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Acreage, Feed, Forage, Grassland, Grazing, Pasture & Water PASTURE, FORAGE & GRAZING MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES, MANUALS, ETC. GRAZING SYSTEMS PLANNING GUIDE - Authors: Kevin Blanchet & Jodi Dejong-Hughes (University of Minnesota Extension Service) and Howard Moechnig (Natural Resources Conservation Service, Minnesota Board of Water & Soil Resources); Hosted by: University of Minnesota Extension Multimedia Grazing Systems Planning Guide - PDF, 47 Pages (Text & Images). Examples of Grazing Systems Planning Guide Chapters & Subchapters include "...Grazing Resource Inventory; Grazing Plan Development Paddock Design and Layout; Fence Design and Layout; Water System Design and Layout; etc. Pasture Management Pasture Forage and Livestock Management; Pasture Soil Fertility Management; etc. Grazing Plan Appendices Livestock Forage Monthly Balance Sheet; Visual Method for Calculating Reserve Herd Days; etc. Grazing Plan Example; etc..." For more information see Livestock; Forages or the University of Minnesota Extension PASTURE AND GRAZING - Michigan NRCS, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA Multimedia Pasture and Grazing Guides, Handbooks, Lessons, Manuals, Publications, Technical Reports (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Pasture and Grazing" Subject Categories & Subcatecories include "...Grazing Systems Planning Guide; Grazing Management: Principles & Techniques; Grazing Streamside Pastures; etc..." For more information see Pasture and Grazing Technical Tools; Michigan NRCS Technical Resources or Michigan NRCS PASTURE MANAGEMENT: LIVESTOCK TEAM ONLINE GRAZING COURSE - Maine Livestock Team, Cooperative Extension, University of Maine Multimedia Pasture Management: Livestock Team Online Grazing Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Pasture Management: Livestock Team Online Grazing Course Chapters include "....Planning A Grazing System; Plant Species Selection; Fencing Systems; Weed Management; Grazier's Arithmetic (Determine the appropriate stocking rate); Managing for a Year-Long Forage Supply; Water Systems..." For more information see the University of Maine Cooperative Extension PASTURE AND GRAZING MANAGEMENT IN THE NORTHWEST - Edited by: G.E. Shewmaker (Extension Forage Specialist, University of Idaho Twin Fall Research and Extension Center) & M.G. Bohle (Area Extension Agronomist, Oregon State University Extension Service, Crook County); Published by the: University of Idaho Extension; Hosted by the: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Idaho Multimedia Pasture and Grazing Management in the Northwest - PDF, 214 Pages (Text & Images) Examples from over "16" "Pasture and Grazing Management in the Northwest" Chapters include "...Species Selection and Grazing Management Guidelines; Pasture Renovation, Planting, and Establishment; Prinsiples of Pasture Irrigation; Nutritional Needs of Grazing Animals; Grazing Systems and Methods; Grazing Cell Design and Instalation (Paddoks, Stock Density, etc.); etc..." For more information see Animals - Beef Cattle or the Animals; Catalog; Educational Communications or the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences 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 Publication & Technical Reports (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. Pastures: Sustainable Management "...addresses numerous aspects of sustainable pasture integration, grazing rotation strategies, and management options. It covers: grazing systems, pasture fertility, changes in the plant community through grazing, weed control, and pasture maintenance..." Examples of "Pastures: Sustainable Management" Subject Categories include "...Renovating Pastures vs. Establishing New Ones; Choosing a Grazing System; Changes in the Plant Community; Managing Fertility; Soil Amendments; Legumes in the Pasture; Irrigated Pasture Systems; Grazing Management; etc..." For more information see the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service 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). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Pastures: Sustainable Management - Livestock Systems "...Rotational grazing requires skillful decisions and close monitoring of their consequences. Modern electric fencing and innovative water-delivery devices are important tools. Feed costs decline and animal health improves when animals harvest their own feed in a well-managed rotational grazing system..." Pastures: Sustainable Management - Livestock Systems Guide Subject Categories include: "...Choosing a Grazing System; Fencing and Water Systems; Managing Forage Growth; etc..." For more information see the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service Examples of other Realted Guides, Publications & Guides include Multispecies Grazing Multispecies Grazing "...discusses the benefits of multispecies grazing, potential problems, and obstacles to adoption..." FORAGE & GRASSLAND MANUAL - Manitoba Forage Council, Inc., Brandon, Manitoba Multimedia Forage & Grassland Manual (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Forage & Grassland Manual HTML located on Left Hand Side. Examples of "Forage & Grassland Manual" Sections & Subsections include "...Forage Species; Forage Establishment; Forage Management; Forage Fertility; Harvesting & Feeding Stored Forage – Hay; Harvesting & Feeding Stored Forage – Silage; Grazing Management Systems – Grazing Management; Grazing Management Systems – Range Management; Grazing Management Systems – Pasture Bloat; Grazing Management Systems – Horse Pasture Management; Grazing Facilities Paddock Design; Cattle Handling Facilities; Farm Fencing Systems; Number and Size of Paddocks in a Grazing System; etc. Forage-Fed Beef; Livestock Management; Forage Economics & Market; etc..." For more information see the Manitoba Forage Council FORAGE - Forage Extension Home, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky Multimedia Forage Guides, Handbooks, Lessons, Manuals, Publications, Technical Reports (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences; Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service or the College of Agriculture Examples of "Forage and Grazing Management" Guides, Handbooks, Lessons, Manuals, Publications, Technical Reports include Forage Identification and Use Guide: Grasses and Legumes Understanding Forage Quality Establishing and Managing Horse Pastures FORAGES - College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia Multimedia Forage Manuals, Lessons, Technical Reports, etc. (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Forages" Subject Categories & Subcategories include Adapted Species; Forage Establishment Guidelines "...Inoculants for Legumes; Seed Bed Preparation; Forage Planting Equipment; Field Sprigging Techniques; Pasture Renovation; etc..." Fertilization Guidelines; Pest Management; etc. For more information see Field Crops; Commodities or the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Examples include Georgia Forages: Lectures on Video Examples of "Georgia Forages: Lectures on Video" include "...Forage Systems For Goat Production Videos Forage Systems For Horse Pastures Video; Developing a Forage Plan for Stocker Cattle Video; Grazing Management Strategies to Improve Efficiency and Reduce Risk Video; etc..." Georgia Grazing School Georgia Grazing School for Milk Producers Georgia Hay Production School TEXAS FORAGES - AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M University Multimedia Forages Publications, Databases, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the AgriLife Extension Service FLORIDA FORAGE HANDBOOK - Small Farms, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida Multimedia Forage Handbook (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Forages; Livestock & Forages or Small Farms PURDUE PASTURE MANAGEMENT - Agronomy Extension, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Purdue University Multimedia Pasture Management Guides, Handbooks, Lessons, Manuals, Publications, Technical Reports (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. Pasture Management "...Pasture utilization is one of the key elements in a rotational stocking set up..." "...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..." For more information see the Agronomy Extension or Department of Agronomy PURDUE FORAGE INFORMATION - Agronomy Extension, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Purdue University Multimedia Forage Management Guides, Handbooks, Lessons, Manuals, Publications, Technical Reports (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Forage Management" Guides, Handbooks, Lessons, Manuals, Publications, Technical Reports include "...Forage Identification: Legumes & Grasses; Managing and Utilizing Pasture and Harvested Forages for Sheep; Producing Emergency or Supplemental Forage for Livestock..." For more information see the Agronomy Extension or the Department of Agronomy PASTURE ACREAGE CALCULATORS - ACREAGE CALCULATORS - HECTARE CALCULATORS - LAND AREA CALCULATORS - FIELD CALCULATORS PASTURE ACREAGE CALCULATOR - Rutgers New Jersey Agriculture Station, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Pasture Acreage Calculator "...It is important to be aware of the precise acreage of your individual pastures. This figure is extremely important in planning stocking rates, seeding rates, and fertilizer and herbicide applications. Over- or under-estimation of square footage will diminish results or waste input dollars..." Pasture Acreage Calculators include: "...Circle Acreage Calculator; Rectangle Acreage Calculator; Square Acreage Calculator; Triangle Acreage Calculator; Oval Acreage Calculator..." For more information see Horse Pasture Management; Commercial Agriculture or Rutgers New Jersey Agriculture Station FIELD CALCULATOR - ACREAGE CALCULATOR - HECTARE CALCULATOR - R.T. Peters (Washington State University), H. Neibling (University of Idaho) & M. English (Oregon State University), Irrigation in the Pacific Northwest VERY EXTENSIVE. Field Calculator - Acreage Calculator - Hecatare Calculator includes "...Rectangular Field Area Calculator; Triangular Field Area Calculator; Circular Field Area Calculator; Trapezoidal Field Area Calculator..." For more information see Irrigation Calculators or Irrigation in the Pacific Northwest ANIMAL FEED DATABASE FEEDIPEDIA: ANIMAL FEED RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEM - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - French Agricultural Research Center for International Development (CIRAD), Association Française de Zootechnie - French Association for Animal Production (AFZ), and the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)s Multimedia Animal Feed Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Feedipedia "...a world-wide compendium of up-to-date information on feed resources. The project covers feeds mainly available in tropical, subtropical and Mediterranean regions but also includes common feeds used in temperate countries..." "...The project focuses on the following information: Feed nomenclature and descriptions; Feeding recommendations; Composition and nutritive values..." For more information see the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA); Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - French Agricultural Research Center for International Development (CIRAD); Association Française de Zootechnie - French Association for Animal Production (AFZ) or the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) ANIMAL GRASSLAND DATABASE ANIMAL GRASSLAND INDEX - WORLD WIDE - Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Multimedia Animal Grassland Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Animal Grassland Database includes "...Detailed descriptions of more than 600 grassland species and a linked picture gallery of photos...Search by genus, Latin name and common name..." For more information see Grassland & Pasture Crops Home Page or the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FEEDIPEDIA: ANIMAL FEED RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEM - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - French Agricultural Research Center for International Development (CIRAD), Association Française de Zootechnie - French Association for Animal Production (AFZ), and the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)s Multimedia Animal Feed Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Feedipedia "...a world-wide compendium of up-to-date information on feed resources. The project covers feeds mainly available in tropical, subtropical and Mediterranean regions but also includes common feeds used in temperate countries..." "...The project focuses on the following information: Feed nomenclature and descriptions; Feeding recommendations; Composition and nutritive values..." For more information see the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA); Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - French Agricultural Research Center for International Development (CIRAD); Association Française de Zootechnie - French Association for Animal Production (AFZ) or the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) NUTRITIVE VALUES OF ANIMAL FEEDS NUTRITIVE VALUES OF FEEDS - L. Davies, & B. Mackay, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, New South Wales, Australia Multimedia Nutritive Values of Feeds Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Nutritive Values of Feeds Database "...is particularly useful in times of drought and other emergencies. Alternative feeds such as kelp, sawdust, cereal-factory waste and other industrial by-products have been analysed alongside typical feeds such as wheat, oats and maize..." For more information see Feeding and Nutrition of Animals; Livestock; Agriculture or the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 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 "...contains composition and nutritional data for more than 2000 raw materials and 650 parameters,..." For more information see FeedBase

FEED CALCULATORS, APPLETS, & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) FEED COSTS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS 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 "...an Internet-based program that can be used to compare the value of feeds on an energy and crude protein basis. The user selects a range of common feeds..." Feed Cost Calculator INPUT Values include: Feed Grains "...Barley, Faba Beans, Field Peas, Maise, Oats, Wheat, etc..." Grain Products "...Mill Mix, Oat Bran, Rice Pollards, Cotton Hulls, etc..." Protein Rich Meals "...Copra Meal, Linseed Meal, Soybean Meal, etc..." Hays "...Clover, Lucerne, Pasture Grass, etc..." Staw/Stubble "...Barley, Maize, Oat, Rice, Wheat, etc..." Misc. Feed "...Black Oats, Citrus Pulp, Molasses, etc..." Cost; Energy; etc..." For more information see Feeding and Nutrition of Animals; Livestock; Agriculture or the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries FEED COST CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Author: M. Stockton & S. Dhoubhadel, West Central Research and Extension Center, Lincoln Extension, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Click ON "Feed Cost Calculator with Examples". Feed Cost Calculators "...compares the cost of TDN and Crude Protein in different feeds considering transportation and handling costs and losses. It also calculates the feed needed and total cost given herd size and days fed..." Feed Cost Calculators include "...Grass Hay (Premium) Feed Cost Calculator; Grass Hay Feed Cost Calculator; Alfalfa Hay Feed Cost Calculator; Corn Feed Cost Calculator; Input your Own Feed for the Feed Cost Calculator..." For more information see Ag Manager's Toolbox; Matt Stockton's Home Page or the West Central Research and Extension Center Feeding System Calculator FEEDING SYSTEM CALCULATOR - Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada VERY EXTENSIVE. Feeding System Calculator "...compares the costs, on a dry matter basis, of: pit silage, bagged silage, bale silage, and dry hay. It calculates the costs from a standing crop to animal-ready product in the yard, factoring in standing crop value, equipment costs as well as field and storage losses..." For more information see Livestock Calculators; Calculators or Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development Barley Silage Calculator BARLEY SILAGE CALCULATOR - Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada Barley Silage Calculator "...enables you to calculate the value of a barley crop as standing greenfeed..." Barley Silage Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Yield; Forecast Price; Percent of moisture in stage; Custom rate for swathing; Custom rate for combining; etc..." For more information see Livestock Calculators; Calculators or Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development Creep Feeding Calculator CREEP FEEDING CALCULATOR - Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada Creep Feeding Calculator is "...intended to assist producers to determine whether creep feeding will be economically beneficial..." Creep Feeding Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Current calf weight; Predicted calf value; Target days on creep; etc..." For more information see Livestock Calculators; Calculators or Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development GRAZING CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) SOIL 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.) - Authors: M. Stockton, R. Wilson & A. Stalker, West Central Research and Extension Center, Lincoln Extension, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska VERY EXTENSIVE. Click ON "Cornstalk Grazing Calculator". Cornstalk Grazing Calculator (Corn Stalk Grazing Calculator) "...An Excel worksheet for matching livestock size and numbers with corn stalk acres needed with a cost..." Cornstalk Grazing Calculator INPUT Values include "...Corn Yield; Stalk Harvest Efficiency; Number of Animals; Average Animal Weight; etc..." For more information see Ag Manager's Toolbox; Matt Stockton's Home Page or the West Central Research and Extension Center 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: Livestock "...Cattle; Horses; Sheep; Forage Demand; Forage Supply; Grazing Season; etc..." Pasture Type "...Alfalfa; Birdsfoot Trefoil; Chicory; Kentucky Bluegrass; Kura Clover; Oats; Orchardgrass; Red Clover; Red Clover/Cl.Seas.Grass Mix; Sudan-type Grasses; etc.." Additional Forage "...Forage available for Stockpiling; Useable Cover Crops for Grazing; etc..."; etc. For more information see Pasture and Grazing Technical Tools; Michigan NRCS Technical Resources or Michigan NRCS SWATH GRAZING CALCULATOR - Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Swath grazing "...is a management system in which late seeded annual crops are swathed in mid September and left for livestock to graze during the winter..." Swath Grazing Calculator INPUT Values include: "...General Production Information; Swath Grazing Information; etc...." For more information see Livestock Calculators; Calculators or Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development Grazing Calculators - U.S. State Specific GRAZING CALCULATOR - Surface Management Division, North Dakota State Land Department North Dakota Grazing Calculator "...will calculate the estimated days of grazing for the livestock that you might want to graze on selected tracts of school trust land..." For more information see the Surface Management Division or the North Dakota State Land Department

FORAGE & SILAGE VIDEOS, CALCULATORS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) SAMPLING FORAGES (VIDEO) - Keith Johnson, Department of Animal Sciences, Managing the Forage Shortage, Purdue Agriculture, Purdue University Multimedia Sampling Forages Video (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). For more information see Managing the Forage Shortage or Purdue Agriculture AUM (ANIMAL UNIT MONTHS) DEMAND AND SUPPLY (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 VERY EXTENSIVE. Scroll Down to "AUM Demand and Supply". AUM Demand and Supply Calculator "...allows the user to estimate the amount of Animal Unit Months (AUMs) of forage required and tons of hay required for up to four different groups of livestock. The program estimates the forage required based on the weight of different types of animals (bulls, cows, calves, yearlings, horses, sheep and wildlife) and the length of time each type of animal gets its nutritional needs from grazing. This program does not account for the possible differences in range land production and animal needs. It only considers the needs of the various types of animals for the length of the grazing period desired..." For more information see Software Downloads; Farm Management or Extension Economics 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. Examples of Forage Calculators include "...Irrigated Alfalfa Calculaltor; 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..." For more information see Budgets in Microsoft Excel; Computer Spreadsheet Budgets; Computer Decision Aids; Extension Agricultural & Applied Economics; Cooperative Extension Service or the Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics FORAGE CALCULATORS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture Sciences, Pennsylvania State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Forage Calculators" include Forage Quality: Physical - Penn State Particle Separator "...Particle Size Spreadsheet; Particle Size Spreadsheet (Series); etc..." Excel Spreadsheet Tools "...Batch Mix Spreadsheet; Enterprise Budget, Breakeven Tables and Pricing for Corn Grain and Silage: Spreadsheet; Nitrate Calculator Spreadsheet; Forage Value Spreadsheet; Grain and Byproduct Feed Value Spreadsheet; etc..." For more information see Dairy Cattle Nutrition; Dairy Herd Management; Dairy; Penn State Extension: Animals; Department of Animal Science or the College of Agriculture Sciences 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: "...Silage Pile Density Calculator; 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..." For more information see Forage Resources; Wisconsin Team Forage; Fond du Lac County Agronomy or the Cooperative Extension 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 "...is an Excel spreadsheet that calculates a partial budget for the effect of a change in corn hybrids for silage on farm profits by comparing one hybrid (Challenger) to another..." CornPicker for Silage Calculator INPUT Values include: Hybrid Inputs "...Plant Population; Seeds Per Acre; Seed cost, Dollars per Bag; Yield of Corn Forage; Tons of DM Per Acre (before ensiling); etc..." Corn Silage Intake, Tons DM Per Year "...Lactating; Dry; Corn silage (harvested) required for difference in milk yield; etc..."; etc. For more information see CornPicker or Michigan Dairy Review 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: Pick County Name; Determine: Soil; Management Type "...Conservation; Dairy Cows; Beef; etc..." Drainage; pH value of Soil; etc..." For more information see Forages FORAGE SPECIES SELECTOR: NEW YORK - Forages, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Cornell University Forage Species Selection Tool "...is made up of several programs which access numerous databases to provide forage species suggestions for New York State..." Forage Calculators include: "...Hay or Silage Calculator; Pasture Calculator; Conservation Uses Calculator..." For more information see Forage Tools or Forages

