One of the West Coast's largest calf-raising operations replaced paper records and disconnected software with a single platform covering animal receiving, health, feeding, and financial reporting across two operating models.
CalfTech managed farm operations on Summit and finances on QuickBooks with no visibility between them. Health records lived on paper and treatment data never reached the back office. Cattlytics replaced both systems with a purpose-built cattle operations solution connected to Oracle NetSuite, giving every team across the operation a single source of accurate, real-time data.
CalfTech Corporation has raised beef-on-dairy calves in Tipton, California since 1988, earning industry recognition for low incidence of liver abscesses at harvest. One of the West Coast's largest custom calf-raising operations, CalfTech manages animals across two models: a buy-and-sell program and a contract feeding service. The company holds five IMI Global certifications, including NHTC and BeefCare.
Industry
Agriculture — Custom Calf Raising
Geography Served
Tipton, California
Technology
Cattlytics, Oracle NetSuite, Allflex EID Readers
IMI Global certification programs that depend on the per-animal traceability Cattlytics Enterprise now provides
Operating models, buy-and-sell and contract feeding, each managed with separate financial treatment inside one platform
Role-based user workflows configured: Administrator, Office Manager, Field Supervisor, Farm Worker, Veterinarian, Nutritionist, Receiving Coordinator, and Viewer
Year of historical calf records migrated from Summit and spreadsheets into Cattlytics on day one of go-live.
At CalfTech's scale, hundreds of animals move through receiving, placement, health treatment, feeding, and shipment simultaneously. Every stage requires precise tracking. Without a platform connecting those activities, staff relied on paper records that stayed on the farm and financial data that stayed in QuickBooks. The two worlds never met, and nothing in between gave management a complete picture of the operation.
Summit tracked high-level animal data but could not record treatments, feedings, and activities against individual animals in structured form.
Vaccination schedules, treatment logs, and withdrawal periods were recorded on paper with no system to flag missed or overdue procedures.
Staff physically walked hutch rows to check available space before placing incoming animals. No system tracked occupancy or flagged overcrowding.
Feed costs, treatment expenses, and shipment revenue lived in QuickBooks with no connection to the animal records driving them.
Cattlytics is built to be configured around how a cattle operation actually runs, not around a generic deployment model. For CalfTech, that meant accounting for two distinct business models, eight user roles across farm and office, and three contract types. Plus, a requirement that every animal activity links automatically to the corresponding financial record in NetSuite. This enterprise-level configuration started with the farm operations layer, built outward to the ERP. It connected the two through a bidirectional integration that eliminates manual data transfer at every stage.
Deployed Cattlytics as the farm operations platform, configuring calf receiving, location management, health protocols, feeding programs, and role-based access.
Integrated Allflex EID readers via USB and Bluetooth, enabling field staff to scan tags during receiving, activity recording, and shipment loading without manual re-entry.
Implemented Oracle NetSuite to manage finance, procurement, inventory, sales, and contracts across both operating models, establishing a structured financial foundation alongside farm operations.
Built a bidirectional integration between Cattlytics and NetSuite so every animal event, from feed consumption to shipment, automatically posts to the financial ledger.
Migrated one year of historical calf records from Summit and spreadsheets, giving field teams accurate baseline data and full operational continuity from day one.
Cattlytics covers the full animal lifecycle from intake through sale, with NetSuite managing the financial and commercial side of the operation alongside it. Farm staff work in Cattlytics and Finance works in NetSuite. Data created in the field flows directly to the back office without any additional entry required from either team.
Each incoming calf is registered by EID tag, weight, source dairy, and biosecurity status, with records flowing directly to NetSuite.
Vaccination schedules, treatments, and withdrawal periods are logged per animal. Automated alerts flag pending or overdue procedures so nothing slips through.
Live capacity across hutches, pens, and corrals. Color-coded alerts prevent overcrowding before animals are placed, replacing manual walk-checks entirely.
Ration plans set by calf age and weight group. Feed consumption tracked against daily targets to identify animals falling behind.
Field supervisors and farm workers record activities, movements, and EID scans directly from the farm floor using iOS and Android.
Future purchase, feeding agreement, and auction contracts are configured in NetSuite. Each contract type generates the correct invoice automatically after shipment.
Oracle NetSuite manages general ledger, AP/AR, purchasing, inventory valuation, and financial reporting across both operating models and all group entities.
Role-specific dashboards and over 20 custom reports put the right data in front of each user without manual searching.
CalfTech runs every part of calf raising on Cattlytics, from the moment an animal arrives at the gate to its final shipment. Treatment histories, feeding programs, location assignments, and financial transactions all live in one connected system. Buy-and-sell and contract-fed animals follow separate paths from the day of intake without any manual separation required between the two populations.
CalfTech tracks every calf from arrival scan to shipment, with animal care data, feeding history, and financial records moving together without manual effort.
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