Our independent herd data analysis - the Wingman Warrant of Fitness or Wingman Future Herd Audit - is the foundation which our work with you and your herd is built on. All it requires is access to your herd records, meaning we can do it no matter where you are in the country. 

The Wingman Warrant of Fitness goes looking for your best cows, your worst cows and everything in between. We look at your breed, live weight and crucial traits like udder and fertility, as well as gauging the relative efficiency of your animals.

The Wingman Future Herd Audit is about looking tomorrow’s herd. Going more in-depth into liveweight, sires, and TOP + Production traits, the Future Herd Audit is about ensuring that the aspirations for your herd are aligned with your young stock.  

At the end of our analysis, you'll receive a bespoke report, and connect with us for an online meeting to highlight the report’s findings and suggest potential next steps to enhance your herd's performance.

‘Seeing is believing’, and an essential part of any herd improvement strategy is that we take the time to get to know you and your cows ON FARM.  Everyone has their own idea of what their ‘Ideal Cow’ looks like, and sometimes it’s not the same ‘Ideal Cow’ we discover in the Warrant of Fitness! 

Helping gauge where your cows are at with respect to their TOP traits will help us decide what traits we need to prioritise and how much we need to prioritise them.   

The pointy end of the spear.  Everything we’ve done so far culminates in the selection of your bull team.  When we’re picking your team, we’re making sure the bulls in your team are balanced and optimised for both production and TOP traits.  Whilst outlier bulls are handy to achieve a step-change in any given trait, it would be rare that have every single bull in a team as an outlier.  Safety first, second and third!

The Wingman Bull Planner is just as important as the bulls contained within it.  Developed to help farmers identify the best bull to use over any given cow, it’s written in a way that makes it easy to understand - e.g. “Use this bull if you want the cow to sneeze and have a calf!”

The Bull Planner has been well received by everyone and made their transition from fresh to frozen semen easy.

The summary guide is an amalgamation of the WOF, farm visit, bull team selection and overall mating strategy.

In essence, it sets out the breeding objectives and actions required to achieve those objectives.

It’s the document that links everything together, making sure we’ve captured the essence of what you’re trying to achieve with your herd.