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CALCULATORS ON-LINE CENTER AGRICULTURE SECTION III: LIVESTOCK (Calculators, Applets, Spreadsheets, and where Applicable includes: Courses, Manuals, Handbooks, Simulations, Animations, Videos, etc.) |
Some examples of Pasture and Grazing Manuals, Teaching Modules include
Grazing Management: Principles & Techniques; Grazing Streamside Pastures; etc..." PASTURES: SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT - A. Beetz & L. Rinehart, NCAT Agriculture Specialists, National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA) Multimedia Pastures: Sustainable Management Teaching Module (Text & Images). Pastures: Sustainable Management
Choosing a Grazing System; Changes in the Plant Community; Managing Fertility; Soil Amendments; Legumes in the Pasture; Irrigated Pasture Systems; Grazing Management; etc..." PASTURES: SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT - LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS GUIDE - A.E. Beetz, NCAT Agriculture Specialist, National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA) Multimedia Pastures: Sustainable Management - Livestock Systems Guide (Text & Images). Pastures: Sustainable Management - Livestock Systems
Managing Forage Growth; etc..."
Paddock Design, Fencing, and Water Systems for Controlled Grazing
Matching Livestock and Forage Resources in Controlled Grazings Matching Livestock and Forage Resources in Controlled Grazings
Pasture Mangement
"...In the ideal situation, animals should be moved to a pasture when the forages are approximately eight inches tall. Then the animals need to be removed once the pasture is grazed to..." PURDUE FORAGE INFORMATION- Agronomy Extension, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Purdue University Multimedia Forage Management Guidelines, Manuals & Teaching Modules (Text & Images). Forage Management Guidelines, Manuals & Teaching Modules include
Managing and Utilizing Pasture and Harvested Forages for Sheep; Producing Emergency or Supplemental Forage for Livestock..." PASTURE ACREAGE CALCULATOR
Acreage Calculators
Circle Land Area Calculator; Triangle Land Area Calculator..." PASTURE ACREAGE CALCULATOR - Rutgers New Jersery Agriculture Station, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Pasture Acreage Calculator
Rectangle Acreage Calculator; Square Acreage Calculator; Triangle Acreage Calculator; Oval Acreage Calculator..." ANIMAL FEED DATABASE
Animal Feed Resources Database
ANIMAL GRASSLAND DATABASE
Animal Grassland Database includes
NUTRITIVE VALUES OF ANIMAL FEEDS
Nutritive Values of Feeds Database
FEEDBASE TECHNICAL INFORMATION: FEED COMPOSITION AND NUTRITIVE VALUE - AFZ & CEREOPA Multimedia Feed Composition and Nutritive Value Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. "...30-Day Free Trial..." Feed Composition and Nutritive Value Database
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CREEP FEEDING CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS FEEDING SYSTEMS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS FEED COST CALCULATOR - L. Davies, & B. Mackay, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, New South Wales, Australia VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Feed Cost Calculator is
FEED COST CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Author: M. Stockton & R. Wilson, West Central Research and Extension Center, University of Nebraska VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Feed Cost Calculators
Grass Hay Feed Cost Calculator; Alfalfa Hay Feed Cost Calculator; Corn Feed Cost Calculator; Input your Own Feed for the Feed Cost Calculator..." Feeding System Calculator FEEDING SYSTEM CALCULATOR - Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada VERY EXTENSIVE. Feeding System Calculator
Barley Silage Calculator BARLEY SILAGE CALCULATOR - Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada Barley Silage Calculator
Barley Silage Calculator INPUT Values include:
Custom rate for swathing; Custom rate for combining; etc..." Creep Feeding Calculator CREEP FEEDING CALCULATOR - Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada Creep Feeding Calculator is
GRAZING CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS)
SWATH GRAZING CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) CORNSTALK GRAZING CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Author: M. Stockton, R. Wilson & A. Stalker, West Central Research and Extension Center, University of Nebraska VERY EXTENSIVE. Cornstalk Grazing Calculator
GRAZING CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Michigan NRCS, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Grazing Calculator INPUT Values include:
Grazing Season; etc..."
Oats; Orchardgrass; Red Clover; Red Clover/Cl.Seas.Grass Mix; Sudan-type Grasses; etc.."
