Your account manager will send an email with a link to set up your new Gro-Trac account. The email will be sent from applications@ker.com and may get sent to your spam folder by overzealous filters.

When you click the link in your email, you will be taken to the Gro-Trac web app to choose a password and log in.

Your account will beset up with data from your existing Gro-Trac account. A new population has been added for your farm’s broodmares. If you record mare weight when weighing your foals, the weight will be added to the mare’s record so you can track her weight gain over multiple pregnancies.

To access the new web-based version of Gro-Trac: use your preferred internet browser to go to https://gro-trac.ker.com/ and log in using your email address and password.

To access the mobile version of the new Gro-Trac, download the Gro-Trac from the App Store or Google Play and log in using your email address and password.

Some browsers that autofill your login credentials save your name instead of your email address. Try typing your email address and password in instead of using autofill. (You should then get a message asking if you want to update the autofill credentials so you don’t have to type in your information each time.)

Gro-Trac is state-of-the-art equine growth-monitoring software that allows breeders to compare the growth rates of their stock with those of young horses of similar age, sex, and breed. Now, Gro-Trac has a new look and feel. Use this quick start guide to learn about the exciting upgrades this app has to offer.

User settings are located in the gear icon and include unit of measure and date format. Farm admins will also have access to update the farm settings by clicking on the gear icon. Farm options include name, location, scale availability, BCS system, and custom graph colors.

Foal crops are now called populations and can contain horses of all ages. Each farm is set up with a population for the farm’s broodmares, and foal crops are set up similar to the legacy program (Farm Name + Year). While the Type, Year, and Reference File fields are not required, filling out those fields will help when adding new horses; for example, the year field is used to autofill a foal’s name when setting up a new foal.

To accommodate horses of all ages, the populations do not automatically deactivate and can be hidden from the weight entry screens by setting the Active field on this screen or in the Info tab in the Stable. Populations that are set as inactive will not be synced to your mobile device when entering new weigh data.

Horses can be added one at a time, or multiple horses can be added simultaneously using the buttons along the top of the Stable screen.

When adding a new foal, use the dropdowns to select a dam and sire that are already in the system or use the + button to create a new broodmare or sire record. Once the Dam and the Population have been selected, the Foal Name will be automatically filled with the Dam Name + Year, and the reference file will be populated using the gender and the default reference file from the population settings.

The Add Multiple Horses button opens a simplified entry form for adding multiple horses at once. You can use the Add More button to add additional rows to the entry table.

To add weigh data in the web app, use the New Weight Entry button and select your population. The Add button in the Comment column gives you the option to add text comments and image/PDF uploads.

One of the most exciting features of the new Gro-Trac is the mobile app. Available on the App Store and Google Play, the mobile app is a convenient way to enter new weigh data, view and manage horse records, and view reports on the go.

Before you enter weigh data, you need to download the data for that farm (1). When you download a farm, only the active populations will be saved to your device. Populations can be set to active or inactive in the Info tab on the web app. Keeping this up-to-date will minimize the amount of storage the app uses and the time it takes to upload and download data to and from the cloud.

After you have entered your weigh data, use the upload button (2) to save the data to the cloud. You can view a list of locally stored data that should be uploaded and turn on automatic uploading in the Advanced Settings section of your profile.

One of the new features in Gro-Trac is the ability to flag horse that needs to be closely watched and managed. The flag can be turned on and off from the weight entry screens (both web and mobile), and managed in the Info tab in the Stable. If a horse is flagged, its name will be displayed in red in the Stable and it will be included in the Flagged Horses report.

No, the mobile app is designed to add weigh data from that day. To add data from a previous weigh date, use the web app.

Yes, to add a photo from your device library, tap the Add Comment button, then navigate to the Attachments tab. Click the Plus icon at the bottom of the screen and select Upload Images and select the photo(s) you would like to add.

Go to the Growth Data tab in your Stable and click the Edit Mode button. Once Edit Mode is enabled, you can edit a weigh date, or you can tick the box at the beginning of the row and use the Delete Selected button to delete a weigh date completely. Deleting a weigh date will delete all data for that weigh date (weight, height, BCS, comments, photos, etc.) and is irreversible.

(This function is only available for users with admin privileges. If you need admin privileges added to your account, please contact your consultant.)