HAY COST CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) ALFALFA 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. Scroll Down to "ALFALFA HAY BUDGETS". Alfalfa Hay Budget Calculators include: "...Alfalfa Hay, Conventional Establishment Calculator; Alfalfa Hay, No Till Establishment Calculator; Alfalfa Hay Calculator; Alfalfa Haylage, 50% Dry Matter Calculator..." For more information see Enterprise Budgets or the Virginia Cooperative Extension AUM (ANIMAL UNIT MONTHS) DEMAND AND SUPPLY (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 VERY EXTENSIVE. Scroll Down to "AUM Demand and Supply". AUM Demand and Supply Calculator "...allows the user to estimate the amount of Animal Unit Months (AUMs) of forage required and tons of hay required for up to four different groups of livestock. The program estimates the forage required based on the weight of different types of animals (bulls, cows, calves, yearlings, horses, sheep and wildlife) and the length of time each type of animal gets its nutritional needs from grazing. This program does not account for the possible differences in range land production and animal needs. It only considers the needs of the various types of animals for the length of the grazing period desired..." For more information see Software Downloads; Farm Management or Extension Economics 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. Scroll Down to "FESCUE PASTURE AND HAY BUDGETS". Fescue Pasture and Hay Budget Calculators include: "...Fescue-Clover Pasture Conventional Establishment Calculator; Stockpiled Fescue Calculator; Stockpiled Fescue Pasture + Hay with 1.5 Ton Yield Calculator..." For more information see Enterprise Budgets or the Virginia Cooperative Extension 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. Scroll Down to "GRASS-CLOVER HAY BUDGETS". Examples of "Grass-Clover Hay Budget Calculators" include "...Orchardgrass Red Clover, Conventional Establishment Calculator; Orchardgrass Red Clover, No Till Establishment Calculator; Orchardgrass Red Clover Hay Calculator; Timothy, Conventional Establishment Calculator; Timothy Hay Calculator..." For more information see Enterprise Budgets or the Virginia Cooperative Extension HAYCUTDATE: HAY CUT DATE SPREADSHEET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: W.F. Lazarus & D. Undersander; Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota VERY EXTENSIVE. HAYCUTDATE: Hay Cut Date Calculator Calculates "...optimal first cutting date and net return - based on expected changes in yield and RFV..." Examples of "HAYCUTDATE: Hay Cut Date Calculator" INPUT & OUTPUT Values include "...Calculations Earliest Harvest Date Being Considered Yield Expected on that Date - Tons per Acre; RFV Expected on that Date; Yield and Quality Changes - Day Expected after the Date Entered Above; etc. Enter RFV of Base Price Hay; Harvesting Cost per Acre Expected; etc..." Sensitivity Analysis; Hay Crop Quanitity, Nutritional Quality, and Net Return Per Acre as Harvest Date is Delayed; etc..." For more information see Decision Tools; William F. Lazarus's Home Page or the Department of Applied Economics HAY AMMONIATION CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: C. Lacy (Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics), D. Hancock (Department of Crop & Soil Sciences) & J. Rossi (Department of Animal & Dairy Science); Cooperative Extension Service, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia VERY EXTENSIVE. Hay Ammoniation Calculator INPUT Values include "...Hay Costs; Plastic Costs; Anhydrous Ammonia Costs; Labor Costs; Tractor Costs; Miscellaneous Equipments Costs..." For more information see Computer Decision Aids; Extension Agricultural & Applied Economics; Cooperative Extension Service or the Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics 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: Per Bale Comparison; Tansportation Analysis; Handling Expenses; Feed-Evaluation Factors for Feedstuffs and Forages "...Barley; Beet Pulp; Brewer's Grain; Canola; Citrus Pulp; Ear Corn; Corn Distillers; Cottonseed; Feather Meal; Oats; Peanut Meal; Soybeans; etc..." Ration Analyzer; etc..." For more information see Spreadsheet Templates; Farm/Risk Management or Agriculture & Natural Resources or the WVU Extension Service 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 "...allows users to enter average information about the revenue and expenses related to a cow calf enterprise. The user can then examine the impact on profitability of substituting hay purchases for a loss in AUMs of grazing..." Hay Costs on Cow Calf Profitiablity Calculator INPUT Values include: Revenue "...Calf Crop or Weaning Percentage Based on Exposed Females; Price Per Cwt. - All Calves, Replacement rate - cull rate on mother cows; etc..." Expenses "...Raised and Purchased Feed Costs Per Cow; Grazing Costs Per Cow: Tons of Hay Per Cow - Average Ton for each Cow in Herd; etc...." For more information see Livestock Production, Finance, & Economics; Software Downloads; Farm Management or Extension Economics HAYING SYSTEM ENTERPRISE BUDGETING (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 VERY EXTENSIVE. Scroll Down to "Haying System Enterprise Budgeting" Spreadsheet "...allows the user to estimate the operating and ownership costs of a specific type of haying systems. The user must enter machinery and equipment information for various types of systems, round bale, small square bale, large square bale, or some combination of these systems they use to put up hay. The user must specify the type of machinery and equipment used for cutting, raking, baling and hauling and stacking. The program estimates the machinery costs for..." For more information see Software Downloads; Farm Management or Extension Economics

PASTURE CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) RANGE CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) 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. Scroll Down to "ANNUAL PASTURE & HAY BUDGETS". Examples of "Annual Pasture and Hay Budget Calculators" include "...Pearl Millet for Summer Grazing Calculator (No-till Establishment); Sorghum-Sudangrass for Hay Calculator (No-till Establishment)..." For more information see Enterprise Budgets or the Virginia Cooperative Extension 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: Estimated Cost PER ACRE of Winter Pasture Systems Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Type of Grass; Custom planting; Fertilizers; Insecticide; Machinery & Equipment; etc..." Estimated Cost PER COW Cow Of Winter Pasture Systems Calculator INPUT Values include: "...System; Acres; Cows; Days in Pasture; etc..." For more information see Extension Agriculutral Economics; Rural Business Central or Texas Extension Agricultural Economics 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. Click ON Range & Pasture. Range and Pasture Calculators include: "...Ranch Budget Calculator; 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..." For more information see For more information see Tools By Landuse; NRCS Economics; Technical Resources or the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) 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: Many Pasture AUM Planner Calculator "...tracks grazing by Animal Unit Months and grazing class for pastures on the ranch..." Range Monitoring Calculator. For more information see Animal Sciences: Ranching in North Central Arizona; Arizona Cooperative Extension: Gila County or the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences PASTURE FENCING CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) FENCING COST CALCULATOR: WOVEN & BARBED WIRE 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 Woven & Barbed Wire "...Enter values in the length calculator if pasture lay-out is reasonably regular. If the fence line is irregular because of boundaries, topography, etc., then enter the value directly under General Inputs..." Fencing Cost Calculator for Woven & Barbed Wire INPUT Values include: General INPUT Values "...Number of Acres; Length of Fence; Number of Corner Assemblies; Number of End Assemblies; Tractor Driven Posts; etc..." Material Costs "...Posts; Spacers; Woven Wire; Barbed Wire; Staples; etc..." Labor Costs "...Line Posts Labor Costs; Corner or End Assemblies Spacers Labor Costs; Woven Wire Unwind, Stretch, Fasten Labor Costs; Barbed Wire Unwind, Stretch, Fasten Labor Costs..." etc. For more information see Livestock Systems - Calculators & Tools; Livestock Systems; BAE Extension or the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) 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 "...Enter values in the length calculator if pasture lay-out is reasonably regular. If the fence line is irregular because of boundaries, topography, etc., then enter the value directly under General Inputs..." Fencing Cost Calculator for High Tensile Fences INPUT Values include: General INPUT Values "...Number of Acres; Length of Fence; Number of Corner Assemblies; Number of End Assemblies; Number of Wires of High Tensile Wire; Number of End or Corner Post Insulators per Corner Assembly & Per End Assembly; Tractor Driven Posts; etc..." Material Costs "...Posts: Line, Brace & Corner; Spacers or Battens; High Tensile Wire; Wire Strainers; Insulators; etc..." Labor Costs Line Posts Labor Costs; Corner or End Assemblies Labor Costs; Spacers Labor Costs; High Tensile Wire Unwind, Stretch & Fasten Labor Costs; etc. For more information see Livestock Systems - Calculators & Tools; Livestock Systems; BAE Extension or the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) FENCE BUDGETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: Eric Eberly, Farm Business Management Agent; Gordon Groover, Extension Economist, Farm Management; and the Farm Business Management Staff, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Fence Budget Calculators includes: "...Fence Construction Materials Cost Calculator; Fence High Tensile Electric Calculator; Fence High Tensile Non Electric Calculator; Fence Barbed Wire Calculator; Fence NRCS HT Electric Calculator; Fence NRCS HT Non Electric Calculator; Fence Woven Wire Calculator..." For more information see Farm Business Management Livestock Budgets; Enterprise Budgets; Publications & Education Resources or the Virginia Cooperative Extension FENCE DESIGN & COSTS SPREADSHEETS: POWER FENCES & BARBED WIRE FENCES (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Author: Hal W. Gordon, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) VERY EXTENSIVE. Power & Barbed Wire Fence Design and Cost Calculator INPUT Values include: Power Fence Design General INPUT Values "...Feet of Fence; Distance from Energizer to Fence; Number of Corner Systems, H Brace Systems, Gate Systems, Wire Gaps, Floodgates, etc..." List of Materials "...Wire; Posts; Ground Rods & Clamps; Lightening Arrestor; Energizer; Insulated Cable; Gates; Flood Gate Controller; etc..." Estimated Costs of Materials; etc. Barbed Wire Fence Design General INPUT Values "...Feet of Fence; Number of Corners; In-Line H Brace Systems; Gates..." List of Materials "...Wire, Posts; Other Materials; etc..." etc. For more information see Tools By Landuse; NRCS Economics; Technical Resources or the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) 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: Chain Length Fence Post Wind Load Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Wind Speed; Fence Height; Line Post O.D.; Mesh Size or Solid Panel; Fabric Wire Guage; Wind Exposure Category; Icing Effect; etc..." Metal Panel Wind Fence Post Load Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Wind Speed; Fence Height; Line Post O.D.; Description; Wind Exposure Category; Icing Effect; etc..." For more information see Wheatland Tube Company

PHOSPHORUS INDEX CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) THE IOWA PHOSPHORUS INDEX CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Iowa NRCS and the Electronic Field Office Technical Guide, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Click ON "Iowa Phosphorus Index Calculator" The Iowa Phosphorus Index Calculator "...reflects conditions that predominate under grain-crop production systems, considers source factors in a multiplicative manner within three main transport mechanisms, and approximates loads of P likely to enter and become available to aquatic ecosystems. The Iowa P Index was developed in 2001, and was modified in 2004 to include support for an additional soil P test and to use the latest revision of the Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE2). An erosional component considers sheet and rill erosion from RUSLE2, P enrichment, total soil P, filter strip..." For more information see Soils; Iowa Natural Resources Conservation Service; Iowa NRCS Technical Resources or the Iowa NRCS WATER CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS WATER REQUIREMENTS 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: Beef "...Feeders; Cows with Calves; Dry Cow; Calves..." Poultry "...Broilersv Roasters/Pulletsv Layersv Breeders; Turkey Growers & Heavies..." Swine "...Farrow-Finish; Farrow-Late Wean; Farrow-Early Wean; Feeder; Weaner..." Sheep & Goats "...Ewes/Does; Milking Ewes/Does..." Dairy "...Milking Cow; Dry Cows & Replacement; Calves..." Diversified Livestock "...Horses; Bisons; Mules; Elk; Donkeys; Deer; Llamas; Alpacas; Ostriches; etc..." Pasture, Gardens, Greenhouses, etc. Irrigation For more information see Livestock Calculators; Calculators or Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development 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: "...Current Water Source (Pond, Stream, Well, etc.); 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..." For more information see Pasture and Grazing Technical Tools; Michigan NRCS Technical Resources or Michigan NRCS 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 "...Allows calculation of pipe diameter and water pressure on up to four water points fed by gravity..." Pasture Water Calculator INPUT Values include "...Number of Cattle; Water Intake (Gallons per Animal per Day); Drinking time (Minutes per Day); Pipe diameter; Friction factor; etc..." For more information see Livestock Systems - Calculators & Tools; Livestock Systems; BAE Extension or the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) 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 "...Allows calculation of pipe diameter and water pressure on up to four water points fed by city water..." Pasture Water Calculator INPUT Values include "...Number of Cattle; Water Intake (Gallons per Animal per Day); Drinking time (Minutes per Day); Pipe diameter; Friction factor; Pressure at City Water Line..." For more information see Livestock Systems - Calculators & Tools; Livestock Systems; BAE Extension or the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) 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 and Rural Development Some examples from over "8" Volume Calculators include Round Bin Volume Calculator Round Bin Volume Calculator INPUT Values include: Diameter; Height of Grain; Test Weight of Grain; Crop "...Wheat; Pea; Canoloa; Mustard; Barley; Lentil; Oats; Corn; Soybeans..." Dugout Volume Calculator - Lagoon Volume Calculator Dugout Volume Calculator - Lagoon Volume Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Length; Width; Depth; Water Depth; End Slope; Side Slope..."

Barns, Corrals, Farrowing Buildings, Loading Chutes, Milkrooms, Stockyards, etc. BUILDING & EQUIPMENT PLANS & DESIGN Agricultures Building Plans - Farm & Ranch BUILDING & EQUIPMENT PLANS - 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 VERY.....EXTENSIVE. Ranch Building & Equipment Plans include: BEEF Building and Equipment Plans "...Feeding Barns; Corral Layouts; Corral with Curved Chute; Cattle Working Chute; Loading Chutes; Loading Ramp and Six-Way Sorting Trap; Breeding Chute for Beef Cattle; Calf Creep Feeder; etc..." DAIRY Building and Equipment Plans "...Milkrooms; Freestall Barns; Calf Barns; Maternity Barn for Dairy Cows; Fan Ventilation Systems for Animal Facilities; Dairy Manure Storage Facility; etc..." FEED Building and Equipment Plans "...Storage; Feeding; Equipment; Hay Storage & Feeding Barn; Cattle Feeding Rack for Hay and Silage; Cattle Feeding Shelter; etc..." HORSE Building and Equipment Plans "...Barns; Riding Horse Barn; Horse Barn and Arena; Riding Horse Barn - 4 Stallsv etc..." HORTICULURE Building and Equipment Plans "...Greenhouses; Roadside Stands; etc..." MISC. STRUCTURES Building and Equipment Plans Farm Gates; Rabbit Hutches; Smoke Houses; Dog Houses; etc..." POLE BUILDINGS Building and Equipment Plans "...Pole Barn; Machinery Sheds; etc..." SWINE Building and Equipment Plans "...Farrowing Buildings; Nursery Buildings; Gestation & Breeding Buildings; Circular Loading Pen for Swine; etc..." TOBACCO Building and Equipment Plans "...Burley/Dark Air Cured Barns; Forced Air Burley Barns; Dark Fired Barns; Portable Curing Frames; Hauling Wagons; etc..." For more information see BAE Extension or the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) AGRICULTURE BUILDING AND FACILITY PLANS - Department of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources, North Dakota State University Multimedia Agriculture Building and Facility Plans (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Agriculture Building and Facility Plans "...These building and facility plans were developed over many years by engineers at Land Grant universities. They provide conceptual information that is excellent for planning purposes. An abbreviated description of each plan is provided in each category listing of plans. The plans with 4-digit numbers were prepared through the USDA Cooperative Farm Buildings Plan Exchange..." Example of "Agriculture Building and Facility Plans" Subject Categories include "...Beef Cattle Building and Facility Plans; Dairy Cattle Building and Facility Plans; Horse Building and Facility Plans; Poultry Building and Facility Plans; Sheep Building and Facility Plans; Swine Building and Facility Plans; Crops Building and Facility Plans; Construction (Barns, etc.) Building and Facility Plans; etc..." For more information see the Department of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering AGRICULTURE: FARM STRUCTURE AND HANDLING SYSTEMS PLANS - Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Saskatchewan, Canada Multimedia Farm Structures and Handling Systems Plans (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Farm Structures and Handling Systems Plans" Categories & Plans include Examples from over "50" "BEEF CATTLE" Structures and Handling Systems Plans "...Feed Bunk and Cart; 100 Cow Calf Feedlot - Expandable for Feeder Cattle; Single Animal Scale and Scale Cage; Curved Working Chute with Sorting Pens; Calving Barn; Corral and Feedlot Fencing; Calf Branding Facility; etc..." Examples from over "40" "DAIRY CATTLE" Structures and Handling Systems Plans "...Free Stall Dairy System - 100 to 200 Cows; Cold Calf Nursery; Warm Calf Nursery - Individual Pens; Herringbone Milking Centre (Single Return Alley); Mineral Feeding Box; etc..." Examples from over "20" "SWINE" Structures and Handling Systems Plans "...Swine Barn Construction and Services; Hog Barn - Farrow-to-Finish Pens; Breeding-Gestation Unit, Pen Stalls and Group Pens; etc..." Examples from over "40" "SHEEP" Structures and Handling Systems Plans "...Open-end Pole Sheep Barn, Drive-thru Feeding; Lambing Unit; Shearing Table; Fleece Packing Frame; Sheep Loading Chute for Double Decker Truck; etc..." Examples from over "10" "POULTRY" Structures and Handling Systems Plans "...Layer Housing; Broiler Housing; Pullet Housing; etc..." "FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND GREENHOUSES" Structures and Handling Systems Plans "GRAIN, FORAGE AND FEED" Structures and Handling Systems Plans; "BUILDING ENGINEERING" Stuctures Plans; etc..." For more information see Programs and Services or the Ministry of Agriculture AGRICULTURE BUILDING PLANS - Canada Plan Service - Service de Plans du Canada, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs Multimedia Agriculture Building Plans (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Example of "Agriculture Building Plans" Subject Categories include "...Beef Cattle Building Plans; Dairy Cattle Building Plans; Poultry Building Plans; Sheep Building Plans; Swine Building Plans; Fruits, Vegetables & Greenhouses Building Plans; Special Structures (Goat Structures, Rabbit Stuctures, Horse Structures, Machinery Storage, etc.); Grain, Forage & Feed Building Plans; etc..." For more information see the Canada Plan Service - Service de Plans du Canada AGRICULTURE: FARM STRUCTURES & LIVESTOCK PLANS - Ministry of Agriculture & Lands, British Columbia Government, Province of British Columbia VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of Farm Structures & Livestock Plans include Fencing "...Fence Materials; Braces; Crop Protection and Special Fence Designs; Livestock Control Fence Designs; Gates; Fence Construction; etc..." Dairy Cattle "...Anti-Slip Floors for Dairy Cattle; Dairy Calf Housing; Gravity Flow Slurry Channel for Dairy Manure; Hay Floor Safety Fence; Veal Calf Housing; etc..." Swine - Pig "...Farrowing Barn Design and Management; Feeder Barn Design and Management; Floor Heat for Swine; Site and Building Planning for Swine Production; etc..." For more information see Farm Publications; Sustainable Agriculture Management Branch or the Ministry of Agriculture & Lands Stockyards, Corrals, Loading Ramps, etc. Plans DESIGN OF STOCKYARDS, LAIRAGES, CORRALS, RACES, CHUTES AND LOADING RAMP - T. Grandin Multimedia Design of Livestock Handling Systems, Cattle Corrals, Stockyards Plans, Lessons, Publications & Technical Reports (Text, Images & Animations). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Design of Livestock Handling Systems, Cattle Corrals, Stockyards Plans, Lessons, Publications & Technical Reports include Drawings for Cattle Ranches "...Basic Cattle Layout; Basic Forcing Pen; Economy Corral Layout; Ranch Soring Pens; Feedlot Handling; Curved Corral System; etc..." Slaughter Plant Facilities for Cattle and Pigs; Computer Aided Drawings of Cattle Corral Designs; Non Slip Flooring for Livestock Handling; Directions for Laying Out Curved Cattle Handling Facilities; etc. For more information see Temple Grandin's Web Page Other examples of Livestock Behaviour & Design of Facilities Lessons, Publications & Technical Reports include Behaviour of Cattle, Pigs, Buffalo and Antelope During Handling and Transport Restraint of Livestock Mobile Slaughter Units MOBILE SLAUGHTER UNIT CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS, ETC. MOBILE SLAUGHTER UNIT COST CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - K. Painter, Farm & Ranch Management Specialist, Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of Mibile Slaughter Unit Cost Calculator (Feasibility Analysis of a Mobile Slaughter Unit) INPUT Values include "...Summary of Potential Returns from a Mobile Slaughter Unit - Dollars per Year; Number of Kill Days per Week; Species: Cattle, Pigs, Sheep; etc. Value-Added by Species for Mobile Slaughter Unit Per Kill Day Estimated Revenue Retail Price (Cut & Wrapped) for Beef, Pork & Sheep. Extimated Costs Wholesale Price (On the Hoof) for for Beef, Pork & Sheep. Estimated Value-Added (Revenue - Cost). Value-added by Species; etc. Enterprise Budget for Mobile Slaughter Unit (MSU): Costs and Returns per Year Gross Returns; Operating Inputs Cost of Animals; Labor for Mobile Slaughter Unit (MSU) Costs; Butchers; USDA Inspector; etc. Cost of Supplies; Utilities Costs; Other Cut & Wrap (Shink Wrap); Machinery Repairs; etc. Operating Costs; etc. Loan and Depreciation Schedules for the Mobile Slaughter Unit (MSU)..." For more information see Kate Painter's Home Page or the Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology

Genetics GENETICS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, SPREADSHEETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS POPULATION GENETICS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, SPREADSHEETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS POPULATION ECOLOGY CALCULATORS, APPLETS, SPREADSHEETS, 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: "...Verhulst Model Calculator; Lotka-Volterra Model Calculator; Nicholson-Bailey Model Calculator; ITER Model Calculator; etc..." For more information see Kim van der Linde's Home Page or the Department of Biology POPULATION GENETICS - K. Christensen, Department of Animal and Veterinary Basic Science, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Multimedia Population Genetics Course & Calculators (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Population Genetics "...efforts have been made to adjust the notes for students with a biological background, and at the same time supply a minimal set of formulas to describe the relationship between practical observations and genetic theory. In addition to the description of traits with simple Mendelian inheritance, the description of the genetics for traits (diseases) with multifactoriel aetiology has also been emphasized, here the application of correct breeding plans make it possible to significantly lower the frequency of the disease..." Examples of "Population Genetics" Course Chapters include "...Introduction, quantitative versus qualitative (Mendelian) 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..." For more information see Knud Christensen's Home Page; Department of Basic Animal and Veterinary Sciences or the Faculty of Science Some examples from over "12" Population Genetics Calculators include Chapter 14: Genetic Calculators, Applets and other Programs Linkage, 3-point Analyses from Test Cross Change in Gene- and Genotype Frequencies, and effect of Population Size Calculation of Corrected Segregation Ratio according to Singles Method POPULATION GENETICS - K. Holsinger, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Kent Holsinger's Home Page or the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Some examples from over "11" Population Genetics Calculator include EM Algorithm for ABO Frequencies Calculator EM Algorithm for ABO Frequencies Calculator "...Illustrates the EM algorithm for estimating allele frequencies in the ABO blood system. Users may select from a variety of sample configurations (including random allocation of phenotypes with three different sample sizes) and several different starting guesses (including random frequencies)..." Natural Selection Calculator Natural Selection Calculator "...illustrates how allele frequencies change over time in response to natural selection on diploid genotypes. Users may select from five different fitnesses (0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2) for each of the three genotypes. The number of generations is fixed at 100. Results from up to eight different iterations are..." Genetic Drift and Mutation Calculator Genetic Drift and Mutation Calculator "...illustrates the interaction between mutation and genetic drift. Users may select from three different population sizes (25, 100, 250) and several different mutation rates (none, 0.0001, 0.001, 0.01). 32 populations are simulated simultaneously and the results are displayed as a frequency histogram..." POPULATION GROWTH (JAVA APPLET) - G. Booth VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Population Growth Calculator "...provides 2 plots to help compare the different basic population growth models of ecology..." For more information see Ecology Simulations; Portfolio or Ginger Booth's Home Page Animal Health ANIMAL HEALTH Databases, Guides, Handbooks, Lessons, Manuals, Publications, Technical Reports 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. CLINICAL MEDICINE CASES, COURSES & DATABASES (CARDIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, SURGERY, ETC.), VACCINATION, DRUGS/PHARMACOLOGY, ANIMAL DISEASES & VIRUSES, RANCH MANAGEMENT, ETC. SEE THE VETERINARY CENTER: CLINICAL MEDICINE 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 ANIMAL STRESS 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: "...Temperature; Relative Humidity; Dew Point Temperature; Wind Speed..." Animal Stress Calculator output values include: "...Heat Index; Temp Humidity Index; Temperature Wind Chill..." For more information see Heat, Drought and Early Weaning or the Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center (GPVEC) ANIMAL HEALTH CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS VETERINARY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CALCULATORS EPITOOLS EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CALCULATORS - 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. Examples of Veterinary "EpiTools Epidemiological Calculators" Subject Categories which include over "80" Calculators "...Survey Toolbox for livestock diseases and freedom in finite populations; HerdPlus module for herd-sensitivity and freedom in finite populations; Detection of disease or demonstration of freedom; 2-Stage surveys for demonstrating disease freedom; Application or evaluation of diagnostic tests; Sample size calculations; Summarise categorical or continuous data; Estimating true prevalence; Statistical significance testing; etc..." For more information see the AusVet Animal Health Services DISEASE PREVALENCE 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 "...are particularly designed for estimating prevalence where samples are tested individually or in groups (pools) or where one or more tests are used with imperfect sensitivity and/or specificity..." For more information see EpiTools Epidemiological Calculators or AusVet Animal Health Services Some examples from over "16" Animal Pooled Prevalence Calculators include Pooled Prevalence for fixed pool size and known test sensitivity and specificity Simulate sampling for fixed pool size and assumed perfect test Sample size for demonstration of freedom (detection of disease) using pooled testing Estimation of alpha and beta Parameters for Prior Beta distributions Manure Odor MANURE ODOR CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS ODOR SETBACK PROGRAM - INTERACTIVE SETBACK MODEL (SWINE/PIG) - Director: A.J. Heber, Purdue Agricultural Air Quality Laboratory (PAAQL), Department of Agriculture & Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Puedue University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Odor Setback Program "...considers facility size, orientation and shape, wind frequency, land use, topography, building design and management, manure handling characteristics, and odor abatement effectiveness..." For more information see Setback Model Overview; Albert J. Heber's Home Page; Purdue Agricultural Air Quality Laboratory (PAAQL); Department of Agriculture & Biological Engineering or the College of Engineering ODOR FOOTPRINT TOOL FOR MANAGING AIR QUALITY IN MANURE MANAGEMENT (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Livestock Manure Management, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska Odor Footprint Tool (OFT) (Odor Footprint Tool for Managing Air Quality in Manure Management) "...estimates the frequency of annoying odor events around an existing or proposed livestock facility and uses this information to determine minimum separation distances that should be maintained around those facilities and to help in siting decisions. Another use..." For more information see Livestock Manure Management or CropWatch; Extension or the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Beef, Cattle, Cow

Breeding Pregnancy, Fetal Age, Herd Management Calendar, Estrus Birth Weight, Weaning/Calving ~ Cattle Age for AHIR Measurements Market Data, Forcasting Tools, Analysis, etc. Costs, Budget, Economics, Price, Profits, etc. Health/Medication ~ Culling, Replacement Beef Paddock Stocking Rate ~ Feedlot ~ Fencing ~ Frame Score Handling Facilities ~ Nutrition, Feed ~ Pasture Water ~ RFID ~ Transport Costs Beef Cutout Yield Grading, Carcass Yields, Beef Quality, Rendering Yields Beef Cattle Databases, Guides, Handbooks, Lessons, Manuals, Publications, Technical Reports (Breeds, Anatomy, Physical Examination, Production, etc.)

Beef, Cattle, Cow BEEF, CATTLE, COW RELATED CENTERS FOR BEEF, CATTLE, COW GENETICS, CLINICAL MEDICINE (CARDIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, SURGERY, ETC., ETC.), DRUGS/PHARMACOLOGY, ANIMAL DISEASES & VIRUSES, ANIMAL SCIENCE, RANCH MANAGEMENT ETC. SEE THE VETERINARY CENTER FOR BEEF, CATTLE, COW BREEDS & MARKET CLASSES, ANATOMY, CLINICAL EXAMINATION & CLINICAL MEDICINE, BODY SCORING, BRAIN ATLASES, PRODUCTION, CARE & HANDLING ETC. SEE THE LIVESTOCK CENTER: BEEF CATTLE BEEF BREEDING DATABASES, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), CALCULATORS CATTLE BREEDING DATABASES, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), CALCULATORS FOR SPECIFIC BEEF CATTLE BREED DATABASES SEE THE LIVESTOCK CENTER: BEEF CATTLE 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 Herd Management Options & Statistics "...Expected First Service Conception Rate Percentage; 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..." Market Prices & Production Costs "...Expected Weaned Calf Selling Price; Expected Feed Cost to Weaning; Real Interest Rate; Expected Yearling Selling Price; etc..." For more information see Beef, Sheep, and Horses; Farm Management Resources Site Map; Farm Management Resources or the School of Economic Sciences BEEF PREGNANCY CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) CATTLE BREEDING CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) CATTLE PREGNANCY CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) BOVINE FETAL CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) BEEF GESTATION CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION PLANNER (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Developed by the: Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle (ARSBC); Hosted by the Iowa Beef Center (IBC), University Extension, Iowa State University Multimedia Estrus Synchronization Planner (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Free but must Register. Estrus Synchronization Planner "...assists herd managers in making the right management decisions and establishing a program calendar for each day and each task..." Also includes the Following Supporting Documents Recommended Protocols; Review of Cow Synch Systems; Review of Heifer Synch Systems "...Estrous Cycle Overview; Detecting Estrus; MGA Systems Overview; CIDR Systems Overview; GnRH Systems Overview; Synchronization Planning; etc..." Preferred Systems "...Heifers - E-AI; Cows - E-AI; etc..." Less Preferred Systems; etc. For more information see Software: IBC Software & Products; IBC Software; Iowa Beef Center (IBC) or the Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle (ARSBC) CONTROLLED BREEDING SEASON CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: C. Lacy & T. Wilson, 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: 1st Calf Crop "...Date to take Bull Out; Date to Pregnancy Check; Date to put Bull In; Date to put Bull Out; Date to Precnancy Check..." 2nd Calf Crop; 3rd Calf Crop; Gestation Period; etc. Cow Herd Calculator (PLUS Replacement Heifers) INPUT Values include: 1st Calf Crop "...Date to put Bulls with Cow Herd; Date to put Bulls with Replacement Heifers; Date to pull Bulls from Replacement Heifers; Date to pull Bulls from Cow Herd; Date to Pregnancy check..." 2nd Calf Crop; 3rd Calf Crop; Gestation Period; etc..." For more information see Computer Decision Aids; Extension Agricultural & Applied Economics; Cooperative Extension Service or the Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics 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 "...results valid for days 28 - 260 of gestation..." For more information see Animal Science 434 Lab Exercises; Animal Science/Dairy Science 434: Reproductive Physiology; Endocrinology-Reproductive Physiology Program; John J. Parrish's Home Page; Department of Animal Sciences or the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences 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 Tools or the American Angus Association BEEF BIRTH WEIGHT CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) CATTLE WEANING CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) CALVING CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) CALVING BREEDING SEASON CALCULATOR - The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. Calving Breeding Season Calculator INPUT Values include "...Bull Turn-out Date; Desired Length of Calving Season Days: Calving Starts; Calving Ends; etc..." Agriculture Tools or The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. CALVING SEASON CALCULATOR - The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. Calving Season Calculator INPUT Values include "...Start Date; Desired Length of Season: Bulls IN; Bulls OUT..." Agriculture Tools or The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. 205 DAY WEIGHT CALCULATOR - The Tayolor Family, J & S Herefords, Thorsby, Alberta, Canada 205 Day Weight Calculator INPUT Values include "...Birth Weight; Weaning Weight; Weaning Age; Dam Ages..." For more information see Library or J & S Herefords CALVING HISTOGRAM CALCULATOR - Meat & Livestock Australia Limited (MLA), North Sydney, NSW, Australia VERY EXTENSIVE. Calving Histogram Calculator "...has been developed to help you measure the performance of your herd management for calving..." Calving Histogram Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Number of Cows; Gestation Period; Date of Conception..." For more information see Tools & Calculators; Livestock Production or Meat & Livestock Australia Limited (MLA) 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) Examples of Heat, Drought and Early Weaning Calculators include Preconditioning Value Calculator - Authors: D. Lalman & D. Gill Preconditioning Value Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Ranch weaning weight; Shrink to pay weight; Days of preconditioning; 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..." Programmed Feeding for Calves Calculator - Authors: D. Gill, D. Lalman & B. Hicks Stocker Planner Calculator - Authors: D. Gill & D. Lalman UGA 90-DAY CALVING 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. 90 Day Calving Season Calculator INPUT Values include: 1st Year Breeding Start Breeding Date; Date to put bulls with Replacement Heifers; Date to pull from Replacement Heifers; Take Bull out of Cow Herd; Pregnancy Check; Calving "...180-day Calving Season Begins; 180-day Calving Season Ends; Replacement Heifers Begin Calving; Replacement Hheifers End Calving..." 2nd Year Breeding; Start Breeding Date; Date to put bulls with Replacement Heifers; Date to pull from Replacement Heifers; Take Bull out of Cow Herd; Pregnancy Check; Calving "...135-day Calving Season Begins; 135-day Calving Season Ends; Replacement Heifers Begin Calving; Replacement Heifers End Calving..." 3nd Year Breeding Start Breeding Date; Date to put bulls with Replacement Heifers; Date to pull from Replacement Heifers; Take Bull out of Cow Herd; Pregnancy Check; Calving "...90-day Calving Season Begins; 90-day Calving Season Ends; Replacement Heifers Begin Calving; Replacement Heifers End Dalving..." For more information see Computer Decision Aids; Extension Agricultural & Applied Economics; Cooperative Extension Service or the Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics BEEF AGE CALCULATORS FOR AHIR MEASUREMENTS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS AGE IN DAYS CALCULATOR - American Angus Association Age In Days Calculator INPUT Values include "...Birth Date; Enter either "Age in Days" or "Specific Date"..." For more information see Tools or the American Angus Association

CATTLE/BEEF MARKET DATA, FORECASTING TOOLS, ANALYSIS, ETC. MARKET DATA, FORECASTING TOOLS, HISTORIC BASIS TOOLS, ETC. - Beef Basis, Custom Ag Solutions, Inc. & the Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of Market Data, Forecasting Tools, etc. include Market Data includes "...Location Comparison; Market Data; Year to Year Comparison..." Examples of Forecasting Tools include "...Feeder Cattle Basis Forecast Calculator; Hedge Analysis Calculator; Expected Net Selling Prices Calculator; etc..." For more information see Custom Ag Solutions; AgManager.info or the Department of Agricultural Economics FEUZ CATTLE AND BEEF MARKET ANALYSIS - Dillon M. Feuz (Livestock Marketing & Farm Management Specialist), Department of Applied Economics, College of Agriculture, Utah State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Feuz Cattle and Beef Market Analysis includes "Weekly Price Summary" for "...550 lb Steer; 750 lb Steer; Fed Steer Liver; Fed Steer Dressed; etc..." "Cowboy Calculators" - Examples include "...Cattle Finisher Calculator; Backgrounder Calculator; Stocker Calculator; Cull Feeding - Marketing Calculator; etc..." "Market Charts" - Examples include "...Weekly Cash, Futures and Basis Charts; Monthly Charts; etc..." "Hedge Strategies" Examples include "...Fed Cattle Hedging; Feeder Cattle Hedging; Corn Purchasing Hedging; etc..." Livestock Pricing, Marketing & Management Publications; etc. For more information see Dillon M. Feuz's Faculty Home Page; Department of Applied Economics or the College of Agriculture LIVESTOCK & MEAT MARKETING - AgManager, Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Kansas State University Multimedia Livestock & Meat Marketing (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Livestock & Meat Marketing" Categories include "...In the Cattle Markets; Forecasting Tools; Cattle Finishing Returns; Livestock & Hay Charts; Grain Supplyl & Demand; Marketing Strategies; Price Risk; Futures Market Prices; Projected Budgets; etc..." For more information see AgManager or the Department of Agricultural Economics

BEEF CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) CATTLE CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) 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: "...Factors Influencing the Selling Prices of Purebred Angus Bulls Calculator; 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..." For more information see Livestock & Meat Marketing: Production Economics; Livestock & Meat Marketing: Budgets and Production Economics; Livestock & Meat Marketing; AgManager or the Department of Agricultural Economics BEEF CATTLE (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Commercial Agriculture Program, Animal Sciences Research Center, University of Missouri VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "15" Beef Cattle Calculators include "...Cow-calf Marketing Evaluator Calculator; Feeder Calf Evaluator Calculator; Backgrounding Profitmeters Calculator; Diagnostic Test Breakeven Calculator; Across Breed EPD Calculator; Qualitative Trait Inheritance Calculator; Mineral Feed Tag Evaluator Calculator; Mark Trump/Kenneth Suter Mineral Calculator; etc..." For more information see the Beef Focus Team or the Commercial Agriculture Program BEEF CALCULATORS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: Eric Eberly, Farm Business Management Agent, Gordon Groover, Extension Economist, Farm Management and the Farm Business Management Staff, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Farm Business Management Livestock Budgets; Enterprise Budgets; Publications & Education Resources or the Virginia Cooperative Extension Examples of Beef Calculators include Beef Cow Calf Budgets Calculators Examples of "Beef Cow Calf Budgets" Calculators include "...Beef Cows Fall Calving - Corn Silage Ration Calculator; Beef Cows Fall Calving - Stockpiled Fescue Pasture Calculator; Beef Cows Spring Calving - Hay Ration Calculator..." Pre-Conditioning Budgets Calculator Finishing Budgets Calculator Stocker Steer Budgets Budgets Calculator Examples of "Stocker Steer Budgets Budgets" Calculators include "...Stocker Steers - Early March to Fall Calculator; Stocker Steers - Fall to Fall - Silage Ration Calculator; Stocker Steers - Fall to Spring - Hay Ration Calculator; etc..." BEEF CALCULATORS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Iowa Beef Center (IBC), University Extension, Iowa State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "13" Beef Calculators include "...Backgrounding Breakeven Calculator; Cashflow Planning Tool for Transitioning from Conventional to Alternative Production Systems Calculator; Cattle Feeding Budget Calculator Feeder Cattle Bid Calculator; Feedlot Cattle Phosphorous & Nitrogen Excretion Calculator; Feedyard Cash Flow Planning Tool; Sulfur Summary Sheet (Total Diet and Feed Sample Evaluations) Calculator; etc..." For more information see IBC Software or the Iowa Beef Center (IBC) 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: "...Backgrounding Decision Aid Calculator; 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. Also includes: Beef Cattle Cow/Calf Record Keeping Data Base; Beef Cattle Articles; etc..." For more information see Rural Business Central or Texas Extension Agricultural Economics Some examples of Beef Cattle Economics Calculators include Cow-Calf Production Calculator Cow-Calf Production Calculator INPUT Values include System Assumptions "...Exposed Cows; Cow Replacement Rate Percentage; 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..." Revenue "...Steer Calf Sales; Heifer Calf Sales; Cull Cow Sales; Cull Bull Sales; etc..." Expenses "...Summer & Winter Pasture Costs; Supplemental Feed Cost per Cow; 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 System Assumptions "...Purchase Date; Sale Date; Average In-weight; 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..." Revenue "...Stocker sales; Cull sales; etc..." Expenses "...Stockers Costs; Winter & Summer Pasture Costs; 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; etc..." BEEF CALCULATORS - Rural NI Portal, Department and Rural Development (DARD), U.K. VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of Beef Calculators include "...Suckler Cow and Beef Margins Calculator; Suckler Cows to Weaning Calves Calculator; Silage in Store Volume Calculator; Beef Budget Calculator; Relative Feeding Values Calculator; Maximising Cattle Profit Calculator..." For more information see Agriculture Business Tools or the Rural NI Portal - Department and Rural Development (DARD) BEEF INDUSTRY TOOLS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Queensland Agribusiness Decision Toolkit, Queensland Govenment, Australia VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Beef Industry Tools" include "...Breeders and Bullocks Calculator Estimation of total land utilisation based on input of breeder and bullock numbers and associated sales revenue. Bull Cost Calculator; Breeding Herd Analysis Calculator Farm management tool to assess the breeding herd. Cattle Feeding Calculator; Cattle marketing Ready Reckoner Calculator Estimation of best marketing option for a lot of cattle based on transport and selling costs. Steer Fattening Economics Calculator; etc..." For more information see Animal Industry Tools or Agbiz: Queensland Agribusiness Decision Toolkit COSTS TO DEVELOP REPLACEMENT HEIFERS (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - J. Ross Pruitt, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University Agriculture Center - LSU AgCenter, Louisiana State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Costs to Develop Replacements Heifers Spreadsheet "...designed to assist cow/calf producers with determining the costs associated with developing replacement heifers. The cost associated with developing replacements heifers from one's own herd can then be compared to the costs associated with purchasing replacement females in the open market..." Examples of "Costs to Develop Replacements Heifers" Calculator INPUT Values include Raised Heifer Development Costs "...Heifer Cost; Average Heifer Weaning Weight; Interest/Discount Rate for Replacement Heifers; Average Price of Diesel; Labor Cost per Hour; Fertilizer Costs (Nitrogen, Potash, etc.); Seed Costs; Number of Heifers Serviced by Bull; Purchase Price of Bull; Months from Weaning to Calving; Number of Acres of Summer Pasture; Salt/Mineral Cost; Veterinary & Medical Costs (Per Animal); Corral Cost; Water Tank & Pump; etc..." Pasture Costs; Hay Production Costs; Heifer Development Budget; Revenues; etc. For more information see the Cattle; Livestock; Crops & Livestock; Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness or the Louisiana State University Agriculture Center - LSU AgCenter COW-CALF BUDGETS AND RIPARIAN BUFFERS CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Puyallup Research and Extension Center, Washington State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Cow-Calf Budgets and Riparian Buffers "...This workbook is designed to work like a normal cow-calf enterprise budget with additional worksheets added to calculate buffer economic effects..." Cow-Calf Budgets and Riparian Buffers Calculator INPUT Sections include "...Buffer Economic Impact Summary; Farm Assumptions & Buffer Assumptions; Prices; Livestock Receipts; Cow-Calf Operation Capital Investment and Equipment; Multi-Zone Buffer Builder (a.k.a. "Build Your Own Buffers"); etc..." For more information see Riparian Buffers: Economic Tools Spreadsheets; Riparian Buffers or the Puyallup Research and Extension Center COW/CALF OPERATIONS - Iowa Beef Center (IBC), Iowa State University Extension and the College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University Multimedia Beef Cattle Courses, Lessons, Publications, Technical Reports, etc. (Text & Images). Examples of Cow/Calf Operations Subject Categories include "...Economics & Business; End Product & Beef Quality; Facilities; Genetics; Forage and Grazing Management; Reproduction; etc..." For more information see the Iowa Beef Center (IBC) Examples from Cow/Calf Operations Categories with over "200" Cow/Calf Operations Lessons, Publications, Technical Reports, etc. include Cow/Calf Genetics Examples of "Cow/Calf Genetics" Subject Categories include "...Breeding Systems; Gene Marker Information; Selection Decisions; Sire Sorting; etc..." Cow/Calf Forage and Grazing Management Examples of "Cow/Calf Forages, Hay & Grazing" Subject Categories include "...Alternative Forages; Feed Byproducts; Grazing; Hay & Dry Forages; Silage & Wet Forages; etc..." Cow/Calf Facilities Examples of "Cow/Calf Facilities & Equipment" Subject Categories include "...Cattle Handling & facilities; Facilities & the Environment..." 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: Beef CowCalf Main Budget Calculator INPUT Values include: Number of Brood Cows; Percent Calf Crop; Cow Culling Percentage; Number of Replacement Heifers; Number of Calves Sold; Steer Weaning Weight; Heifer Weaning Weight; Sell Price of Steers & Heifers, Variable Costs "...Pastures Costs; Hay Production Costs; Protein Supplement Costs; Salt & Minerals Costs; Veterinary Costs; Medicine Costs; Labor Costs; etc..." Fixed Costs "...Direct Fixed Costs; Overhead Costs; Management Costs; etc..." Expected Break-Even Costs;..." Bermuda Pasture Costs per Acre Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Fertilizer Costs; Lime Costs; Mowing Costs; etc...." Fescue-Clover Pasture Costs per Acre Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Fertilizer Costs; Lime Costs; Mowing Costs; etc..." Fixed Costs Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Cows Costs; Heifers Costs; Bulls Costs; Corral & Loading Chute Costs; Fence Costs; Feed Racks Costs; Taxes; Insurance; etc..." For more information see Interactive Enterprise Budgets; Extension Agriculture and Applied Economics; Cooperative Extension Service or the Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics

GRASS FED BEEF MODEL (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Manitoba Forage Council, Inc., Brandon, Manitoba VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Grass Fed Beef Model" Calculators include "...Examples of "Forage Base Available & Forage/Livestock Production Phases" Calculator INPUT Values include Land Base Available (Pasture, Annual Pasture, Stored Forage, etc.); Beef Cow Herd (Bulls, Replacement Heifers, etc.); Feeder/Stockers; Cow/Calf Phase (Dates, etc.); Feeder/Stocker Phase (Dates, etc.); etc..." Examples of "Cow Calf Phase" Calculator INPUT Values include "...Pasture Days; Extended Grazing; Herd Investment; Pasture Acres; Operating Costs (Fertilier, Labour, Taxes, Veterinary, Vaccines, etc.); Fixed Costs; etc..." Examples of "Grassing Yearling Phase - Winter Period" Calculator INPUT Values include "...Number of Animals; Number of Days; Annual Costs (Stored Forage, Purchased Forage, Labour, etc.); Fixed Costs; etc..." Forage Finishing Calculator; Marketing Estimate Calculator; Forage Establishment Calculator "...Forage Species (Alfalfa, Timothy, etc.); Cover Crops; etc..." Forage Production Calculator; etc. For more information see Completed Projects or the Manitoba Forage Council FEEDER & LIVE CATTLE BASIS CALCULATOR - Missouri Commercial Agriculture Program, University of Missouri VERY EXTENSIVE. Feeder & Live Cattle Basis Calculator "...will calculate the basis for all of the reported livestock auctions in the state of Missouri..." Feeder & Live Cattle Basis Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Livestock Auction; Cattle Type; Contract Type; Month of Sales; Year of Sales; Weight Range; Contract; etc..." For more information see Missouri Commercial Agriculture Beef Focus Team or the Missouri Commercial Agriculture Program LIVESTOCK (BEEF) DECISION TOOLS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Ag Decision Maker, Iowa State University Extension, Iowa State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of Beef Decision Calculators include Finishing Yearling Steers Calculator INPUT Values include: Sales income; Death Loss; Variable Costs "...Feeder Costs; Veterinary Costs & Medical Costs; Feed Costs: Corn, Alfalfa, Corn Silage, Supplement & Minerals; Machinery Costs; Equipment Costs..." Fixed Costs "...Machinery Costs; Equipment Costs; Housing Costs; etc..."; etc. Beef Cow-Calf Calculator INPUT Values include: Production Efficiencies "...Calf Weaning Rate; Calf & Cow Death Loss; Cow Replacement Rate..." Income "...Steer Calves Sales; Heifer Calves Sales; Cull Cows Sales..." Variable Costs "...Feed Costs; Veterinary Costs; Machinery Costs; Equipment Costs; Fuel & Repairs Costs; Marketing Costs; Labor Costs; etc..." Fixed Costs "...Machinery Costs; Equipment Costs; Housing Costs; Fences Costs; Bull Depreciation; Bull Replacement; etc..." Finishing Steer Calves Calculator; Finishing Yearling Heifers Calculator; Backgrounding Steer Calves Calculator; Livestock Revenue Protection (LRP) Analyzer; etc. For more information see Livestock Decisions - Cost & Returns; Ag Decision Maker or Iowa State University Extension LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, FINANCE, & ECONOMICS (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 VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of Livestock Production, Finance, & Economics Calculators include: Beef Cow Financial and Partial Budgeting Calculator; Breakeven Prices Calculator; Calf Wintering Background Calculator; Cash, Futures, Basis Data Calculator; Cow Calf Feeder Stocker Budgeting Calculator; Hay Costs on Cow Calf Profitability Calculator; GRASSFAT Calculator; Herd Size and Cattle Cycle Calculator INPUT Values include: Overview "...Optimal herd size for this operation; Cost per ton to swath, bale and stack hay put up on the operation; Percent of Hay Production Sold if Herd Reduced and Operation Leased; etc..." Base Budget for Cow Calf Operation Production Information "...Breeding Herd Size Beginning of Breeding Season; Pregancy Percentage; Number of Pregnant Cows after Breeding; Weaning Percentage based on live Calves Born; etc..." Inventory-Beginning Breeding Season: Cows & 1st Calf Heifers; Operating Costs for a Cow-calf Enterprise; Operating Costs For Livestock Care, Handling, Haying; etc. Cow Cost Calculator INPUT Values include: Breed Herd Size; Cull Rate; Calving Percentage; Value of Production "...Steer Calves; Heifer Calves; Cull Sales..." Variable Costs "...Feed Costs; Veterinary Costs; Medicine Costs; Livestock Hauling Costs; Fence Repair Costs; etc..." Fixed Costs "...Equipment Costs; Machinery Costs; Buildings used for Livestock Costs; Land Costs; Livestock Breeding Herd Costs; Depreciation, Interest & Taxes; Labor Costs; Management Costs; etc..." Breakenven Calculator; Value of Production; etc..." Cow Calf Feeder Stocker Budgeting Calculator INPUT Values include: Cost of Production Estimates for Commercial Cow Calf Enterprise "...Breeding Herd Size; Cull Rate; Value of Average Cow in Breeding Herd; Calving Percentage; etc..." Value of Production for Actual Cash Sales "...Steer Calves; Heifer Calves; Cull Cow Sales; Replacement Heifers; etc..." Operating Costs for Cow-calf Enterprise "...Feed Costs; Operating Costs Directly Associated with Livestock Care Handling; Operating Costs of Facilities and Equipment used in Livestock Production; etc.." Ownership Costs for Cow-calf Enterprise "...Machinery and Equipment used for Livestock; Buildings and Improvements Used for Livestock; Owned Land Used Livestock Operations; etc..." Profitability and Cash Flow Summary for the Cow-Calf Enterprise "...Sources of Revenue; Operating Costs; etc..."; etc. For more information see Software Downloads; Farm Management or Extension Economics LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION DECISION AIDS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - M. Stockton & S. Dhoubhadel, West Central Research and Extension Center, Lincoln Extension, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Livestock Production Decision Aids" include The Stochastic Partial Budgeting "...estimates net benefits of buying a heifer instead of raising them..." Partial Budgeting for Drought Management "...gives an example of partial budgeting of buying replacement heifers vs. raising them considering the possibility of a drought..." Cow-Calf Cost Cow-Q-Lator "...calculates the cost of raising one calf..." Water Development Cost Cow-Q-Lator for Grazing Livestock estimates "...the cost for developing water sources for livestock in grazing areas..." Hedge Calculator; etc. For more information see Ag Manager's Toolbox; Matt Stockton's Home Page or the West Central Research and Extension Center LIVESTOCK ENTERPRISE BUDGETS: BEEF (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - S. Isaacs, S. Goode, R. Trimble, L. Meyer, K. Burdine & T. Hutchens, Department of Agriculture Economics, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky Livestock Enterprise Budgets Calculators include: "...Commercial Cow-calf Budget, Spring Calving Calculator; Commercial Cow-calf Budget, Fall Calving Calculator; Replacement Beef Heifer Growth & Maintenance Budget Calculator; Steer Backgounding Budget Calculator; Summer Grazing Budget Calculator; etc..." For more information see Archived Budgets; Budgets/Decision Aids or the Department of Agriculture Economics STEERS: INTERACTIVE ENTERPRISE BUDGETS (JAVA APPLET) - J.C. McKissick & R.E. Brown, 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. Examples of Steers Budget Calculators include Stockering Steers on Winter Grazing, Corn and Hay Calculator INPUT Values include: Acres; Stocking Rate; Number of Calves Sold; Death Loss Percentage; Number of Calves Placed; Feeding Period; Marketing Shrink Percentage; Payweight to Payweight; Variable Costs "...Calf Costs; Procurement Costs; Hay Corn Costs; etc..." Fixed Cost; Cost of Grain Summary and Maximum Breakeven Calf Price; Expected Breakeven; Expected Return; Risk Rated Return over Total Costs. Winter Grazing Costs per Acre Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Rye Seed Costs; Ryegrass Seed Costs; Clover Seed Costs; Fertilizer Costs; Labor Costs;, Disk & Plant Machine Repair Costs; etc..." Procurement Cost per Head Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Order Buying; Death Loss; Transportation Costs; etc..." Investment and Annual Fixed Cost Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Fencing Costs; Corrral & Loading Chute Costs; Feed Bunks Costs; Grinder Mixer Costs; Grain Bin Costs; Machinery & Equipment Costs; etc..." For more information see Interactive Enterprise Budgets; Extension Agriculture and Applied Economics; Cooperative Extension Service or the Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics VEAL: GRAIN FED VEAL BUDGET SPREADSHEET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Ontario Farm Management Analysis Project (OFMAP), Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs, Government of Ontario, Queen's Printer for Ontario, Ontario, Canada VERY EXTENSIVE. Veal Calculator located in "Livestock" Section. Grain Fed Veal Budget Calculator INPUT Values include: Overview "...Number of Calves Purchased; Weight of Purchased Calf; Expected Purchase Price..." Expected "...End of Stage Cattle Sold Percentage; End of Stage Weight; End of Stage Value; Death Loss Percentage; Average Daily Gain; etc...." Variable Costs "...Feed Costs; Medication Costs; Vitamins Costs; Labor Costs; Insurance Costs; Bedding Costs; Custom Work Costs; etc..." For more information see Budgeting Tools; Agriculture Business Management Tools & Calculators; Agriculture Business Management; Agriculture; Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs or the Government of Ontario

BEEF HEALTH CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) BEEF HEALTH MANAGEMENT CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) FOR BEEF HEALTH & DISEASES COURSES, LESSONS & DATABASES SEE THE VETERINARY CENTER BEEF HEALTH MANAGEMENT, DRUG USE & MANAGEMENT, IMMUNE MANAGEMENT (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - D. Griffin, Griffin Production Management Resources, Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center, University of Nebraska VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of Beef Health Calculators include Heat Stress Calculator; Ration Balancing Program Calculators "...Feed Addivive Calculator; Feed Intake Calculator; Feed Additive Dose Calculator 1 & 2; Feed Medication Calculator; etc..." Re-implant Date Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Implants Available; Ingredietns; Carrier; Potency; Re-implant Window; Estimated Pay-out..." Treatment Breakeven Calculator (Analysis Of 1st Drug Treatment Cost On Total Production Costs, Break Even & Return On Equity) INPUT Values include: "...Price per Bottle; Name of Product; Size Bottle or Box;; Dose per CWT per Days; Treatmemts per cycle; Total Dose per CWT; Drug Cost per CWT Cattle Starting Weight; Delivered Cattle Cost per CWT; Processing Cost per Animal; Dose Per Day; Total Regimen Dose; 1st Drug Treatment Cost; Sickness Percentage; Relapse Percentage; Chronic Percentage; Death Rate of Treated Animals; Other Deathloss Percentage; ADG (estimated); Expected DM Feed Efficiency; Finish Weight; Feed Cost per Ton (DMB);; etc..." For more information see the D. Dee Griffin's Home Page or the Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center CATTLE COST OF PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTS CALCULATOR - The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. Cattle Cost of Protein Supplements Calculator is "...developed to help cattle producers easily compare the cost of protein supplements on an equal basis...converts the cost of all supplements to a cost per ton of "useable" crude protein..." Cattle Cost of Protein Supplements Calculator INPUT Values include: Supplements "...Supplement Name, Price; Supplement DM, Supplement CM; etc..." Labor "...Mileage Cost per Mile; Labor Costs; Miles to Pasure One-way; Number of Animals; etc..." For more information see Agriculture Tools or The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. COW CULLING CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) COW REPLACEMENT CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) REPLACEMENT COW DECISION TOOL - COWCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - B. Carpenter, Food and Agricultural Policy Reserach Institute (FAPRI), College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri VERY EXTENSIVE. Replacement Cow Calculator purpose "...is to evaluate the decision to purchase a replacement beef heifer. It answers the question: "Is this a good investment?"..." "...This tool can solve for a "break-even" purchase price for the replacement female by manually entering values until the net present value of returns is zero..." Replacement Cow Calculator INPUT Values include: Production; Calf Sales; Costs "...Direct Beef Cost; Direct Forage Cost; Beef-Forage Overhead Costs; etc...." For more information see Software Tools; Farmers Corner or the Food and Agricultural Policy Reserach Institute (FAPRI) UGA REPLACEMENT FEMALE 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. Replacement Female Calculators include: Replacement Female Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Cost for Bred Cow; Interest Rate; Years in Herd; Cull Weight; Cull Price; Expeceted Weaning Weight; Expected Sales Price; Total Calf Revenue; Annual Cow Cash Costs; Expected Cull Value for Years 1, 2, etc.; Cost for 3 in 1 Cow; Interest Rate; etc;..." Costs for Raised Replacements Calculator; Heifer Development Budget Calculator. For more information see Computer Decision Aids; Extension Agricultural & Applied Economics; Cooperative Extension Service or the Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics

BEEF PADDOCK STOCKING RATE CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) BEEF STOCKING RATE CALCULATOR - Meat & Livestock Australia Limited (MLA), North Sydney, NSW, Australia Beef Stocking Rate Calculator "...is designed to determine the number of cattle or sheep you should put into a paddock based on its carrying capacity..." Beef Stocking Rate Calculator (Beef Paddock Stocking Rate Calculator) INPUT Values include "...Paddock Size; Pasture Available at Start of Grazing; Pasture to be Left at End of Grazing; Pasture Growth Rate (Daily); Number of Days Grazing..." Beef Stocking Rate Calculator OUTPUT Values include Stock Numbers per Paddock "...Steers; Dry Cows; Lactating Cows..." For more information see Tools & Calculators; Livestock Production or Meat & Livestock Australia Limited (MLA) FEEDLOT CALCULATORS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) FEEDLOT ENTERPRISE BUDGET WORKSHEET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: B. Halfman, B. Boetel, et.al; Wisconsin Beef Information Center, UW Cooperative Extension, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of Feedlot Enterprise Budget Worksheet Calculators include Examples of "Feedlot Enterprise Budget Calculator (Economic Planning Budget (Cash-Flow) for One Animal)" INPUT Values include "...Reciepts; Variable Expenses; Predicted Performance Predicted Average Daily Gain; Predicted Feed to Gain. Feed Costs; Other Livestock Costs Death losses; Interest Cost: Cattle & Feed; Bedding Costs; Veterinary Cost; Transportation Costs; Marketing Costs; etc. Yardage Overage Costs; etc..." Examples of "Feed Costs Calculator" INPUT Values include "...Predicted Performance Predicted Average Daily Gain; Predicted Feed to Gain. Calculate Feed Cost from a DM Basis Milk Replacer; Calf Grain Starter; Dried Distillers Grains; Complete Supplement; Hay; Corn Silage; Mixing and Mill Cost; etc. Calculate Feed Cost from a As-Fed Basis..." Examples of "Feedlot Yardage Calculator" INPUT Values include Feedlot Capacity Maximum 1 Time Capacity; Total Marketed Precious Year; Group ID Number Number of Cattle Purchased in Group; Number of Cattle Sold in Group; etc. Overhead Allocation of Facilities & Equipment - Facility Leases; Overhead Allocation of Facilities & Equipment - Owned Facilities; Related Overhead Allocation Expenses Labor Costs; Machinery Costs; ; Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes; Insurance; Utilities; Intermediate and Long Term Debt Interest; Machinery and Building Depreciation Expense; Machinery, Facility & Buliding Repair; Fuel & Oil; Advertising; etc..." For more information see Decision Tools and Software or the Wisconsin Beef Information Center FEEDLOT EVALUATION - CATTLE FEED EVALUATION PROGRAM (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Author: M.T. Sullivan; Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland Govenment; Hosted by: Queensland Agribusiness Decision Toolkit, Queensland Govenment, Australia VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Feedlot Evaluation - Cattle Feed Evaluation" Calculator INPUT Values include "...Opening Value Current Weight; Current Price; Commission; Other Selling Costs; etc. Feeding Costs Feeding Period; Induction Costs; Husbandry Costs; Yard Fee Costs per Day; Feed Costs; Feed Intake Costs per Day; etc. Weights Average Daily Gain per Day; Final Liveweight; Carcase Weight; etc. Selling Price Final Price; Commission; etc. Losses; Interest Interest Rate; Cattle, Freight & Induction Interest Costs; Feed Interest Cost; etc. Opening Net Values + Feeding Costs + Interest Profit before Interest; Profit after Interest; Return on Investment (Livestock + Costs); etc. Break Even Figures..." For more information see Beef Industry Tools; Animal Industry Tools or Agbiz: Queensland Agribusiness Decision Toolkit FEEDLOT GROSS MARGIN CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Author: A. Jamleson, Rockhampton; Hosted by: Queensland Agribusiness Decision Toolkit, Queensland Govenment, Australia VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Feedlot Gross Margin" Calculator INPUT Values include "...Feedlot Details "...Number of Head Fed per Year; Average Purchase Weight; Purchases Price; Freight-in Cost Per Head; Daily weight gain; Days on feed; Cost of Feed - Dollars per Tonne Mixed; Growth Promotants - Dollars per Head; Vet Costs - Dollars per Head; Stock Loss; Repairs & Maintenance; Freight to Market; Commision; etc. Income; Variable Costs; etc..." For more information see Beef Industry Tools; Animal Industry Tools or Agbiz: Queensland Agribusiness Decision Toolkit BEEF FEEDLOT 1: CALF TO FINISH COST OF PRODUCTION CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Developed by: D. Martin & J. Molenhuis; Ontario Farm Management Analysis Project (OFMAP), Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs, Government of Ontario, Queen's Printer for Ontario, Ontario, Canada VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of Calf to Finish Cost of Production Calculator INPUT Values include "...Calf Information Sale Weight; Purchase Weight; Death Loss Precentage; etc. Expected Cost of Gain Feed Costs; Health & Veterinary Expenses; Marketing & Trucking Costs; Yardage Costs (Water; Taxes & Insurance; Manure Removal; Housing; etc.); etc. Expected Market Situation; Feed Requirements ($ per Ton/Tonne; Pounds per Head per Day; Percent per DM) Hay Costs; Corn Silage Costs; Dry Corn Costs; Beef Supplement Costs; Salt & Mineral Costs; etc..." For more information see Budgeting Tools; Agriculture Business Management Tools & Calculators; Agriculture Business Management; Agriculture; Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs or the Government of Ontario BEEF FEEDLOT 2: SHORTKEEP TO FINISH CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Developed by: D. Martin & J. Molenhuis; Ontario Farm Management Analysis Project (OFMAP), Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs, Government of Ontario, Queen's Printer for Ontario, Ontario, Canada VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of Shortkeep to Finish Calculator INPUT Values include "...Calf Information Sale Weight; Purchase Weight; Death Loss Precentage; etc. Expected Cost of Gain Feed Costs; Health & Veterinary Expenses; Marketing & Trucking Costs; Yardage Costs (Water; Taxes & Insurance; Manure Removal; Housing; etc.); etc. Expected Market Situation; Feed Requirements ($ per Ton/Tonne; Pounds per Head per Day; Percent per DM) Hay Costs; Corn Silage Costs; Dry Corn Costs; Beef Supplement Costs; Salt & Mineral Costs; etc..." For more information see Budgeting Tools; Agriculture Business Management Tools & Calculators; Agriculture Business Management; Agriculture; Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs or the Government of Ontario BEEF FEEDLOT 3: BACKGROUNDER COST OF PRODUCTION CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Developed by: D. Martin & J. Molenhuis; Ontario Farm Management Analysis Project (OFMAP), Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs, Government of Ontario, Queen's Printer for Ontario, Ontario, Canada VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of Backgrounder Cost of Production Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Calf Information Sale Weight; Purchase Weight; Death Loss Precentage; etc. Expected Cost of Gain Feed Costs; Health & Veterinary Expenses; Marketing & Trucking Costs; Yardage Costs (Water; Taxes & Insurance; Manure Removal; Housing; etc.); etc. Expected Market Situation; Feed Requirements ($ per Ton/Tonne; Pounds per Head per Day; Percent per DM) Hay Costs; Corn Silage Costs; Dry Corn Costs; Beef Supplement Costs; Salt & Mineral Costs; etc..." For more information see Budgeting Tools; Agriculture Business Management Tools & Calculators; Agriculture Business Management; Agriculture; Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs or the Government of Ontario CATTLE COPRODUCT OPTIMIZER DECISION EVALUATOR (CATTLE CODE) - (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: C. Buckner, G. Erickson, T. Klopfenstein, D. Mark & V. Bremer; Institute of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Nebraska VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Browse down to Cattle CODE. Cattle Coproduct Optimizer Decision Evaluator "...evaluates economic returns for feeding byproducts to feedlot cattle compared to a control diet with no byproducts. Performance equations were developed from research experiments feeding varying dietary byproduct inclusion levels. These equations project days on feed when feeding different byproducts at varying inclusion rates..." For more information see By-Product Feeds or Beef Cattle Production

FENCING CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS FENCING FOR CATTLE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS FENCING COST CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS FENCING COST CALCULATOR: WOVEN & BARBED WIRE 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 Woven & Barbed Wire "...Enter values in the length calculator if pasture lay-out is reasonably regular. If the fence line is irregular because of boundaries, topography, etc., then enter the value directly under General Inputs..." Fencing Cost Calculator for Woven & Barbed Wire INPUT Values include: General INPUT Values "...Number of Acres; Length of Fence; Number of Corner Assemblies; Number of End Assemblies; Tractor Driven Posts; etc..." Material Costs "...Posts; Spacers; Woven Wire; Barbed Wire; Staples; etc..." Labor Costs "...Line Posts Labor Costs; Corner or End Assemblies Spacers Labor Costs; Woven Wire Unwind, Stretch, Fasten Labor Costs; Barbed Wire Unwind, Stretch, Fasten Labor Costs..." etc. For more information see Livestock Systems - Calculators & Tools; Livestock Systems; BAE Extension or the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) 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 "...Enter values in the length calculator if pasture lay-out is reasonably regular. If the fence line is irregular because of boundaries, topography, etc., then enter the value directly under General Inputs..." Fencing Cost Calculator for High Tensile Fences INPUT Values include: General INPUT Values "...Number of Acres; Length of Fence; Number of Corner Assemblies; Number of End Assemblies; Number of Wires of High Tensile Wire; Number of End or Corner Post Insulators per Corner Assembly & Per End Assembly; Tractor Driven Posts; etc..." Material Costs "...Posts: Line, Brace & Corner; Spacers or Battens; High Tensile Wire; Wire Strainers; Insulators; etc..." Labor Costs Line Posts Labor Costs; Corner or End Assemblies Labor Costs; Spacers Labor Costs; High Tensile Wire Unwind, Stretch & Fasten Labor Costs; etc. For more information see Livestock Systems - Calculators & Tools; Livestock Systems; BAE Extension or the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) FRAME SCORE FOR BEEF CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS FRAME SCORE FOR CATTLE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS FRAME SCORE CALCULATOR - The Tayolor Family, J & S Herefords, Thorsby, Alberta, Canada Frame Score Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Height, Age, Bull Calf or Heifer Calf..." For more information see Library or J & S Herefords FRAME SCORES IN BEEF CATTLE - American Angus Association Multimedia Frame Scores in Beef Cattle (Text & Images). For more information see Performance or the American Angus Association HANDLING FACILITIES CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS HANDLING FACILITIES FOR CATTLE CALCULATORS & APPLETS CATTLE HANDLING FACILITIES RATE CALCULATORS CATTLE HANDLING FACILITIES RATE (EVALUATE YOUR FACILITY) - J. R. Bicudo & G. Rajput, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE), College of Agriculture & the College of Engineering, University of Kentucky VERY EXTENSIVE. "...An efficient cattle handling facility includes several critical factors..." Cattle Handling Facilities Rate Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Availability of Facilities; Headgate; Holding Chute/Squeeze, Working Chute; Crowding Pen; Holding Pen/Access Alley; Loading Chute; etc..." For more information see Livestock Systems - Calculators & Tools; Livestock Systems; BAE Extension or the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE)

NUTRITION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS BEEF NUTRITION CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) BEEF FEED CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) BEEF TRACE MINERALS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) BEEF CATTLE NUTRITION AND FEEDING SPREADSHEET DECISION AIDS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Cooperative Extension Service, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Division of Agriculture, Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences, University of Arkansas VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of Beef Cattle Nutrition and Feeding Spreadsheets include Beef Cow Supplement Examples Spreadsheet "...ives example supplements (one or two ingredients) for mature, late gestation and lactating beef cows based on various hay qualities..." Cattle Grower Ration Balancer Spreadsheet "...designed for balancing rations for growing and finishing cattle..." Medicated Feed Calculator Spreadsheet "...calculates the rate of medicated feed based on desired intake rate.  Also calculates minimal and maximal feeding rates based on feeding restrictions..." For more information see Beef Cattle Nutrition and Feeding; Beef Production in Arkansas; Beef Cattle; Arkansas Livestock or the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences CALCULATING TRACE MINERALS FOR BEEF COWS - I. Rush & R. Rasby, Institute of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Nebraska VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Trace Minerals for Beef Cows Calculator "...will help you determine if the desired daily trace mineral consumption of your cow herd is being met..." Trace Minerals for Beef Cows Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Choose a Trace Mineral to evaluate; Estimate or project the daily feed intake on a Dry Matter (DM) basis; Cow Weight; Forage Quality; Stage of Production; Estimate the amount of Trace Mineral from grazed forage; Estimate the amount of the Trace Mineral from other feeds; etc..." For more information see Learning Modules or Beef Cattle Production ESTIMATING WINTER HAY NEEDS FOR BEEF CATTLE (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Prepared by B. Halfman (Extension Agent, Monroe County, University of Wisconsin), Adapted from W.H. Byrd II (Univeristy of Tennessee), Hosted by: Wisconsin Team Forage, Fond du Lac County Agronomy, Cooperative Extension; University of Wisconsin VERY EXTENSIVE. Winter Hay Needs for Beef Cattle Calculator INPUT Values include: Weigh several Bales of Hay; Storage and/or Feeding Loss; Count the Number of Bales available for Feed; Animal Units to Feed "...Bulls; Mature Cows; Yearling Cattle; Calves..." Daily Hay Allocation per Animals; etc..." For more information see Feeding; Forage Resources; Wisconsin Team Forage; Fond du Lac County Agronomy or the Cooperative Extension FEEDLOT RATION BALANCER (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Author: Mike Boersma, Pipestone-Murray Co. Extension Office, University of Minnesota Beef Center, University of Minnesota Extension VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Feedlot Ration Balancer "...designed to assist beef producers in balancing rations that will meet the requirements of his or her cattle utilizing the feedstuffs available to their operation..." Feedlot Ration Balancer Sections include Ration Balancer subsections include "...Projected Finish Weight, Current Body Weight, and Target Average Daily Gain; Basis For Balancing; Average Temperature; Ionophores; Breed; etc..." Batch Sheet "...This page can be printed and used when mixing and delivering rations. Enter the number of animals, feedings per day, and actual intake of the animals to generate a report for mixing rations. The actual intake entered on this sheet is used to predict performance on the "Performance" sheet..." Performance "...This page provides a summary of the animal and environment information, as well as current diet information. Performance projections are based on the information provided on both the Ration Balancer and Batch Sheet pages..." Requirements "...lists the requirements of various types and weights of cattle in many stages of production. It is included as a reference tool. The requirements come directly from "Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle (NRC 2000) and are used in this program..." Feedstuffs "...This is the list of feedstuffs available to use when formulating rations. Individual values may be changed, based on actual feed tests..." For more information see the Beef Center LIVESTOCK (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Saskatchewan, Canada VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Click ON "Decision Making Calculators" for Livestock Calculators For more information see the Ministry of Agriculture Examples of Livestock Calculators include Cattle Feeding Breakeven Calculator Costs and Returns for Grassing Cattle Calculator Bale Grazing Calculator Crop Residue Collection for Field Grazing Calculator LIVESTOCK NUTRITION: BEEF (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. For more information see Animal Sciences: Ranching in North Central Arizona; Arizona Cooperative Extension: Gila County or the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Some examples of Beef Nutrition Calculators include Beef Ration Calculator Beef Ration Calculator "...Included are animal nutritional requirement and NRC feed composition tables, tables of body condition scores by cow weight, estimated milk production for different weaning weights, estimated forage intake for different forage qualities and timeline to manage nutrition needs for youth show steers..." Bull Ration Calculator Bull Ration Calculator "...enables you to develop rations for young bulls being fed in a feedlot for various rates of gain..." RUMENSIN 80 CALCULATOR - The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. Rumensin 80 Calculator "...calculates levels of monensin and Rumensin 80 to include in rations for cattle..." For more information see Agriculture Tools or The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. TOTAL SULFUR CONCENTRATION INTAKE CALCULATOR - Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado VERY EXTENSIVE. Total Sulfur Concentration Intake Calculator "...This assessment requires estimation of total sulfur concentation (TSC) to determine if there could be a hazard. The maximum tolerated level is 0.4% sulfur as dry matter intake (DMI). It is important to account for all potential sulfur sources from feed and water..." Total Sulfur Concentration Intake Calculator INPUT Value include Animal Body Weight in Pounds; Beef Animal Type (Non-Lactating or Lactating); Sulfate in Water; Feedstuff Name; Percent Sulfur in Feed; Percent of Total Feed. For more information see Sulfur Calculator: Assessing Potential Sulfur Intake Excess in Beef Cattle; Regulations & Resources; Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories or the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

PASTURE WATER CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS, ETC. PASTURE WATER FOR CATTLE CALCULATORS 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 "...Allows calculation of pipe diameter and water pressure on up to four water points fed by gravity..." Pasture Water Calculator INPUT Values include "...Number of Cattle; Water Intake (Gallons per Animal per Day); Drinking time (Minutes per Day); Pipe diameter; Friction factor; etc..." For more information see Livestock Systems - Calculators & Tools; Livestock Systems; BAE Extension or the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) 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 "...Allows calculation of pipe diameter and water pressure on up to four water points fed by city water..." Pasture Water Calculator INPUT Values include "...Number of Cattle; Water Intake (Gallons per Animal per Day); Drinking time (Minutes per Day); Pipe diameter; Friction factor; Pressure at City Water Line..." For more information see Livestock Systems - Calculators & Tools; Livestock Systems; BAE Extension or the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) RFID (RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION) FOR RFID COURSES, LECTURES, ETC. SEE THE LIVESTOCK CENTER: ELECTRONIC, RETINAL IMAGING & DNA ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION EXTIMATING COSTS OF RFID (RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION) SYSTEMS (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: K.C. Dhuyvetter (Agricultural Economist) & D. Blasi (Beef Specialist), BeefStockerUSA.org, Department of Animal Science and Industry, Kansas State University VERY EXTENSIVE. Estimating Costs of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Systems "...for your cowherd, stocker or feedlot operation..." For more information see the BeefStockerUSA.org or the Department of Animal Science and Industry TRANSPORTATION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), ETC. CATTLE TRANSPORTATION COST CALCULATORS & SPREADSHEETS CATTLE TRANSPORT COST CALCULATOR - L. Davies, A. Richards & A. White, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, New South Wales, Australia Cattle Transport Cost Calculator "...displays costs using live or dressed weight animals..." Cattle Transport Cost Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Live Weight Dressed; Carrier Charge; Cartage Fee; Average Animal Live weight; Number of animals per load; etc..." For more information see Livestock Movements including Transport and Export; Livestock; Agriculture or the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries BEEF CUTOUT CALCULATORS BEEF CUTOUT CALCULATOR - Meat Science Program, Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Colorado State University Multimedia Beef Cutout Calculator with Videos for Instructions (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Beef Cutout Calculator "...is intended to assist cattlemen by providing an estimate of expected subprimal yields and their approximate values. This tool allows cattlemen to select cutout strategies and trim levels for individual animals carcasses in order to predict product yields..." Beef Cutout Calculator Summary Report includes Overview Summary "...Current Prices Week Ending (Updated every Week); Choice Carcass Value; Select Carcass Value; etc..." Each Cutout (Chuck, Rib, Loin, Round, etc. gives you Example: Loin 1/4" Cutout with Name, Weight, Choice Value, Select Value & a Picture of each Bottom Sirloin Butt, Flap; Bottom Sirloin Butt, Ball Tip; 1x1 Shortloin, Short-Cut; Sirloin Butt, Boneless; etc. For more information see the Department of Animal Sciences YIELD GRADING, BEEF QUALITY & RENDERING YIELDS CALCULATORS & APPLETS BEEF CARCASS YIELDS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) BEEF CARCASS VALUE CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) BEEF CARCASS YIELDS & PRICING GUIDE (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - K. Burdine, Direct and Local Meat Marketing Project, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. The Beef Carcass Yield and Pricing Calculator "...calculates yields for individual cuts for a typical beef carcass..." "...Numbers will greatly vary depending on breed, feed program, cutting method, etc..." Beef Carcass Yield and Pricing Calculator INPUT Values include: Live Weight; Dressing Percentage; Carcass Percentage, Pounds, Price & Value of Primals including: "...Round; Top Round; Bottom Round; Tip; Rump; Loin; Porterhouse; T-Bone; Strip Steak; Rib; Rib Roast; etc..." For more information see Direct and Local Meat Marketing Aids; Direct and Local Meat Marketing Project or the College of Agriculture RENDERING YIELDS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) RENDERING YIELDS CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Meat Industry Services: Food Science Australia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia VERY EXTENSIVE. Rendering Yields Calculator is "...designed to predict rendering yields from beef kills. The objective of the spreadsheet is to illustrate the protein content and yield of meat meal available from rendering segregated raw materials..." Rendering Yields Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Carcass Weights and Kill; Proportion of Material sent for Rendering; Estimated Production from Selected Raw Materials; etc..." For more information see Rendering Yields Calculator Instructions; Meat Industry Services Content; Meat Industry Services: Food Science Australia or the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia

Dairy Cattle

Dairy Cattle Breeding ~ Dairy Cattle Inbreeding Dairy Cattle Pregnancy ~ Dairy Cattle Calves ~ Heifer Growth Dairy Cattle Body Condition Scoring Dairy Cattle Analysis, Costs, Budget, Business, Management, etc. Cooling Systems & Ventilation ~ Fencing Milk Production, Income, Price, Mastitis, etc. Nutrition ~ Nitrogen Excretion ~ Pasture Water Dairy Cattle Databases, Guides, Handbooks, Lessons, Manuals, Publications, Technical Reports (Breeds, Anatomy, Dairy Processing, Production, etc.)