SOILS GRAZING WORKSHEET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Illinois NRCS & the Electronic Field Office Technical Guide, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Soils Grazing Calculators include:
Ewes, Horses; Grazing Cycle; Soil; etc..."; etc. SWATH GRAZING CALCULATOR - Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Swath grazing
Grazing Calculators - U.S. State Specific GRAZING CALCULATOR - North Dakota State Land Department North Dakota Grazing Calculator
Grazing Calculators - Sheep Specific DEFERRED GRAZING CALCULATOR - Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, Australia Sheep Defered Grazing Calculator INPUT Values include:
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FORAGE & SILAGE CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS)
Scroll Down to "AUM Demand and Supply". AUM Demand and Supply Calculator
DRY FORAGE CALCULATOR - California Alfalfa Workgroup, University of California, Davis Dry Forage Calculator INPUT Values include:
Find 90 or 30 Percent Dry Matter Equivalent..." FORAGE PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS - John Deere, Deere & Company VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of Forage Productivity Calculators include
FORAGE & SILAGE SPREADSHEETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Extension Agriculture and Applied Economics, Cooperative Extension Service, Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
Perennial Peanut Hay Budget Calculator; Winter Annual Forage Budget Calculator; Bahia Seed Establishment Calculator; Bahia Seed Breakeven Calculator; Bermuda Grass Calculator for Hay; Costal Bermuda Hay Calculator; Corn for Silage Calculator; Small Grain Silage Calculator; Wheat Calculator (Conventional); Wheat Calculator (Intensive Management); Hybrid Bermuda Calculators (Irrigated, Non-irrigated, etc.); etc..." Storage Structures For Forage & Silage Calculators & Applets STORAGE STRUCTURES CALCULATORS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Wisconsin Team Forage, Fond du Lac County Agronomy, Cooperative Extension, University of Wisconsin VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Storage Structures Calculators include:
Floor Length to Achieve Bunker/Pile Silo Filling Layer Thickness Calculator; Silo Density Calculator; Storage Density Calculator; Comparing Round Bale Storage Costs Calculator; Facer Cost Analysis Calculator; etc..." CornPicker for Silage Calculators & Applets CORN PICKER - Author: M. Allen, Department of Animal Science; Hosted by the Michigan Dairy Review, Michigan State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. CornPicker for Silage
Yield of Corn Forage; Tons of DM Per Acre (before ensiling); etc..."
Corn silage (harvested) required for difference in milk yield; etc..."; etc. Moisture Content of Forage Products Calculators & Applets FORAGE PRODUCTS (PURE TIMOTHY, MIXED HAY, OAT HAY, ALFALFA HAY, PURE ORCHARD HAY, ETC.): HOW TO MEASURE MOISTURE CONTENT USING THE MICROWAVE - CALCULATOR - Transfeeder, Inc. VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Transfeeder, Inc. Forage Calculators - State Specific FORAGE CALCULATOR: PENNSYLVANIA - Forages, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University Forage Calculator INPUT Values include:
Management Type
FORAGE SPECIES SELECTOR: NEW YORK - Forages, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Cornell University Forage Species Selection Tool
Pasture Calculator; Conservation Uses Calculator..." |
Alfalfa Budget Calculators include:
Alfalfa Hay, No Till Establishment Calculator; Alfalfa Hay Calculator; Alfalfa Haylage, 50% Dry Matter Calculator..." AUM (ANIMAL UNIT MONTHS) DEMAND AND SUPPLY (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - D. Griffith, Farm Management, Extension Economics, MSU Extension Service, & the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Scroll Down to "AUM Demand and Supply". AUM Demand and Supply Calculator
FESCUE PASTURE AND HAY BUDGET SPREADSHEETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VERY EXTENSIVE. Fescue Pasture and Hay Budget Calculators include:
Stockpiled Fescue Calculator; Stockpiled Fescue Pasture + Hay with 1.5 Ton Yield Calculator..." GRASS-CLOVER HAY BUDGET SPREADSHEETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Grass-Clover Hay Budget Calculators include:
Orchardgrass Red Clover, No Till Establishment Calculator; Orchardgrass Red Clover Hay Calculator; Timothy, Conventional Establishment Calculator; Timothy Hay Calculator..." HAY AMMONIATION CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Extension Agriculture and Applied Economics, Cooperative Extension Service, Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia VERY EXTENSIVE. Hay Ammoniation Calculator INPUT Values include
Labor Costs; Tractor Costs; Miscellaneous Equipments Costs..." HAY COST ANALYZER - HAY PURCHASE EVALUATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Author: T. McCorrel, Agriculture & Natural Resources, WVU Extension Service, West Virginia University VERY EXTENSIVE. Hay Cost Analyzer & Hay Purchase Evaluation Calculator INPUT Values include:
Feed-Evaluation Factors for Feedstuffs and Forages
Ear Corn; Corn Distillers; Cottonseed; Feather Meal; Oats; Peanut Meal; Soybeans; etc..." HAY COST CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - K.C. Olson, Beef Nutrition, Missouri Commercial Agriculture Beef Focus Team, Missouri Commercial Agriculture Program, University of Missouri VERY EXTENSIVE. Hay Cost Calculator INPUT Values include:
Variable Costs
Raking; Baling; Hauling; Storage; etc..."
