At our last Florida DHIA Technician's conference held in March, the new PcDart 6.0 version for technicians was released. The dairymen's PcDart 6.0 version is scheduled to be released within the next few months. This new 6.0 version has many new features to help streamline input plus uncomplicated ways to retrieve your management information. A few of the noticeable changes are within the input section. Entering new animals or heifers requires a different procedure than before.
Identification is required before a fresh date can be entered for any new animals entering the herd.
Another noticeable difference is the heifer procedure. There is no longer a heifer menu. An example is P4H, P6H, or P23H and so on. Uploading data to Raleigh is easier. This procedure uses a complete different communication software will be used helping reduce connection and online problems.