Dairy Cattle DAIRY CATTLE RELATED CENTERS FOR DAIRY CATTLE BREEDS SEE LIVESTOCK CENTER: DAIRY CATTLE BREEDS FOR DAIRY CATTLE GENETICS, CLINICAL MEDICINE (CARDIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, SURGERY, ETC.), DRUGS/PHARMACOLOGY, ANIMAL DISEASES & VIRUSES, ANIMAL SCIENCE, RANCH MANAGEMENT ETC. SEE THE VETERINARY CENTER FOR DAIRY CATTLE BREEDS & MARKET CLASSES, ANATOMY, CLINICAL EXAMINATION, BODY SCORING, TATTOOING, CARE & HANDLING, DAIRY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ETC. SEE THE LIVESTOCK CENTER: DAIRY CATTLE DAIRY CATTLE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS DAIRY COWS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS BREEDING CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS FOR SPECIFIC DAIRY CATTLE BREED DATABASES SEE THE LIVESTOCK CENTER: DAIRY CATTLE BREEDING DATABASES CUSTOMIZED INDEX CALCULATOR - Canadian Dairy Network, Guelph, Ontario, Canada VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Customized Index Calculator (Genetic Selection Tool) "...provides you with a personalized index calculator that you can use to rank bulls, cows or heifers according to your defined breeding goal..." For more information see Canadian Dairy Network DAIRY CATTLE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS DAIRY COWS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS INBREEDING CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS INBREEDING CALCULATOR - Canadian Dairy Network, Guelph, Ontario, Canada VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Inbreeding Calculator Calculates "...the level of inbreeding for potential matings..." For more information see the Canadian Dairy Network INBREEDING CALCULATOR - Holstein Association USA, Inc. VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Inbreeding Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Enter up to 5 Sire Identifications; Enter your Dam or Maternal Grand Sire Identification..." For more information see the Site Map or the Holstein Association USA DAIRY CATTLE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS DAIRY COWS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS PREGNANCY CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS GESTATION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS GESTATION CALCULATOR - American Angus Association "...Gestation Calculator - Gestation period based on 283 days..." For more information see Tools or the American Angus Association 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 DAIRY CATTLE CALVES CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) CALVES SPREADSHEETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture Sciences, Pennsylvania State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Spreadsheets are Located in "Calf Feeding and Management" & "Colostrum Resources" Sections. Examples of Calves Spreadsheets include "...Using the Calf Milk Pasteurization Evaluator Spreadsheet and Considerations for Using a Pasteurizer; Calf Milk Pasteurization Evaluator Spreadsheet; Spreadsheet to Compare Cost of Milk and Milk Replacer; Colostrum Calculator Spreadsheet; etc..." For more information see Dairy Cattle Nutrition; Dairy Herd Management; Dairy; Penn State Extension: Animals; Department of Animal Science or the College of Agriculture Sciences DAIRY CATTLE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS HEIFER GROWTH CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) MONITORING HEIFER GROWTH: GROWTH MONITOR EXCEL SPREADSHEETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture Sciences, Pennsylvania State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Growth Monitoring Spreadsheets" include "...Jersey - Heifer Group Growth Monitor Calculator; Brown Swiss - Heifer Group Growth Monitor Calculator; Ayrshire - Heifer Group Growth Monitor Calculator; Guernsey - Heifer Group Growth Monitor Calculator; Milking Shorthorn - Heifer Group Growth Monitor Calculator; Holstein - Calf Group Growth Monitor Calculator; Jersey - Calf Group Growth Monitor Calculator; Jersey - Individual Growth Monitor Calculator; Brown Swiss - Individual Growth Monitor Calculator; etc..." For more information see Heifers; Dairy Cattle Nutrition; Dairy Herd Management; Dairy; Penn State Extension: Animals; Department of Animal Science or the College of Agriculture Sciences DAIRY CATTLE BODY CONDITION SCORING CALCULATORS, APPLETS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), ETC. BODY CONDITION SCORES - M.A. Wattiaux, The Babcock Institute, International Dairy Research & Development, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Multimedia Body Condition Scores Guidelines (Text & Images). Body Condition "...is a subjective assessment of the amount of fat, or amount of stored energy, a cow carries. Body condition changes throughout the lactation cycle. Cows in early lactation are in negative energy balance and losing body condition..." Body Condition Score "...is a tool used to adjust feeding and management practices in order to maximize the potential for milk production and minimize reproductive disorders. A body condition score is assigned by visual observation of the cow's rump area-primarily the region delimited by the hip bones..." For more information see Babcock Dairy Essentials; Publications or The Babcock Institute DAIRY CATTLE BODY CONDITION SCORING SPREADSHEETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture Sciences, Pennsylvania State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Body Condition Scoring Spreadsheet Located in "Body Condition Scoring" Section. Body Condition Scoring Spreadsheets include "...Body Condition Spreadsheet for a Group of Cows; Body Condition Spreadsheet for a Group of Heifers; Body Condition Spreadsheet for One Cow; Body Condition Spreadsheet for One Heifer..." For more information see Nutrition & Feeding; Dairy Cattle Nutrition; Dairy Herd Management; Dairy; Penn State Extension: Animals; Department of Animal Science or the College of Agriculture Sciences

DAIRY CATTLE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS DAIRY COWS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS DAIRY BUDGET, COSTS, PROFIT CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) DAIRY MANAGEMENT CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) DAIRY PRODUCTION CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) NEW DAIRY FACILITY CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) DAIRY EXPANSION CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) New Dairy Facility NEW DAIRY FACILITY (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - A. deVines & R. Giesy, Florida Dairy Extension, Institute of Food & Agriculture Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. New Dairy Facility "...it is important for the potential dairy investor to consider long range goals. A realistic evaluation of the project will be determined not only by the data generated from the budgeting process, but also by the attitude of the potential investor..." Capital Budget for a New Dairy Facility Calculator INPUT Values include: Capital Expenditures "...Real Estate Costs; Construction Costs; Parlor Equipment Costs; Milking Equipment Costs; Milk Storage & Equipment Rooms Costs; Water System Costs; Electrical System Costs; Housing System Costs; Feeding System Costs; Site Development Costs; Wast Management Costs; Maternity & Calving Area Costs; Equipment Costs; etc..." Operating Information "...Revenues; Variable Expenses; Fixed Expenses; Financing..." Investment Analysis Summary "...Total, After-tax, Net Cash Income; Sources of Initial Invested Capital; Yearly, After-tax, Net Cash Income; etc..." For more information see Dairy Spreadsheets and Tools; Florida Dairy Extension or the Institute of Food & Agriculture Sciences (IFAS) Dairy Expansion DAIRY EXPANSION WORKBOOK (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - D. Martin, Beef Feedlot Specialist, Ontario Farm Management Analysis Project (OFMAP), Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs, Government of Ontario, Queen's Printer for Ontario, Ontario, Canada VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Dairy Expansion Workbook helps "...determine the feasibility of a farm expansion. By entering facility, loan, production and revenue/expense information a projected income statement produced for the expanded dairy farm..." Dairy Expansion Workbook Calculators include Expansion Proposal Calculator INPUT Values include: Expansion Costs "...Barn Construction Costs; Parlor Costs; Feed Costs; Manure Storage Costs; etc..." Livestock Purchases "...Number of Head to Expand Herd; Cost per Cow; etc..." Milk Pricing Information Calculator INPUT Values include: Deductions "...Transportation; Administration; Research; etc..." Component Tests "...Percentage of Butterfat; Protein; etc..." Over Quota Prices "...Butterfat; Protein; etc..." Expansion Economics Calculator INPUT Values include Farm Revenue: Current & Proposed "...Number of Cows - Milking and Dry; Milk Sold per Cow per Year; Daily Quota; Tillable Acres; Livestock Sales; etc..." Farm Expenses "...Purchased Livestock - Normal Replacements Costs; Purchased Feed Costs; Animal Health Costs; Breeding Costs; Marketing Costs; Transportation Costs; Custom Work Costs; Labour Costs; Machinery Expenses; Heat, Electricity and Telephone Costs; Taxes; etc..." Debt Servicing Calculator; Quota Options: Base Herd After Proposed Expansion Calculator; etc. For more information see Agriculture Business Management Tools & Calculators; Agriculture Business Management; Agriculture; Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs or the Government of Ontario Dairy Budgets, Management, Production, Profitability, etc. DAIRY 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. Examples of "Dairy Calculators" include Dairy Cow Budget Calculator (Dairy Enterprise Earnings Model Calculator) INPUT Values include; "...Months are in your period; Beginning herd size for milking and dry cows; Death Rate; Cull rate; Replacement rate; Percent of cows in milk; Salvage value of culls; etc..." Dairy Cost Analysis Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Average Number of Cows Milked Annually; Pounds of Milk Produced per Cow Annually; Average Price Milk, per Hundred Pounds; Number of Dairy Calves Born Annually; Average Value of Bull Calf Sold; Cost per Day per Calf for Starter Feed; Percent of Cows Culled Annually; etc..." Dairy Cow Cost Analysis Calculator; Dairy Waste Management Analysis Calculator; Dairy Heifer Cost Analysis Calculator; etc..." For more information see Tools By Landuse; NRCS Economics; Technical Resources or the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) DAIRY CALCULATORS - Rural NI Portal, Department and Rural Development (DARD), U.K. VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of Dairy Calculators include "...Dairy Cow Gross Margin Calculator; Forage Costings Calculator; Milk Protein Calculator; Milk Production from Grazed Grass Calculator; etc..." For more information see Agriculture Business Tools or the Rural NI Portal - Department and Rural Development (DARD) DAIRY CATTLE - FARM ANIMAL PRODUCTION MEDICINE (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Food Animal Production Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Dairy Cattle - Food Animal Production Medicine" Spreadsheets include "...Transition Cow Pen Size Calculator (Located in Clinical Info: Transition Cows Section); Mastitis Case Rate Summary - Mastitis Milk Quality Goal Form (Located in Clinical Info: Milk Quality Section); Footbath Dose Concentration Calculator (Located in Clinical Info: Milk Lameness Section); etc..." For more information see Food Animal Production Medicine or the School of Veterinary Medicine DAIRY COW BUDGETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: Eric Eberly, Farm Business Management Agent, Gordon Groover, Extension Economist, Farm Management and the Farm Business Management Staff, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Browse down to "Dairy Budgets". Examples from over "12" "Dariy Cow Budget Calculators include: "...Dairy Cow 18000 Lb Production Corn Silage Alfalfa Haylage Calculator; Dairy Cow 21000 Lb Production Corn Silage Alfalfa Haylage Calculator; Dairy Cow 24000 Lb Production Corn Silage Alfalfa Haylage Calculator; Dairy Cow 27000 Lb Production Corn Silage Alfalfa Haylage Calculator; Dairy Heifers Birth to Calving Calculator Calculator; etc..." For more information see Farm Business Management Livestock Budgets; Enterprise Budgets; Publications & Education Resources or the Virginia Cooperative Extension

PARLOR PLANNER SPREADSHEET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Pamela L. Ruegg, Department of Dairy Science, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin VERY EXTENSIVE. Parlor Planner Calculator INPUT Values include: Building and Equipment Costs "...Free Stall Barn Cost; Milking Center Building Cost; Milk House Equipment Cost; Milking Equipment Cost; Manure Handling and Storage..." Milking Task Times "...Release/Reload Side Time; Prep and Attach Units Time; Average Milkout Time; Detach and Post Dip Time; Milker Efficiency, Equipment Setup and Wash Time; Move Group from Barn Time; etc..." Production "...Milkings Per Day; Milk Production; Are Cows Grouped by Milking Time; Estimated Average Milkout Time; Number of Operators in Parlor; Hours Per Day of Feeding Stall Work; Labor Cost; Parlor Size, Stalls Per Side; etc...; etc. For more information see Milk Money; Milk Quality or the Department of Dairy Science DAIRY FARM FINANCIAL ANALYSIS (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Integrated Livestock Management, James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Dairy Farm Financial Analylsis Calculator INPUT Values include: Return "...Milk Sales for Year; Total Pounds of Milk Sold; Average Number of Heifers; etc..." Hedge Account; Gross Catele Sales & Purchases "...Cull Cow Sales; Calf Sales; Bull Sales; Cost of Bulls & Heifers Purchased; etc..." Feed Costs; Marketing Costs; Professional Fees Costs; Legal Fees & Records; Supply Costs; Utilities Costs; Repair Costs; Labor Costs; Taxes; Rent, Insurance; Depreciation; Capital Invesment; etc..." For more information see Benchmark Templates; Producer Information; Integrated Livestock Management or the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences DAIRY PRODUCTION (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - P.D. French, Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of Dairy Production Calculators include: "...Decision Analysis - Cost of Investments Calculator; Property Buying Calculator; Replacement Calculator; Budgeting for a New Dairy Calculator; Cow Valulation Calculator; Herd Size Projections for Expanded Herd Calculator; Nutrient Budgeting Calculator; etc..." For more information see Dairy Production Systems (ANS 440/540); Department of Animal Sciences or the College of Agricultural Sciences DAIRY PROFITABILITY DECISION MAKING TOOLS - CALCULATORS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Center for Dairy Profitability, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "30" Dairy Profitability Decision Making Tools include COSTCWT Calculator calculates "...the cost of producing milk per hundredweight equivalent..." COWVAL Calculator calculates "...how much you can afford to pay for a cow if she does not not add to overhead costs..." CULL Calculator "...Culling Guide: Determine when to cull a non-pregnant cow by calculating her contribution to fixed cost per day..." Dairy Proforma Calculator "...lets you look expansions, contractions, and/or changes in the way you do business..." ENTERBUD Calculator "...allows you to spread costs between milk, raising heifers and up to 5 cropping enterprises..." FSTMILK Calculator "...On Farm Milk Processing plan. This decision aid produces both a profitability and cash flow analysis..." MILKANA01 Calculator "...Cost Analysis of milk with different feed additives..." ROTATION Calculator "...Allows you to balance your dairy cow rations between alfalfa, corn silage, and soil nutrients..."; etc. For more information see the Center for Dairy Profitability DAIRY: INTERACTIVE ENTERPRISE BUDGETS (JAVA APPLETS) - B. Thomas & L. Ely, 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. Dairy Enterprise Budget Calculator INPUT Values include: Total Cost Budget Overview "...Total Number of Cows; Calving Interval in Months; Number of Lactations per Year; Average Butterfat Test; Cow Culling Rate; Cow Death Loss; Bull Calf Death Loss; Heifer Death Loss; etc..." Milking Herd, Dry Herd, Heifers Acres of Pasture; Pounds of Silage, Hay, Grain, Minerals, etc. per day; Pounds of Milk per Lactation & Price of Milk..." Variable Costs "...Hauling Milk; Organization Fees; eterinary & Medicine; Dairy Supplies; etc..." Fixed Costs "...Cows; Bred Heifers; Calves; Milking Parlor; Freestall Housing; Bulk Tank; Hay Shed; Tractors & Field Equipment; etc..." Receipts at Expected Output and Price Levels; Expected Breakeven; Risk Rated Returns over Total Costs; etc..." For more information see Interactive Enterprise Budgets; Extension Agriculture and Applied Economics; Cooperative Extension Service or the Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics DAIRY DECISION MAKING TOOLS: DAIRY REPLACEMENTS EVALUATION TOOLS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Author: J. Karzes (Pro-Dairy Program, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management); Decision Making Tools, Pro-Dairy Program, Dairy Management Program, Department of Animal Science, Cornell University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Dairy Replacements Evaluation Tools" include Daily Heifer Feed Cost Calculator "...is designed to help producers calculate what the daily heifer costs are for various rations and groups of heifers on the farm..." The program can calculate and summarize up to 9 different rations for the different groups of heifers within the replacement program..." ...The feed data is split between two types, grown versus purchased..." Dairy Replacement Enterprise Bottom Line Impact Calculator; Dairy Replacement Housing Evaluation Calculator; etc. For more information see the Pro-Dairy Program; Dairy Management Program or the Department of Animal Science DAIRY SPREADSHEETS & TOOLS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Florida Dairy Extension, Institute of Food & Agriculture Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida Examples of Dairy Spreadsheets and Tools include DairyVIP Calculator "...Evaluation of consequences of changes in herd management and prices on dairy farms..." Digesters Calculator "...Calculate the economic feasibility of anaerobic manure digesters on Florida dairy farms..." Heifer Value Calculator "...Calculate how much you can afford to pay for heifers..." Nutrient Budgeting Calculator etc. For more information see Florida Dairy Extension or the Institute of Food & Agriculture Sciences (IFAS) DAIRY SUPPORT TOOLS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Business Economics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Dairy Support Tools" include Insemination Management at Dairy Farms Calculator (Author: W. Steeneveld); Calculate the Herd Losses due to an Extended Calving Interval Calculator (Author: W. Steeneveld); Mastitis Managment at Dairy Farms Calculator (Author: H. Hogeveen); etc..." For more information see Research within Business Economics; Business Economics Group or Wageningen University

FANS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS DAIRY FARM COOLING SYSTEMS CALCULATORS & APPLETS DAIRY BARN VENTILATION CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SIMULATIONS HSF - INVESTING ON HIGH SPEED FANS FOR ADDITIONAL COOLING (DAIRY) - J. R. Bicudo, M.D. Montross & G. Rajput, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE), College of Agriculture & the College of Engineering, University of Kentucky VERY EXTENSIVE. Dairy Farm High Speed Fan Calculator "...analyzes the costs and returns for investing in high speed fans (HSF) on a dairy not presently utilizing cooling strategies..." Dairy Farm High Speed Fan Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Income Tax Rate; Rate of Return; Number of Fans; Fan Horsepower; Efficiency; Cost per Fan; etc..." For more information see Livestock Systems - Calculators & Tools; Livestock Engineering: Dairy; Livestock Systems; BAE Extension or the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) FENCING CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS DAIRY CATTLE FENCING CALCULATORS & APPLETS FENCING COST CALCULATOR: WOVEN & BARBED WIRE 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 Woven & Barbed Wire "...Enter values in the length calculator if pasture lay-out is reasonably regular. If the fence line is irregular because of boundaries, topography, etc., then enter the value directly under General Inputs..." Fencing Cost Calculator for Woven & Barbed Wire INPUT Values include: General INPUT Values "...Number of Acres; Length of Fence; Number of Corner Assemblies; Number of End Assemblies; Tractor Driven Posts; etc..." Material Costs "...Posts; Spacers; Woven Wire; Barbed Wire; Staples; etc..." Labor Costs "...Line Posts Labor Costs; Corner or End Assemblies Spacers Labor Costs; Woven Wire Unwind, Stretch, Fasten Labor Costs; Barbed Wire Unwind, Stretch, Fasten Labor Costs..." etc. For more information see Livestock Systems - Calculators & Tools; Livestock Systems; BAE Extension or the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) 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 "...Enter values in the length calculator if pasture lay-out is reasonably regular. If the fence line is irregular because of boundaries, topography, etc., then enter the value directly under General Inputs..." Fencing Cost Calculator for High Tensile Fences INPUT Values include: General INPUT Values "...Number of Acres; Length of Fence; Number of Corner Assemblies; Number of End Assemblies; Number of Wires of High Tensile Wire; Number of End or Corner Post Insulators per Corner Assembly & Per End Assembly; Tractor Driven Posts; etc..." Material Costs "...Posts: Line, Brace & Corner; Spacers or Battens; High Tensile Wire; Wire Strainers; Insulators; etc..." Labor Costs Line Posts Labor Costs; Corner or End Assemblies Labor Costs; Spacers Labor Costs; High Tensile Wire Unwind, Stretch & Fasten Labor Costs; etc. For more information see Livestock Systems - Calculators & Tools; Livestock Systems; BAE Extension or the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE)

MILK PRODUCTION CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) MASTITIS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) MILK INCOME, PROFIT, LOSS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) MILK UREA NITROGEN CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) ROBOTIC MILKING CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) Mastitis COST OF MASTITIS (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Author: J. Fetrow, Department of Dairy Science, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Cost of Mastitis Calculator INPUT Values include: Desired Level of Mastitis in the Herd; Herd Description "...Number of Heifers Milking; Number of Cows Milking; Average Number of Cows Milking; Average Number of Cows Dry; Herd Size - Milking and Dry; Average Milk Production Per Cow Per Day; Average Annual Somatic Cell Count; Actual Clinical Cases Per Month; Number of Clinical Mastitis Cases Per Month; etc..." Characteristics of a Clinical Case of Mastitis; etc. For more information see Milk Money; Programs; Milk Quality or the Department of Dairy Science Milk Production, Milk Price MILK PRICE SPREADSHEETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture Sciences, Pennsylvania State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. "Milk Price Spreadsheets" include "...Spreadsheet to Calculate Milk Price - Mideast Order; Spreadsheet to Calculate Milk Price - Northeast Order For more information see Nutrition & Feeding; Dairy Cattle Nutrition; Dairy Herd Management; Dairy; Penn State Extension: Animals; Department of Animal Science or the College of Agriculture Sciences MILK 2006 (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - R. Shaver, D. Undersander, E. Schwab1, P. Hoffman, J. Lauer, D. Combs & J. Coors, Department of Dairy Science & Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Extension & the University of Wisconsin, Madison VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. MILK 2006 "...Calculates Schwab-Shaver NE, Milk per ton, and Milk per acre using Excel..." MILK 2006 "...Milk per ton and milk per acre calculations provide relative rankings of forage samples, but should not be considered as predictive of actual milk responses in specific situations for the following reasons: (1) equations and calculations are simplified to reduce inputs for ease of use; (2) farm to farm differences exist; (3) genetic, dietary, and environmental differences affecting feed utilization are not considered..." For more information see Milk 2006 Home Page; Nutrition Spreadsheets; Nutrition or the Department of Dairy Science Pasteurization CALF MILK PASTEURIZATION EVALUATOR SPREADSHEET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: C. Jones & J. Heinrichs (Department of Dairy and Animal Science, Pennsylvania State University) and M. McGillard, C. Scott & B. James (Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Tech); Hosted by the: Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture Sciences, Pennsylvania State University Calf Milk Pasteurization Evaluator Spreadsheet "...This spreadsheet calculates the cost of owning and operating a calf milk pasteurizer as well as costs to feed milk replacer or whole, saleable milk..." "...also provides a comparison of the nutrients provided by milk replacer, waste milk, and whole milk..." For more information see Calves; Dairy Cattle Nutrition; Dairy Herd Management; Dairy; Penn State Extension: Animals; Department of Animal Science or the College of Agriculture Sciences True Protein - Crude Protein TRUE/CRUDE PROTEIN POUND CONVERSION - Holstein Association USA, Inc. True/Crude Protein Pound Conversion Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Total Milk (Pounds); Crude Protein (Pounds & Percentage); True Protein (Pounds & Percentage)..." For more information see the Site Map or the Holstein Association