HAY COSTS ON COW CALF PROFITABILITY (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - D. Griffith, Farm Management, Extension Economics, MSU Extension Service, & the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University VERY EXTENSIVE. Hay Costs on Cow Calf Profitiablity Calculator
Price Per Cwt. - All Calves, Replacement rate - cull rate on mother cows; etc..."
Grazing Costs Per Cow: Tons of Hay Per Cow - Average Ton for each Cow in Herd; etc...." HAYING SYSTEM ENTERPRISE BUDGETING (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - D. Griffith, Farm Management, Extension Economics, MSU Extension Service, & the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Scroll Down to "Haying System Enterprise Budgeting" Spreadsheet
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ANNUAL PASTURE & HAY BUDGETS SPREADSHEET (SPREADSHEET OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Annual Pasture and Hay Budget Calculators include
Sorghum-Sudangrass for Hay Calculator (No-till Establishment)..." ESTIMATED COST OF WINTER PASTURE SYSTEMS - G. Clary, Rural Business Central, Texas Extension Agricultural Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University VERY EXTENSIVE. Cost of Winter Pasture Systems Calculators include:
Machinery & Equipment; etc..."
RANGE AND PASTURE CALCULATORS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Range and Pasture Calculators include:
Fence Design and Cost Calculator; Cost Estimate of Barbed Wire Fence or Electric Fence Calculator; Grazing Economics Anaysis Calculator; Grazing Economic Analysis Calculator; Pasture Fertilization Calculator; Pasture Planting Cost Estimate Calculator; Break-Even Forage Yield & AUM Value Calculator; Range Planting Cost Estimate Calculator; Seed Mix and Cost Calculator Calculator; Water Development Costs on Grazed Lands Calculator; Waste Application Calendar and Calculator; etc..." RANGE SPREADSHEETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - J. Sprinkle, Gila County Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Range Calculators include:
THE WEALTHY RANCHER CALCULATOR: PASTURE/COW RETURNS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. The Wealthy Rancher Calculator is
Livestock-purchase Price; Livestock-selling Price; Pasture Establishment Cost; Custom Graze Rate; Fertilizer Cost; etc..."
Labor Costs; Veterinary & Medicine Costs; Trucking Costs; etc..."; etc.
Fertilizer Cost; Grazing Period; Fall Grazing/Feed Period; Winter Feeding Period; Average Calf Selling Price; Cull Cow Selling Price; etc..." Pasture Calculator (Old Perenial); Pasture Calculator (Low Input). PASTURE FENCING CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS)
Fencing Cost Calculator for Woven & Barbed Wire
Number of End Assemblies; Tractor Driven Posts; etc..."
Woven Wire Unwind, Stretch, Fasten Labor Costs; Barbed Wire Unwind, Stretch, Fasten Labor Costs..." etc. FENCING COST CALCULATOR: HIGH TENSILE FENCES - J. R. Bicudo, L. Turner & G. Rajput, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE), College of Agriculture & the College of Engineering, University of Kentucky VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Fencing Cost Calculator for High Tensile Fences
Number of Wires of High Tensile Wire; Number of End or Corner Post Insulators per Corner Assembly & Per End Assembly; Tractor Driven Posts; etc..."
Wire Strainers; Insulators; etc..."
High Tensile Wire Unwind, Stretch & Fasten Labor Costs; etc. FENCE DESIGN & COSTS SPREADSHEETS: POWER FENCES & BARBED WIRE FENCES (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Author: B. Hughes, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) VERY EXTENSIVE. Power & Barbed Wire Fence Design and Cost Calculator INPUT Values include:
Number of Corner Systems, H Brace Systems, Gate Systems, Wire Gaps, Floodgates, etc..."
