Timeline
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December 2021
Moved into new office - a shed!
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November 2021
A quarter of a million animals through SmartShepherd
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June 2021
200,000 animals through system
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March 2021
Sample collars sent to the EU (Spain, UK)
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December 2020
190,000 animals through system
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September 2020
150,000 animals through system
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May 2020
100,000 animals through system
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April 2020
Collars exported to Texas A & M University for trials. Cassia Networks X1000 testing starts.
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February 2020
95,231 animals through system
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2020
Export push to new markets - targeting the US, Europe
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December 2019
85,716 animals through system
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November 2019
Chile export, first data from Chile
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September 2019
59,309 animals through system
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September 2019
First NZ data comes into system
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August 2019
Server system replaced with modern .NET Core service.
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June 2019
NZ export, startup with 2000 collars
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June 2019
36,150 animals through system
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May 2019
16,500 collars produced in total, off the back of a major order from Sheepmatters as their rental business expanded.
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April 2019
6,500 collars refurbished out of Armidale, all collars returned in time for 2019 season
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February 2019
Organisational improvements double productivity.
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December 2018
28,519 animals through system
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December 2018
Version 2.0 of firmware released, major operational improvements
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September 2018
14,828 animals through system
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August 2018
Rental program starts with Sheepmatters
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August 2018
8,010 animals through system
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July 2018
6500 collars produced by SmartShepherd manufacturing partner Sandnwave
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June 2018
5,048 animals through system
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March 2018
1500 collars produced
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February 2018
1,513 animals through system
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December 2017
905 animals through system
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September 2017
Field trials at Quandialla
Meat and Livestock Australia Donor Company (MDC) Accelerating commercialisation grant awarded.
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August 2017
Field trials completed with 150 collars at CentrePlus, near Tullamore in central NSW
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March-July 2017
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November 2016
MVP completed during participation in first SproutX round
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September 2015
SmartShepherd reaches finals of Westpac BlueChilli innovation challenge Blue Chilli blog post
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July 2015
SmartShepherd concept created by CEO David Rubie