NUTRITION CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) FOR DAIRY CATTLE DAIRY NUTRITION AND MANAGEMENT (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - P.H. Robinson, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Dairy Nutrition and Management" Calculators include "...Predicting Dry Matter Intake of Lactating Dairy Cows Calculator; Predicting Milk Losses Due to Lameness Calculator; Predicting The Energy Value Of Feedstuffs From Analyse Calculator; Predicting Protein Requirements of Lactating Dairy Cow Calculator; Calculating the Energy Requirements of Dairy Cows Calculator; etc..." For more information see Peter H. Robinson's Home Page or the Department of Animal Science EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE FEEDS USING PETERSEN'S EQUATIONS (JAVA APPLET) - Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs, Government of Ontario, Queen's Printer for Ontario, Ontario, Canada VERY EXTENSIVE. Evaluating Alternative Feeds Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Feedstuff; Percentage of Dry Matter; Percentage TDN on a Dry Matter Basis; Percentage CP on a Dry Matter Basis; Price of Corn & Soybean Meal; Precentage Dry Matter for Corn & Soybeam Meal; Percentage Crude Protein for Corn & Soybeam Meal; etc..." For more information see Interactives; Agriculture; Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs or the Government of Ontario NUTRITION (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin Multimedia Dairy Cattle Nutrition Presentations, Publications, & Spreadsheets (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Nutrition or the Department of Dairy Science Examples from over "8" Dairy Cattle Nutrition Calculators include MILK2006 Calculator - Authors: W.T. Howard & R.D. Shaver MILK2006 Corn Silage Calculator "...Calculates TDN-1x, NEL-3x, Milk per ton, and Milk per acre..." FEEDVAL Calculator - Authors: W.T. Howard & R.D. Shaver FEEDVAL Calculator "...Comparative Values Calculated from Crude Protein, TDN, Ca, and P (Referee Feeds Used to Calculate Value of Nutrients)..." FEEDVAL4 Calculator - Authors: W.T. Howard & R.D. Shaver FEEDVAL4 Calculator "...Feed Comparative Values Calculated from Protein (UIP), TDN, Fat, Calcium, and Phosphorus..." HEIFER2 Calculator - W.T. Howard, P.C. Hoffman & R.D. Shaver HEIFER2 Calculator "...Ration Formulation or Analysis for Replacement Heifers..." PRICER Calculator - Authors: W.T. Howard & R.D. Shaver PRICER Calculator "...Calculates MAXIMUM Price for Forage Based on a Base Forage..." TMR PLAN (DAIRY) - J. R. Bicudo, G. Rajput, L.W. Turner, D.G. Overhults, D. Amaral-Phillips and J. Zulovich, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE), College of Agriculture & the College of Engineering, University of Kentucky VERY EXTENSIVE. Total Mixed Ration Calculator "...analyzes the costs and returns for investing in a total mixed ration (TMR) feed mixing and delivery system on a dairy not presently utilizing a TMR feeding system..." Total Mixed Ration (TMR) Calculator INPUT Values include: Animal & Nutritional Inputs "...Herd Size; Rolling Herd Average; Expected Production Increase & Feed Wastage; Average Daily Feed Costs; etc..." Equipment & Facility Inputs "...TMR Mixer Size; Tractor Costs; Storage Costs; Processing Costs; Renovation Costs..." Management Inputs "...Nmber of Feeding Groups; Hourly Rate for Labour; etc..." For more information see Livestock Systems - Calculators & Tools; Livestock Engineering: Dairy; Livestock Systems; BAE Extension or the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) DAIRY CATTLE NITROGEN EXCRETION CALCULATORS & APPLETS DAIRY CATTLE NITROGEN EXCRETION CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Nitrogen Management on Dairy Farms, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Department of Animal Science, Cornell University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Dairy Cattle Nitrogen Excretion Calculator "...enables users to quickly characterize rations, individual dairy cattle, and groups of dairy cattle to predict the N partitioned to growth, milk production, pregnancy, urine, and feces..." Dairy Cattle Nitrogen Excretion Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Animal Type; Age; Body Weight; Age of First Calving; Days Pregnant; Milk Production; Milk Protein; Milk Fat; Inputted ADG & DMI; Percentage of Urine in Manure; Percentage of Nitrogen Volatilized in Barn; Percentage of Diet that is Home Grown; Percentage of Forage in Diet; etc..." For more information see Precision Feed Management to Reduce Excess Nitrogen on the Farm; Dairy Herd N Management; Concerns about N Losses or Nitrogen Management on Dairy Farms PASTURE WATER CALCULATORS & APPLETS FOR DAIRY CATTLE 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 "...Allows calculation of pipe diameter and water pressure on up to four water points fed by gravity..." Pasture Water Calculator INPUT Values include "...Number of Cattle; Water Intake (Gallons per Animal per Day); Drinking time (Minutes per Day); Pipe diameter; Friction factor; etc..." For more information see Livestock Systems - Calculators & Tools; Livestock Systems; BAE Extension or the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) 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 "...Allows calculation of pipe diameter and water pressure on up to four water points fed by city water..." Pasture Water Calculator INPUT Values include "...Number of Cattle; Water Intake (Gallons per Animal per Day); Drinking time (Minutes per Day); Pipe diameter; Friction factor; Pressure at City Water Line..." For more information see Livestock Systems - Calculators & Tools; Livestock Systems; BAE Extension or the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE)

Deer

Deer Production Costs, Budget, Profit, etc. Deer Age ~ Deer Weight Deer Spotlight Survey for Deer Sex Ratio, Deer Population Composition, Deer Density, etc. Antelope, Caribou, Deer, Reindeer, Elk, Muskox & Yak (Production, Farming, Breeds, Vaccinations, etc. Courses, Lessons, Publications, Technical Reports, etc.)

Deer DEER RELATED CENTERS FOR DEER GENETICS, CLINICAL MEDICINE (CARDIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, SURGERY, ETC.), DRUGS/PHARMACOLOGY, ANIMAL DISEASES & VIRUSES, ANIMAL SCIENCE, RANCH MANAGEMENT ETC. SEE THE VETERINARY CENTER FOR DEER, ELK & ANTELOPE BREEDS, BRAIN ATLASES, FARMING, CARE & HANDLING ETC. SEE THE LIVESTOCK CENTER: ANTELOPE, CARIBOU, DEER, REINDEER, ELK, MUSKOX & YAK DEER CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS DEER COSTS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) DEER BUDGET CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) DEER PROFIT CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) DEER PRODUCTION & MARKETING (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 EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Deer" Calculators include "...Exotic Deer Costs of Production Calculator (Startup Size Operations); Exotic Deer Costs of Production Calculator (Commercial Size Operation); Doe Herd Stockers Startup Deer Costs; Doe Herd Stockers Commerical Deer Costs; etc..." For more information see Rural Business Central or Texas Extension Agricultural Economics DEER AGE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS HOW OLD IS MY DEER - W. Jensen & C. Bihrle and hosted by the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, North Dakota, a Division of the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Government Multimedia Deer Age Publication (Text & Images). How Old is My Deer includes: "...How to Age Your Deer; Tooth Identification Basics; Through the Ages ..." For more information see Mammals; Biological Resources; Site Map or the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center DEER WEIGHT CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS ESTIMATE DEER WEIGHT CALCULATOR - Jackson Frozen Food Locker Deer Weight Calculator "...determines your deer's estimated live weight, field dressed weight, hanging weight..." For more information see Ask the Meatman DEER SPOTLIGHT SURVEY CALCULATORS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS DEER SPOTLIGHT SURVEY CALCULATOR - The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. Deer Spotlight Survey Calculator is "...A tool to interpret data from a deer spotlight survey such as sex ratio, population composition and deer density..." For more information see Agriculture Tools or The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.

Goat

Goat Breeding, Pregnancy Goat Costs, Budget, Profit, Marketing, etc. Goat Nutrition Goat Databases, Guides, Handbooks, Lessons, Manuals, Publications, Technical Reports (Breeds, Anatomy, Husbandry, Care & Handeling, Vaccinations, etc.)

Goat GOAT RELATED CENTERS FOR GOAT GENETICS, CLINICAL MEDICINE (CARDIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, SURGERY, ETC.), DRUGS/PHARMACOLOGY, ANIMAL DISEASES & VIRUSES, ANIMAL SCIENCE, RANCH MANAGEMENT ETC. SEE THE VETERINARY CENTER FOR GOAT BREEDS & MARKET CLASSES, ANATOMY, CARE & HANDLING ETC. SEE THE LIVESTOCK CENTER: GOATS GOAT PREGNANCY CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS GESTATION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS BREEDING CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS GOAT VACCINE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS BREEDING/KIDDING RECORD SHEET & CALCULATOR - Fias Co Farm Breeding Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Does List; Dates Each Doe Goes into Heat Doe's Pregnancy Confirmation; Date Doe is Bred..." Breeding Calculator OUTPUT values include: "...Date of Next Breeding Opportunity; Warning Dates; Start Date for a Doe to be moved to a Kidding Stall at Night; etc..." For more information see Goat Health & Husbandry or the Fias Co Farm KIDDING DUE DATE & VACCINES DUE BEFORE KIDDING - CALCULATORS - Fias Co Farm Kidding Due Date Calculator "...is based on an 150 day gestation..." For more information see Goat Health & Husbandry or the Fias Co Farm Examples of Vaccines Due Before Kidding Calculators include 1st Selenium/Vitamin E shot - 5 weeks before kidding Enterotoxemia & Tetanus vaccine - 5 weeks before kidding GESTATION CALCULATOR - National Pygmy Goat Association Goat Gestation Calculator " ...may range from 145-155 days..." For more information see the National Pygmy Goat Association DUE DATE (GESTATION) CALCULATOR - KLS Boer Goats Goat Gestation Calculator "...may range from 145-155 days..." For more information see the The Boer & Meat Goat Information Center GOAT CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS GOAT BUDGET, COSTS, PROFIT CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) DAIRY GOAT CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) MEAT GOAT CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) Goat Marketing, Goat and Kid Budgets, Kid Feeding Budgets GOAT MARKETING SPREADSHEETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Multimedia Goat Marketing Spreadsheets include 1. Calculating Returns from Auctions (Selling weaned kids by the head at 3 different selection grades through a regional livestock auction) Input Values include "...Live Weight; Price per Head; Price Received per Pound; Commission; Yardage Fee; Transport of Hauling Costs; etc..." 2. Calculating Returns from Broker or Co-op (Selling kids and lambs to a farmer owned cooperative or a livestock broker where a commission is taken and penalty is taken on larger animals but they are still accepted) Input Values include "...Live Weight; Dressing Percentage; Dressed Weight; Price per Pound; Total Price; Marketing Fee Percentage; Marketing Fee; etc..." 3. Calculating Returns from Dealers and Wholesalers (Spreadsheet for selling Easter kids and lambs to a dealer or operating yourself as a wholesaler) Input Values include "...Live Weight; Price per Pound; Price Received by Farmer; Live Animal Transport Cost for Dealer Per Pound; LIve Goat Transport Costs; Dressing Percentage; etc..." 4. Calculating Returns from Retail Sales (Suckling lambs or kids at two dressing percentages and two different shrinks from hot to cold carcass) For more information see Marketing Goat Products; Goat Resources List; Goat Resources; Goat Management or the Department of Animal Science Dairy Goats Costs, Budget, Profit, etc. DAIRY GOAT ENTERPRISE BUDGET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Center for Integrated Agriculture Systems (CIAS), University of Wisconsin, Madison VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Spreadsheet Located at Bottom of Page Dairy Goat Budget Calculator helps "...farmers make financial and management decisions about new or existing dairy goat enterprises..." Dairy Goat Budget Calculator INPUT Values include: Receits "...Goat Milk Sales; Culled Does; Slaughter Goats Sales; Dairy Doe Sales; Buck Sales; Wool Sales; Manure Sales; etc..." Variable Costs "...Feed Costs; Bedding Costs; Trucking Costs; Insurance Costs; Power Costs; Fuel Costs; etc..." Fixed Costs "...Buildings Costs; Portable Buildings Costs; Equipment Costs; Processing Building Costs; Equipment Costs; Labor Costs; Management Costs; Capital Recovery Charge; etc..." For more informaton see Enterprise Budgets; Economics or the Center for Integrated Agriculture Systems (CIAS) Meat Goats Costs, Budget, Profit, etc. MEAT GOAT BUDGET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Author: T. McConnell, Agriculture & Natural Resources, WVU Extension Service, West Virginia University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Meat Goat Budget Calculator INPUT Values include: Assumptions "...Kidding Percentage; Loss to Weaning; Replacement Rate; Number of Does; etc..." Income "...Market Goats Sold; Cull Does; etc..." Variable Costs "...Hay Costs; Grain for Doe Lactating Costs; Grain for Dry Does & Kids Costs; De-worming Costs; Marketing Costs; Trucking Costs; Medical Costs; etc..." Fixed Costs "...Doe & Buck Costs; Housing Costs; Equipment Costs; Fencing Costs; Labor Costs; etc..." etc. For more information see Farm Management - Decision Making Templates (Spreadsheets); Farm Management - Farm/Risk Management; Agriculture & Natural Resources or the WVU Extension Service MEAT GOAT ENTERPRISE BUDGETS (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: L. Meyer & T. Hutchens, Department of Agriculture Economics, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Meat Goat Budgets include: Low Intensity; Medium Intensity; Intensive/High Productivity..." Meat Goat Budget Calculator INPUT Values include: Projected Costs and Returs per Nanny "...Kidding Rate; Kid Death Rate; Nanny Replacement Rate; Fall Kids; Spring Kids; Cull Nannies; etc.." Variable Costs per Nanny Pasture Costs; Hay Costs; Corn Costs; Protein Supplement Costs; Salt & Trace Minerals Costs; Bedding Costs; etc..." Fixed Costs per Nanny "...Depreciation; Taxes;, etc..." etc. For more information see Archived Budgets; Budgets/Decision Aids or the Department of Agriculture Economics GOAT BUDGETS: MEAT GOATS CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: Eric Eberly, Farm Business Management Agent, Gordon Groover, Extension Economist, Farm Management and the Farm Business Management Staff, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VERY EXTENSIVE. Scroll Down to "GOAT BUDGETS". Examples of "Meat Goat Calculator" INPUT Values include Gross Receipts "...Kids; Kids; Cull Does; Cull Buck..." Variable Costs "...Alfalfa Hay, Bloom; Mixed Hay, 2nd Cutting; Grass Hay, Average ; Corn Grain; Limestone; Grinding & Mixing; Salt & Mineral; Vet & Medicine $/Head Head; Replacement Buck Head; Haul Cull Goats Head; Market Cull Goats; Haul Kids; Market Kids; Building & Fence Repairs; Utilities Head; Machinery (Non-Crop) Head; Labor; etc..." For more information see Farm Business Management Livestock Budgets; Enterprise Budgets; Publications & Education Resources or the Virginia Cooperative Extension GOAT NUTRITION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS FOR GOATS - CALCULATORS - Authors: T.A. Gipson & A.L. Goetsch., E (Kika) de la Garza Institute for Goat Research, Agricultural Research and Extension Programs, Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Multimedia Nutrient Requirements for Goats Calculators (Text & Images). Goat Nutrition Calculators Major Categories include: "...Energy Nutrition Calculators; Protein Nutrition Calculators; Energy Requirement Adjustments Nutrition Calculators; Feed Intake Nutrition Calculators; Diet Formulation Nutrition Calculators; etc..." For more information see the E (Kika) de la Garza Institute for Goat Research; Langston University Agricultural Research and Extension Programs or Langston University Some examples from over "25" Goat Nutrition Calculators include Energy Calculator Energy Calculator "...Metabolizable Energy (ME) Requirement For Growing Goats: Meat, Dairy, And Indigenous; Less than 1.5 Years Of Age..." Protein Calculator Protein Calculator "...Metabolizable Protein (MP) And Crude Protein (CP) Requirements Of Mature Goats: Meat, Dairy, and Indigenous; Non-lactating and Lactating..." Energy Requirement Adjustments Calculator Energy Requirement Adjustments Calculator: "...Metabolizable Energy (ME) Required for Grazing Activity..." Feed Intake Calculator Feed Intake Calculator "...Feed Intake by Angora Goats: Non-lactating, Not in Late Pregnancy..." Total Mixed Ration Calculator Total Mixed Ration Calculator

Horse - Equine

Equine Semen Dilution ~ Equine Genetics: Coat Color Foaling Date, Mare Care Horse Costs, Horse Budgets, Horse Prifits, Horse Boarding, Horse Management, Breeding Stallion, Broodmare, etc. Height & Weight ~ Nutrition Horse, Donkey, Mule Databases, Guides, Handbooks, Lessons, Manuals, Publications, Technical Reports (Breeds, Anatomy, Reproduction, Care & Handling, etc.)