Insulated Cable; Gates; Flood Gate Controller; etc..."
FENCE POSTS WIND LOAD CALCULATORS - Wheatland Tube Company, a division of John Maneely Company, The Carlyle Group VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of Fence Post Wind Load Calculators for Fences include:
Fence Height; Line Post O.D.; Mesh Size or Solid Panel; Fabric Wire Guage; Wind Exposure Category; Icing Effect; etc..."
Fence Height; Line Post O.D.; Description; Wind Exposure Category; Icing Effect; etc..." |
The Iowa Phosphorus Index Calculator
WATER CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
DUGOUTS, LAGOONS, BINS & TANKS CALCULATORS & APPLETS FOR IRRIGATION MANUALS, HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS, ETC. SEE AGRICULTURE: IRRIGATION AND WATERING SYSTEMS AVERAGE DAILY AND ANNUAL WATER REQUIREMENTS - Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. "...The average daily and annual water requirement numbers can be used for estimating the amount of water used on a farm..." Livestock, Pasture, Houshold, etc. Average Daily and Annual Water Requirements Calculators include:
Alpacas; Ostriches; etc..." LIVESTOCK WATERING ABOVE GROUND SYSTEM SPREADSHEET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Michigan NRCS, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA VERY EXTENSIVE. Livestock Watering Above Ground System Calculator INPUT Values include:
What Size Pipe is currently delivering Water to Tank; Number of Animals in Herd or Flock; Daily Water Requirement Per Animal; Tank Refill Time; Distance to Water Source; etc..." PASTURE WATER: RESERVOIR OR TANK THAT FEEDS A GRAVITY LINE - J. R. Bicudo & G. Rajput, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE), College of Agriculture & the College of Engineering, University of Kentucky VERY EXTENSIVE. Pasture Water Calculator
Drinking time (Minutes per Day); Pipe diameter; Friction factor; etc..." PASTURE WATER: WATER LINE CONNECTED TO CITY WATER - J. R. Bicudo & G. Rajput, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE), College of Agriculture & the College of Engineering, University of Kentucky VERY EXTENSIVE. Pastue Water Calculator
Drinking time (Minutes per Day); Pipe diameter; Friction factor; Pressure at City Water Line..." VOLUME CALCULATORS (DUGOUTS, LAGOONS, BINS & TANKS) - Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Area & Volume Calculators; Calculators or Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Round Bin Volume Calculator INPUT Values include:
Crop
Oats; Corn; Soybeans..." Dugout Volume Calculator - Lagoon Volume Calculator Dugout Volume Calculator - Lagoon Volume Calculator INPUT Values include:
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Ranch Building & Equipment Plans include:
Loading Chutes; Loading Ramp and Six-Way Sorting Trap; Breeding Chute for Beef Cattle; Calf Creep Feeder; etc..."
Fan Ventilation Systems for Animal Facilities; Dairy Manure Storage Facility; etc..."
Cattle Feeding Rack for Hay and Silage; Cattle Feeding Shelter; etc..."
Circular Loading Pen for Swine; etc..."
Portable Curing Frames; Hauling Wagons; etc..." DESIGN OF STOCKYARDS, LAIRAGES, CORRALS, RACES, CHUTES AND LOADING RAMP - T. Grandin Multimedia Design of Livestock Handling Systems, Cattle Corrals, Stockyards, and Races Teaching Modules & Plans (Text, Images & Animations). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Design of Livestock Handling Systems, Cattle Corrals, Stockyards, and Races Teaching Modules include:
Ranch Soring Pens; Feedlot Handling; Curved Corral System; etc..." Computer Aided Drawings of Cattle Corral Designs; Non Slip Flooring for Livestock Handling; Directions for laying out Curved Cattle Handling Facilities; etc.