Go to the Info tab for the horse you would like to delete, scroll to the bottom of that horse’s info and click the delete button. Deleting a horse will delete all data for that horse (weight, height, BCS, comments, photos, etc.) and is irreversible.

(This function is only available for users with admin privileges. If you need admin privileges added to your account, please contact your consultant.)

Go to the Info tab for the horse you would like to move, scroll to the bottom of that horse’s info and click the Move to New Population button. A dialog window will open. Choose the population you want to move the horse to and, if you like, choose one or both options for including that horse’s data in the new population:

• Do NOT include horse in previous population reports: this will hide the horse’s weigh data from the previous population and exclude it from the population averages for the population.
• Include existing weigh data in new farm averages: this will include the horse’s existing data in the population averages for the new population. Check this box when moving a horse to a population that has the same horse type (from one foal crop to another foal crop, for example), but leave it unchecked when moving between different horse types (for example, moving a horse from a foal crop to a broodmare population; in this instance, the foal weights for that horse would pull down the average broodmare population weight).

(This function is only available for users with admin privileges. If you need admin privileges added to your account, please contact your consultant.)

Yes, you can move multiple horses from one population to another by using select mode on the Horse Table. To view the Horse Table, click on the Info tab for the horses’ current population.

You can assign horses to custom locations, grouping your foals by barn or paddock for example, and use that location as a filter when entering weigh data or viewing custom reports.

To create a new location, expand the data menu in the far-left navigation pane by clicking on the arrow, then select Locations. Click on the Add New button and name the Location. Selecting a population for the Location will limit the Location to just that population, while leaving this field blank will apply the location to all populations. Description is an option field that you can use to add further details to identify the location.

Once you have created a Location, you can assign individual horses to that location by selecting it in the Info tab on that horse’s record, or assign multiple horses at once using the Horse Table on the Info tab for a population.

(This function is only available for users with admin privileges. If you need admin privileges added to your account, please contact your consultant.)

Population, Horse, Weigh Date, Custom Reports, and Printable Collection Sheets have been given a new look and can be found by clicking on Reports in the far-left menu. Use the dropdown menus to select the population, horse, or weigh date you want to view and the available reports will be displayed on the bookshelf. Clicking on the report will open the report and give you the option to review and download a PDF.

Population, Horse, Weigh Date, Custom Reports, and Printable Collection Sheets can be found by clicking on Reports button on the home screen. Reports are pulled directly from the cloud so they require an internet connection to view.

Use the dropdown menus to select the Population, Horse, or Weigh date that you want to view and the available reports will be displayed on the bookshelf. Clicking on the report will open the report and give you the option to review and download it as a PDF.

The Photo Library report is a new report available in the updated Gro-Trac. Photo Library reports display all of the photos for an individual horse or entire population and can be found on the bookshelf with other horse and population reports.

The Flagged Horses report is a new report available in the updated Gro-Trac. The Flagged Horses report will create a special population report containing the horses that you flagged while entering weigh data.

Compare groups give you the option to create custom groups of horses and view their data together on one dashboard. Groups can be created with horses from different populations giving you the ability to compare foals with similar demographics (the same dam or location, for example) across different foal crops. Each horse’s weight and height curve will be displayed on the corresponding graph and other displays will show averages for your custom group.

To view your Compare Groups, simply click on Compare Groups in the left menu of your web app and select the group you want to view or create a new group.

Once you have opened the Compare Groups screen, click on the Add/Edit Group button along the top of the display.

The Add/Edit window will open, and you can select the horses you want to include in your compare group by clicking on the check box next to the horse’s name. You can also use the search options above the horse table to filter the table and make your selection easier.

Once you have selected the horses you wish to include in your group, click the Save as New button and name your group.

Once you have opened the Compare Groups screen, click on the Add/Edit Group button along the top of the display.

The Add/Edit window will open, and you can add or remove horses from your compare group by checking or unchecking the box next to the horse’s name. You can also use the search options above the horse table to filter the table and make your selection easier.

Once you have selected the horses you wish to include in your group, click the Update button to save your changes.

To ensure that the graph is easy to read, only six horses will be displayed on the graph by default. You can use the Select Horses dropdown under the graph to dispaly additional horses from your group.

Right click on the name of the compare group and select delete.

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We are also working on two-factor authentication.

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