or feeding advice and doesn't connect to milking machines, milk analysers, bulk coolers or the collection centre's system. Fat and SNF are typed in from the slip.
• AppCub builds Android apps. You can also share the app as a web link that opens on any phone; for the iPhone App Store, AppCub’s team can do it for you.

Questions

Can the app record milk for each cow and buffalo?

Yes. Ask for a milking screen with each animal's morning and evening litres, and the app shows the daily and monthly totals per animal.

Can the app read fat and SNF from the milk analyser?

No. AppCub doesn't connect to analysers. Type the figures from the buyer's or collection centre's slip, and the app keeps them with each sale.

Will the app tell me which animal is sick?

No. It keeps a record of vet visits, vaccinations and dates as your vet gives them, and can remind you of a date you entered. It gives no veterinary advice.

Can my worker enter the evening milking from his phone?

Yes. Connect a Supabase database and share the app with him as a web link or APK file. His entries then show on your phone.

Can I scan an animal's ear tag?

If the tag has a QR code or barcode, the installed Android app can scan it with the phone's camera to open that animal. Plain number tags are picked from a list.

Can the app make bills for my bulk buyers?

Yes. It adds up each buyer's litres for the period at their rate and makes a PDF bill you share on WhatsApp.

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