Genetics
POPULATION ECOLOGY CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS POPULATION DYNAMICS MODELS (JAVA APPLET) - Kim van der Linde, Animal Ecology, Department of Biology, Leiden University, The Netherlands VERY EXTENSIVE. Available in English & Swedish/Svenska. Population Dynamics Model Calculators include:
Lotka-Volterra Model Calculator; Nicholson-Bailey Model Calculator; ITER Model Calculator; etc..." POPULATION GENETICS - K. Christensen, Department of Animal and Veterinary Basic Science, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Multimedia Population Genetics Course & Calculators (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Population Genetics
Hardy-Weinberg law for gene frequency stability in large populations; Deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium; Relationship and inbreeding; Test of simple genetic hypotheses, experimental or field data; Definition of quantitative traits, breeding values and heritability; Estimation of breeding values; Inbreeding, crossing and bred structure; etc..."
EM Algorithm for ABO Frequencies Calculator
Natural Selection Calculator Natural Selection Calculator
Genetic Drift and Mutation Calculator Genetic Drift and Mutation Calculator
Population Growth Calculator
Animal Health
FOR ALPACA, AMPHIBIANS, BATS, BIRDS, BISON, BOAR, CAT, CATTLE, CROCODILE, DAIRY CATTLE, DOG, DONKEY, FERRET, GOAT, HORSE, MULE, LIONS, LLAMA, POULTRY, PRIMATES, REPITLES, RODENTS, SHEEP, SWINE, TIGERS, ETC. BREEDS & MARKET CLASSES, ANATOMY, CLINICAL EXAMINATION & CLINICAL MEDICINE, BODY SCORING, BRAIN ATLASES, PRODUCTION, CARE & HANDLING, ETC. SEE THE VETERINARY CENTER: ANIMAL SCIENCE ANIMAL HEALTH CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE/WIND STRESS CALCULATOR - Authors: D. Griffin and S. Brogden, Hastings College & Hosted by the Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center (GPVEC), University of Nebraska Animal Stress Calculator INPUT Values include:
ANIMAL HEALTH CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
POOLED PREVALENCE CALCULATORS: ESTIMATING DISEASE PREVALENCE THROUGH STRUCTURE SURVEYS - AusVet Animal Health Services, Australia, Tasmania & France and funded by the: Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre for Emerging Infectious Disease, Brisbane, Australia VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Pooled Prevalence Calculators
Sample size calculation for fixed pool size and perfect tests Demonstration of freedom using pooled testing with tests with known sensitivity and fixed pool size Estimation of alpha and beta Parameters for Prior Beta distributions Manure Odor
Odor Setback Program
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FOR BEEF, CATTLE, COW BREEDS & MARKET CLASSES, ANATOMY, CLINICAL EXAMINATION & CLINICAL MEDICINE, BODY SCORING, BRAIN ATLASES, PRODUCTION, CARE & HANDLING ETC. SEE THE VETERINARY CENTER: ANIMAL SCIENCE - BEEF, CATTLE, COW
FOR SPECIFIC CATTLE/BEEF BREED DATABASES SEE THE VETERINARY CENTER: CATTLE/BEEF BEEF AI SIRE ANALYZER (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Farm Management Resources, School of Economic Sciences, College of Agricultural, Human, & Natural Resource Sciences, Washington State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Beef AI Sire Analyzer Calculator INPUT Values include
Expected Cow Mortality Rate Percentage per Year; Expected Calf Death Loss Percentage; Expected Mortality, Weaning to Yearling Percentage; Average Weaned Calf Age When Sold; Average Yearling Age When Sold; etc..."
Expected Feed Cost to Weaning; Real Interest Rate; Expected Yearling Selling Price; etc..." BEEF PREGNANCY CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS)
CATTLE PREGNANCY CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) BOVINE FETAL CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) BEEF GESTATION CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) BEEF HERD MANAGEMENT CALENDAR: FOR LATE MARCH CALVING COWS - Institute of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Mebraska Beef Herd Management Calendar
Feeding Management Herd Health. ..." CONTROLLED BREEDING SEASON CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Extension Agriculture and Applied Economics, Cooperative Extension Service, Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Controlled Breeding Season Calculators include: Cow Herd Calculator (No Replacements) INPUT Values include:
Date to put Bull Out; Date to Precnancy Check..."
