The old way to know how feeding went was to wait. Wait for the operator to come in, wait for the sheet, wait for the bunk to tell you something was off. Live mixer weight tracking in LEO My Farm means the office can see the mixer while it is loading, not after.
Live mixer cards
On the LEO My Farm website, the live view shows a card for each mixer that is running. Each card shows:
- The latest weight the phone is posting.
- The ration and the step the operator is on.
- The operator and the pen.
- Progress through the load.
The card refreshes every 1 second. You are watching the load happen, from a desk, a laptop, or a phone browser.
Where the weight comes from
The weight on the card comes from LEO Scale in the LEO Agriculture app, on iPhone or Android. The phone pairs with the LEO Bluetooth load-cell transmitter on the mixer, reads the weight, and posts it to the farm server. LEO My Farm shows it on the live card.
No extra box in the office. No cable to the cab. The phone in the cab is the link.
Road or satellite map trail
Each load also has a map trail. You can follow the machine on a road map or a satellite map, from the commodity shed to the silage face to each pen.
The map trail helps with more than curiosity.
- You can see if the mixer went to the right pens, in the right order.
- You can spot a route that takes longer than it should.
- You can tie road warnings, like big bumps or potholes, to a spot on the trail.
- You can check pen unloads against the pen’s mapped feeding area.
The day timeline
Scroll the day timeline to see every load on the farm for the day, in order. It is the quickest way to answer “did the heifers get fed yet?” without a phone call.
For a manager running more than one mixer or more than one operator, the timeline shows the whole day on one screen.
Why live matters
Most loading problems are easy to fix if you catch them early.
- A ration step taking far too long can mean an ingredient ran out.
- A weight that stops climbing can mean a loader problem.
- A load that has not started by the usual time can mean the operator is held up.
With a live card, the manager can call the cab, sort it out, and keep the day on schedule.
The record after the load
When the load finishes, the phone sends the target and actual for every ingredient. The LEO server grades the load, and the record goes into load history, reports, and leaderboards. The live card becomes a finished load you can open any time.
The website has no screen for editing those recorded weights, so the history matches what you watched live.
Assigned work and live view together
Managers can assign loads from My Farm. The operator gets a notification on the phone and sees the load as a card in the app. Once the operator starts, the live card appears on the website. Plan, assign, and watch, all from the same place.
Who watches the live view
Owners and managers use it most, from the office or a phone browser. A nutritionist visiting the farm can open it too, and see loading as it happens instead of reading about it later.
Good habits for live tracking
- Keep the phone mounted in the cab where it has a clear view of the sky for GPS.
- Keep location on while the app is in use.
- Charge the phone in the cab.
- Check the live view at the times your loads usually start.
The machine behind the numbers
A live weight is only useful if the mixer weighs right. Calibrated load cells and a solid vertical mixer give you numbers you can trust. See our twin auger vertical TMR mixers, and talk to your LEO dealer about fitting the LEO transmitter.
Getting started
Create your farm on LEO My Farm, register your mixers, invite your operators, and have them load with the LEO Agriculture app on iPhone or Android. The live view fills in as soon as the first load starts. Message us on WhatsApp at +1 608-480-8512 or email info@leoagriculture.com, or see the full line at LEO Agriculture.