Date to pull Bulls from Replacement Heifers; Date to pull Bulls from Cow Herd; Date to Pregnancy check..." Bovine Fetal Age Calculators BOVINE CROWN-RUMP LENGTH OR FETAL AGE CALCULATOR - J.J. Parrish, Department of Animal Science, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Bovine Crown-Rump Length or Fetal Age Calculator
Cattle Pregnancy Calculators, Cattle Gestation Calculators CALVING DATE CALCULATOR - American Highland Cattle Association "...Calving Date Calculator - Gestation period based on 283 days..." For more information see American Highland Cattle Association GESTATION CALCULATOR - NZ Hereford Association, New Zealand "...Gestation Calculator - Gestation period based on 283 days..." For more information see the NZ Hereford Association GESTATION CALCULATOR - American Angus Association "...Gestation Calculator - Gestation period based on 283 days..." For more information see the American Angus Association BEEF BIRTH WEIGHT CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS)
CALVING CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) 205 DAY WEIGHT CALCULATOR - The Tayolor Family, J & S Herefords, Thorsby, Alberta, Canada 205 Day Weight Calculator INPUT Values include
205 DAY WEIGHT CALCULATOR - Buelingo Beef Cattle Society "...These are the values specified for BueLingo cattle as well as most other breeds..." 205 Day Weight Calculator INPUT Values include
Measured Weight; Age of Dam at Weaning..." CALVING HISTOGRAM CALCULATOR - Meat & Livestock Australia Limited (MLA), North Sydney, NSW, Australia VERY EXTENSIVE. Calving Histogram Calculator
HEAT, DROUGHT & EARLY WEANING (A DROUGHT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY) (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center (GPVEC), University of Nebraska VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center (GPVEC)
Preconditioning Value Calculator INPUT Values include:
Cattle interest rate; Vaccines Costs; Antibiotics, Medicines Costs; Dollar per Animal for Deworming; Dollar per Animal for Fly, Tick, Lice Control, etc.; Death Loss; Equipment Costs; Labor Costs; Marketing Costs; etc..." Ration Calculator Programmed Feeding for Calves Calculator - Authors: D. Gill, D. Lalman & B. Hicks Stocker Planner Calculator - Authors: D. Gill & D. Lalman 90 Day Calving Season Calculator INPUT Values include:
Date to pull from Replacement Heifers; Take Bull out of Cow Herd; Pregnancy Check; Calving
Replacement Heifers Begin Calving; Replacement Hheifers End Calving..."
Date to pull from Replacement Heifers; Take Bull out of Cow Herd; Pregnancy Check; Calving
Replacement Heifers Begin Calving; Replacement Heifers End Calving..."
Date to pull from Replacement Heifers; Take Bull out of Cow Herd; Pregnancy Check; Calving
Replacement Heifers Begin Calving; Replacement Heifers End Dalving..." BEEF AGE CALCULATORS FOR AHIR MEASUREMENTS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
Age In Days Calculator INPUT Values include
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BEEF COST, PRICE, PROFITS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) COWCALF COST, PRICE, PROFITS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) FINISHING BUDGET CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) PRODUCTION, FINANCE, ECONOMICS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) STOCKER STEER BUDGETS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) VEAL BUDGET CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) BEEF CATTLE (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - AgManager, Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Kansas State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of Beef Cattle Calculators include:
Estimating the Costs of Managed Haying or Grazing of CRP Calculator; Determining Cattle Grazing Rental Arrangements Calculator; Estimating Costs of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Systems Calculator; Breakeven Selling and Purchase Prices for Cattle Calculator; Estimating Relationship Between Feeder Cattle Weight and Prices Calculator; Developing Equitable Arrangements for Leasing Beef Cows Calculator; etc..." BEEF BUDGETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of Beef Budget Calculators include:
Beef Cows Calving in Fall on Hay Ration Calculator; Beef Cows Calving in Spring on Silage Ration Calculator; etc..."
Light Stocker Steers - Fall to Spring on Hay Ration Calculator; Stocker Steers - Spring to Fall Calculator; etc..."
Finishing Beef Heifers Calculator; etc..." BEEF CATTLE ECONOMICS CALCULATORS & SPREADSHEETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - G. Clary, Rural Business Central, Texas Extension Agricultural Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Beef Cattle Calculators include:
Pasture to Packer Economic Assessment Calculator; Estimated Cost Of Winter Pasture Systems Calculator; Cow-Calf Production Calculator; Stocker Production Calculator; Winter Pasture Interactive Web Budget Calculator.
Beef Cattle Articles; etc..."
Cow Death Loss Percentage; Pregnancy Loss Percentage; Calving Loss Percentage; Calf Feath Loss Percentage; Heifers Tetained Percentage; Cow Purchase Cost; Cow Raise Cost; Steer Calf Price; etc..."
Cull Bull Sales; etc..."
Salt & Mineral Costs per Cow; Marketing Costs; Overhead per Cow; Veterinary Costs per Cow; Medicine Costs per Cow; Cow Ownership Interest; Interest on Operating Funds; etc..." Stocker Production Calculator Stocker Production Calculator INPUT Values include
Net Purchase Price; Average Daily Gain; Stocker Death Loss; Net Selling Price; Livestock Interest Rate; Pencil Shrink Percentage at Time of Sale; In Pay-weight; Length of Grazing Period; etc..."
Cost of Gain-winter; Cost of Gain-summer; Medicine Costs Supplemental Protein Costs; Hay Costs; Veterinary Costs; Salt & Minerals Cost per Head; Marketing Costs; Labor, Contract Labor & Management Costs; ect..." Examples of Beef Cattle Livestock Budgets Calculators include:
Beef Cow Unit, Creep Fed Calf sold, October Calculator; Raising Beef Replacement Heifers, Calve as 2 year olds Calculator; Wintering Steer Calves Calculator; Wintering Heifer Calves Calculator; Backgrounding Steer Calves Calculator; Backgrounding Heifer Calves Calculator; Full Fed Steer Calf, High Energy Calculator; Full Fed Heifer Calf Calculator; Finishing Yearling Steer Calculator; Finishing Heavy Steers Calculator; Finishing Yearling Heifers Calculator; etc..." BEEF/SHEEP BUDGET PLANNER - CALCULATOR - Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) VERY EXTENSIVE. Beef Budget Planner Calculator
BEEF CALCULATORS - Rural NI Portal, Department and Rural Development (DARD), U.K. VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of Beef Calculators include
Suckler Cows to Weaning Calves Calculator; Silage in Store Volume Calculator; Beef Budget Calculator; Relative Feeding Values Calculator; Maximising Cattle Profit Calculator..." BREAKEVEN CALCULATOR & CLOSEOUT ANALYZER CALCULATOR - CalfWEB, Extension Service, North Dakota State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. "...To calculate the potential profitability of feeding cattle, the "Breakeven Calculator" is used before calves are placed on feed. The "Closeout Analyzer" is then used to calculate profitability after the cattle are sold..."
Purchase cost per pound; Projected sale weight; Projected average daily gain; Daily yardage cost per head; Percent death loss; Veterinary and Medicine expenses; etc..."
Average sale date, sale weight & sale price; Ration cost per pen; Pounds of feed fed per pen; Dry matter content of ration; Trucking expenses; etc..." BULL PROFIT CALCULATOR - D. Meares & R. McKenzie, Agri-Fax, North Canterbury, New Zealand VERY EXTENSIVE. "...To calculate a theoretical future NZ farmgate price for bull beef, just put in your expected US beef price, the US exchange rate, and select a seasonal premium..." Bull Profit Calculator INPUT Values include:
Carcass Weight; etc...." CALF REARING PROFIT CALCULATOR - Agri-Fax, North Canterbury, New Zealand VERY EXTENSIVE. Calf Rearing Prifit Calculator INPUT Values include:
Tags; Bedding; etc..."
COW/CALF OPERATION BUDGET CALCULATOR - Author: S.F. Gale and hosted by the Circle J Ranches Ltd., Cochrane, Alberta, Canada VERY EXTENSIVE. Cow/Calf Operation Budget Calculator allows
Cow/Calf Operation Budget Calculator INPUT Values include:
Revenue From Sold Calve; Cost of Feed for Six Months; Cost of Supplements; Veterinary and Medicine Costs; Death Rate; Cull Rate; Desired Cows Year 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5; 5-Year Cow/Calf Inventory Analysis; 5-Year Cow/Calf Cash Flow Analysis..." COWCALF: INTERACTIVE ENTERPRISE BUDGETS (JAVA APPLET) - J.C. McKissick, Extension Agriculture and Applied Economics, Cooperative Extension Service, Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Beef CowCalf Budget Calculators include:
Number of Replacement Heifers; Number of Calves Sold; Steer Weaning Weight; Heifer Weaning Weight; Sell Price of Steers & Heifers, Variable Costs
Salt & Minerals Costs; Veterinary Costs; Medicine Costs; Labor Costs; etc..."
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