Horse - Equine HORSE - EQUINE RELATED CENTERS FOR HORSE - EQUINE GENETICS, CLINICAL MEDICINE (CARDIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, SURGERY, ETC.), DRUGS/PHARMACOLOGY, ANIMAL DISEASES & VIRUSES, ANIMAL SCIENCE, RANCH MANAGEMENT ETC. SEE THE VETERINARY CENTER FOR HORSE - EQUINE BREEDS, ANATOMY, CLINICAL EXAMINATION & CLINICAL COURSES, CARE & HANDLING ETC. SEE THE LIVESTOCK CENTER: HORSE - EQUINE EQUINE SEMEN DILUTION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS EQUINE SEMEN EXTENDING CALCULATOR - Anzac Design & Equine-Reproduction.com Equine Semen Extending Calculator INPUT Values include Ejaculate Details "...Collection Date & Time; Volume; Sperm Concentration; Sperm Progressive Motility..." Shipping Parameters "...Number of Insemination Doses in each Shipment; Targeted Number of Sperm in each Dose; Final Desired Extended Concentration; Semen Extender Used; Antibiotic Used in the Extender; etc..." For more information see Equine-Reproduction.com EQUINE GENETICS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS HORSE GENETICS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS HORSE COAT COLOR CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS COAT COLOR CALCULATOR - Animal Genetics Inc. VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Horse Coat Color Calculator - Equine Coat Color Calculator "...will give you the possible offspring coat colors and their probabilities when given the parents coat color and pattern information..." For more information see Equine Testing or Animal Genetics Inc. HORSE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS EQUINE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS FOALING DATE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS HORSE VACCINATION CALCULATORS & GUIDELINES MARE PREGNANCY CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS MARE CARE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS MARE VACCINATION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS FOALING DATE, MARE CARE & PREGNANT MARE VACCINATIONS - Shenandoah Miniature, Training and Foaling Center Foaling Date, Mare Care & Pregnant Mare Vaccinations Calculators include: "...Ultrasound Date; Palpation Dates; Vaccine Dates for Pregnant Mare Rhino Vaccination; Estimated Due Date..." For more information see Shenandoah Miniature Training and Foaling Center FOALING DATE & MARE CARE CALCULATOR - Tim & Darcy McMillen, Dun City Quarter Horses, Imbler, Oregon Foaling Date Calculator & Mare Care Calculator includes: "...Ultrasound Date; Palpation Dates; Prodigy Dates; Vaccine Updates; Estimated Due Date,..." For more information see Dun City Quarter Horses FOALING DATE ESTIMATOR - Gaited Horses, Fairwind WebPages Foaling Date Calculators include: "...Ultrasound Date, Palpation Dates, Vaccine Dates for Pregnant Mare Equine Rhinopneumonitis Vaccination; Estimated Due Date..." For more information see Gaited Horses FOALING DATE CALCULATOR & NUMBER OF DAYS MARE IN FOAL CALCULATOR - Steinbeck Country Equine Clinic Includes: "...Foaling Date Calculator; Number of Days Mare in Foal Calculator..." For more information see Steinbeck Country Equine Clinic AAEP GUIDELINES FOR VACCINATION FOR HORSES (PDF) - American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Multimedia Horse Vaccination Guidelines (Text & Images). Horse Vaccination Guidelines for "...Foals; Weanlings; Yearlings; Performance Horses; Pleasure Horses; Broodmares..." Disease/Vaccines include "...West Nile Virus; Tetanus toxoid; Encephalomyelitis; Influenza; Rhinopneumonitis; Strangles; Rabies; etc..." For more information see the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) HORSE VACCINATION SCHEDULE - EQUINE VACCINATION SCHEDULE - W.D. Wilson, Center for Equine Health, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine; University of California, Davis Multimedia Horse Vaccination Schedule - Equine Vaccination Schedule (Text & Images). Horse Vaccination Guidelines for Adult Horses; Yearlings; Weanlings; Foals. Disease/Vaccines include "...Tetanus toxoid; Encephalomyelitis; West Nile Virus; Influenza; Rhinopneumonitis; Strangles; Rabies; Rotavirus A; Equine Herpesvirus-1; etc..." For more information see Center for Equine Health; Department of Medicine and Epidemiology or the School of Veterinary Medicine HORSE BUDGET, COSTS, PROFIT CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) EQUINE BUDGET, COSTS, PROFIT CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) HORSE MANAGEMENT CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) EQUINE MANAGEMENT CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) HORSE BOARDING CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) Horse Boarding Calculators BOARDING HORSE BUDGET CALCULATOR: RECREATIONAL & COMMERCIAL - 6 STALL (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - R.C. Lacy, G.Heusner & N. McGlohon, Extension Agriculture and Applied Economics, Cooperative Extension Service, Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia VERY EXTENSIVE. 6 Stall Boarding Horse Budget Calculator (Recreational & Commercial) INPUT Values include Income; Variable Costs - Expenses "...Pasture (Horses per Acre); Hay; Feed; Shavings; Veterinary; Supplies; Labor; Repairs & Maintenances; Utilities; etc..." Fixed Costs "...Buildings Fixed Costs; Equipment Fixed Costs; etc..." For more information see Budgets in Microsoft Excel; Computer Spreadsheet Budgets; Computer Decision Aids; Extension Agricultural & Applied Economics; Cooperative Extension Service or the Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics BOARDING HORSE BUDGET CALCULATOR: COMMERCIAL - 20 STALL (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - R.C. Lacy, G.Heusner & N. McGlohon, Extension Agriculture and Applied Economics, Cooperative Extension Service, Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia VERY EXTENSIVE. 20-Stall Boarding Horse Enterprise Estimated Annual Costs & Returns Calculator INPUT Values include Income; Variable Costs - Expenses "...Pasture (Horses per Acre); Hay; Feed; Shavings; Veterinary; Supplies; Labor; Repairs & Maintenances; Utilities; etc..." Fixed Costs "...Buildings Fixed Costs; Equipment Fixed Costs; etc..." For more information see Budgets in Microsoft Excel; Computer Spreadsheet Budgets; Computer Decision Aids; Extension Agricultural & Applied Economics; Cooperative Extension Service or the Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics Horse Budgets Calculators - Ranch Horse Enterprise Calculators HORSE BUDGETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: Eric Eberly, Farm Business Management Agent, Gordon Groover, Extension Economist, Farm Management and the Farm Business Management Staff, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Scroll Down to "HORSE BUDGETS". Examples of "Horse Budget Calculators" include Breeding Stallion Live Foal Guarantee Calculator; Brood Mare Marketing Yearlings Calculator; Horse Boarding Operation Full Service Calculator; Horse Boarding Operation Self Service Calculator; Pleasure Horse Boarded at Full Service Barn Calculator; Pleasure Horse Boarded at Self Service Barn Calculator; etc..." For more information see Farm Business Management Livestock Budgets; Enterprise Budgets; Publications & Education Resources or the Virginia Cooperative Extension RANCH HORSE ENTERPRISE BUDGET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - D. Griffith & S. Gagnon, Farm Management, Extension Economics, MSU Extension Service, & the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Scroll Down to "Ranch Horse Enterprise Budget". Ranch Horse Enterprise Budget Calculator "...allows the user to estimate the development costs, or the profitability of a ranch horse development enterprise. The user is required to enter the operating and ownership costs that apply to a ranch horse enterprise..." Examples of "Ranch Horse Enterprise Budget Calculator" INPUT Values include Current Inventory of Horses (Working & Pleasure); Cash Income by Type of Horse; Cash Operating Expenses Feed; Veterinarian & Medicine; Hired Labor & Contracted Services; Other Operating Expenses; etc..." Feed Expense Schedule "...Grass/Alfafa Mix; Grass Hay; Oats; Mixed Feed; Salt & Minerals; etc..." Animal Health Program Schedule "...Fly Spray; Deworming; Vet Vists; EIA/Coggins; Hormone Treatment; etc..." Labor Hours Budget Schedule "...Horses; Buildings; Grounds; Lab; Feed Hauling; Transporation; etc..." Vet Labor Activities Schedule "...AI; Pasture Breeding; Hand Breed; ET Program; Fertility Testing; Preg Testing; Vacinating; Deworming; Dental Care; Emergencies; etc..." Capital Investment & Estimated Expense for Annual Debt Service Schedule "...Horses; Saddles; Bridles; Blankets; Halters; Supplies; Owners House; Employee Housing; Out Builidings; Fencing; Pasture Land; Hay Land; Vehicles; Trailers; etc..." For more information see Software Downloads; Farm Management or Extension Economics HORSE HEIGHT CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS, VIDEOS, ETC. HORSE WEIGHT CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS, VIDEOS, ETC. Horse Height Calculators, Spreadsheets, etc. HORSE HEIGHT CALCULATOR - OnlineConversion.com Horse Height Calculator INPUT Values include "...Height in Hands OR Height in Inches..." Horse Height Calculator OUTPUT Values include "...Height in Hands; Inches, Feet, Centimeters or Meters..." For more information see OnlineConversion.com Horse Weight Calculators, Spreadsheets, etc. ADULT HORSE WEIGHT CALCULATOR - The Horse, Blood-Horse Publications, Lexington, Kentucky Multimedia Horse Weight Calculator (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Adult Horse Weight Calculator" Videos include "...Learn How to Measure Your Horse Video..." Adult Horse Weight Calculator INPUT Values include "...Measure Heart Girth; Measure Body Length..." For more information see Health Tools and Resources or The Horse ESTIMATE YOUR HORSE'S WEIGHT - Gaited Horses Horse Weight Calculator "...The weight of your horse is the basic guide to calculating balanced rations, the single most necessary factor for sound health and good peformance..." Horse Weight Calculator INPUT Values include: Girth "...circumference of the horse's body about 4" behind its front legs..." Length "...measured in a straight line from the point of shoulder to the buttocks..." For more information see Gaited Horses HORSE NUTRITION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS EQUINE NUTRITION CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) BAILEYS HORSE FEED CALCULATOR - Baileys Horse Feed, U.K. Horse Feed Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Horses Bodyweight; Length; Heart Girth; Workload & Condition..." For more information see Baileys Horse Feed HORSE FEEDING CALCULATOR - Purina Mills, LLC. VERY EXTENSIVE Horse Feeding Calculator INPUT Values include: Weight; Horses Lifestyle "...Performance; Show; Brood Mare: Gestation, Laction, etc.; Stallion: Breeding; Weanling; Yearling..." Horse Feeding Calculator output values include: "...Complete Foods; Feed Sources with Hay; Hay; etc..." For more information see Horse Nutrition

Pig - Swine

Budget, Profit, Finishing Costs, Feed Costs Water Replacement ~ Nutrition ~ Carcass Yields, Pricing Pig Databases, Guides, Handbooks, Lessons, Manuals, Publications, Technical Reports (Breeds, Anatomy, Production, Care & Handling, etc.)

Pig - Swine PIG - SWINE RELATED CENTERS FOR PIG - SWINE GENETICS, CLINICAL MEDICINE (CARDIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, SURGERY, ETC.), DRUGS/PHARMACOLOGY, ANIMAL DISEASES & VIRUSES, ANIMAL SCIENCE, RANCH MANAGEMENT ETC. SEE THE VETERINARY CENTER FOR PIG - SWINE BREEDS & MARKET CLASSES, ANATOMY, CLINICAL EXAMINATION, PRODUCTION, NUTRITION, CARE & HANDLING ETC. SEE THE LIVESTOCK CENTER: PIG - SWINE SWINE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS PIG CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) HOGS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) BOAR CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) SOW CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) BUDGET, COSTS, PRIFIT CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) PIG FEED COSTS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) PIG BIOSECURITY CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) HOGS: 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. Hog Farrow to Finish-Total Confinement-Total Cost Budget Calculator INPUT Values include: Total Cost Budget "...Number of Females & Boars, Number of Pigs Weaned per Female per Year; Post Weaning Death Loss; Sow Culling Percentage; Selling Weight of Cull Sows & Market Hogs; etc..." Variable Costs "...Sow & Boar Feed Costs; Market Hog Feed Costs; Veterinary Costs; Medicine Costs; Utilities Costs; Fuel Costs; Equipment & Truck Expenses; etc..." Investment and Annual Fixed Costs "...Number of Females & Boars; Costs, Salvage, Years & Depreciation for Sows & Boars; Farrowing Buiding & Equipment Costs; Nursery Building & Equipment Costs; Finishing Building & Equipment Costs; Gestation Building & Equipment Costs; Laggons Costs; etc..." Breakenven; Expected Return From Market Hog Sales; Risk Rated Returns over Total Cost. For more information see Interactive Enterprise Budgets; Extension Agriculture and Applied Economics; Cooperative Extension Service or the Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics LIVESTOCK ENTERPRISE BUDGETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Ag Decision Maker, Iowa State University Extension, Iowa State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Pig Decision Calculators - Swine Decision Calculators include "...Farrow-to-Finish Calculator; Finishing Feeder Pigs Calculator; Producing Weaned 12 lb Pigs Calculator; Finishing Weaned 12 lb Pigs Calculator..." For more information see Livestock Decisiong Tools; Ag Decision Maker or the Iowa State University Extension PIGNET SWINE ENTERPRISE BUDGET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: W.F. Lazarus & R. Koehler; Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. PIGNET Swine Enterprise Budget Calculators include: Swine Budget Calculator INPUT Values include: Projected Annual Budget Per Pig Sold: Income "...Weaned Pigs; Nursery Pigs; Seedstock Sales; Value of Raised Gilts kept for Breeding; etc..." Operating Costs "...Feed Costs; Utilities Costs; Fuel Costs; Repairs Costs; Veterinary Costs; Medicine Costs; Trucking Costs; Manure Disposal Costs; Breeding/Genetic Charge Costs; Professional Fees; etc..." Facility Ownership Costs; Breakeven Selling Price for Market Hogs "...Initial Investment in Breeding Herd, Buildings, Equipment, etc.." Return based on Initial Investment; etc. Production Contracts Per Pig Sold: Grower "...Operating and Ownership Costs; Facility & Machinery Lease; Labor Costs; etc..." Production Contracts Per Pig Sold: Contractor "...Feed Costs; Trucking Costs; Marketing Costs; etc..."; etc. Pig Flow Summary by Farrow Calculator; General Information Worksheet; Production Flow Estimate Calculator; Quantities and Prices of Feed in more Detail Worksheet; etc. For more information see Decision Tools; William F. Lazarus's Home Page or the Department of Applied Economics SWINE BUDGETS - NICHE PORK PRODUCTION (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. Scroll Down to "SWINE BUDGETS". Examples of "Niche Pork Production Calculator" INPUT Values include Gross Receipts "...Feeder Pigs; Light Market Hogs; Market Hogs; Heavy Market Hogs; Cull Gilts & Sows; etc..." Variable Costs "...Barley; Corn; Wheat; 48% SBOM 0.0%; Pig Grower 0.0% Ton; Hog Finisher 0.0% Ton; Trace Min./Vit.; Limestone; Salt; Antibotic (Fed); Grinding & Mixing; Vet & Medicine $/Head Head; Replacement Boar Head; Market Cull Hogs $/Head Head; Marketing Charge $/Head Head; Building & Fence Repairs Head; Utilities Head; Machinery (Non-Crop) Head; Labor Acres per Sow; etc..." Price Sensitivity Analysis; etc. For more information see Farm Business Management Livestock Budgets; Enterprise Budgets; Publications & Education Resources or the Virginia Cooperative Extension SWINE PRODUCTION CALCULATORS - ANSC COMPUTER TEMPLATE SWINE (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Animal Science Department - Extension Swine, Animal Science Extension, Department of Animal Science, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Swine Production Calculators" (Swine Computer Templates) include STUDS Calculator: Examples of STUDS Calculator (Compares cost of semen between on-farm, fee-for service, cooperative, and commercialboar studs) INPUT Values include Production "...Length of production period analyzed; Biological Parameters; Farrowing Facility & Management Parameters; etc..." On Farm Stud "...Input data for isolation phase; List of Artificial Insemination Equipment Costs; etc..." Cooperative; Fee For Service; Commercial Stud; etc. BOARSTUD Calculator: Examples of BOARSTUD Calculator (Calculates cost to construct and operate a boar stud) INPUT Values include "...Estimated Cost to Construct a Boar Isolation Facility; Main Boar Stud Facility Costs; Estimated Costs for Artifical Insemination Equipment and Supplies; etc..." COMSTUD Calculator: Compares cost of on-farm semen to commercial semen; SEWMODE Calculator: Simulator model for producing SEW pigs;...etc. For more information see Animal Science Department - Extension Swine - (Animal Science Swine Page); Animal Science Extension or the Department of Animal Science SWINE SPREADSHEETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Swine Research & Education, Department of Animal & Food Sciences, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Swine Spreadsheets include "...Experimental Animal Allotment Program (EAAP) Spreadsheet "...A spreadsheet program for allotting experimental animals in a user-assigned design..." Feed Intake Correction Spreadsheet "...A spreadsheet for estimating individual feed intake of group-fed animals and correcting pen feed intake..." AA Limiting Order Spreadsheet "...A spreadsheet for identifying the limiting amino acids in various combinations of feed ingredients for swine..." For more information see Swine or the Department of Animal & Food Sciences THE SOW LONGEVITY CALCULATOR: FARROW-FINISH (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. Examples of "Sow Longevity Calculator" INPUT Values include "...Price of Gilt; Development Costs; Gilt Price; Number of Pigs Born Alive per Litter; Birth to Weaning Death Loss; Nursery Death Loss; Grow Finish Death Loss; Weight of Gilts at Culling; Dollars per Hundred Weight of Cull Gilts; etc..." For more information see Computer Decision Aids; Extension Agricultural & Applied Economics; Cooperative Extension Service or the Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics Pig Feed Costs - Swine Feed Costs WHAT IS YOUR FEED COST PER PIG? - Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs, Government of Ontario, Queen's Printer for Ontario, Ontario, Canada VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Feed Cost Per Pig Calculator" INPUT Values include: "...Feed Costs; Feed Conversion; Beginning Weight of Pig; Ending Weight of Pig..." For more information see Interactives; Agriculture; Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs or the Government of Ontario

SWINE WATER USAGE CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) PIG WATER USAGE CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) UNIVERISTY OF NEBRASKA AND IOWA PORK INDUSTRY CENTER (IPIC) WATER USAGE CHART (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - S. Colgan & M. Brumm, Northeast Research and Extension Center and hosted by Nebraska Pork Central, University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska VERY EXTENSIVE. Swine Water Usage Calculator (Pig Water Usage Calculator) is "...a management tool for pork producers. This program creates a form to record daily water meter readings and chart these readings...." "...Focus of this tool: use daily water disappearance as a measure of the growth process for groups of pigs. Feed is not a reliable predictor of growth for two reasons: (1) Water intake leads feed intake. If a pig does not drink, it will not eat. (2) Feed Management Impacts. Interruptions in feed supply due to bridging, empty bins, equipment failure, etc..." For more information see Nebraska Pork Central or the Northeast Research and Extension Center SWINE NUTRITION CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) PIG NUTRITION CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) AMIPIG - AFZ & CEREOPA "...The AmiPig table provides amino acid ideal digestibility values for 62 common feedstuffs used in pig diets..." For more information see FeedBase BARLEY DIGESTIBLE ENERGY AND AMINO ACIDS FOR SWINE FEED CALCULATOR - Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada Barley Digestible Energy and Amino Acids for Swine Feed Calculator "...If you have lab analyses for moisture, protein and acid detergent fiber you can use this simple calculator to accurately calculate digestible energy and total amino acids for both hulled and hulless barley..." Examples of "Barley Digestible Energy and Amino Acids for Swine Feed Calculator" INPUT Values include: "...Barley Type; Moisture Percentage; Protein Percentage; etc..." For more information see Calculators or Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development DISTILLERS DRIED GRAINS WITH SOLUBLES (DDGS) COST CALCULATOR FOR SWINE (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - B. Thaler, SDSU Swine Extension and Research, Department of Animal & Range Sciences, South Dakota State University Examples of "Distillers Dried Grains With Solubles (DDGS) Cost Calculator for Swine" INPUT Values include 46% SBM - INPUT Values include "...Corn Costs; 46% SBM Costs; High Quality DDGS Costs; Limestone Costs; etc..." 44% SBM - INPUT Values include "...Corn Costs; 44% SBM Costs; High Quality DDGS Costs; Limestone Costs; etc..." For more information see Nutrition; Swine Production Guidelines; Swine Studies; Species Studies Information or the Department of Animal and Range Sciences WHEAT DIGESTIBLE ENERGY AND AMINO ACIDS FOR SWINE FEED CALCULATOR - Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada Wheat Digestible Energy and Amino Acids for Swine Feed Calculator "...If you have lab analyses for moisture, protein and acid detergent fibre (ADF) or neutral detergent fibre (NDF), you can use this computer program to accurately estimate digestible energy and total amino acids in a wheat sample..." For more information see Livestock Calculators; Calculators or Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development YIELD GRADING, PORK QUALITY CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) SWINE CARCASS YIELDS, PIG CARCASS YIELDS, SWINE CARCASS VALUE, PIG CARCASS VALUE PORK CARCASS YIELDS & PRICING GUIDE (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - K. Burdine, Direct and Local Meat Marketing Project, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky The Pork Carcass Yield and Pricing Calculator "...calculates yields for individual cuts for a typical hog carcass..." "...Numbers will greatly vary depending on breed, feed program, cutting method, etc..." Examples of "Pork Carcass Yield and Pricing Guide Calculator" INPUT Values include Live Weight; Dress Percent; Carcass Weight; Selling by the Cut "...Spare Ribs; Pork Tenderloin; Whole Hams; etc..." Minus Slaughter Fee & Processing Fee..." For more information see Direct and Local Meat Marketing Aids; Direct and Local Meat Marketing Project or the College of Agriculture

Poultry

Poultry Budget, Costs, Profit, Layer & Broiler Farm Analysis Poultry Nutrition ~ Heating ~ Ventilation Poultry Databases, Guides, Handbooks, Lessons, Manuals, Publications, Technical Reports (Breeds, Anatomy, Production, Care & Handeling, etc.)

Poultry POULTRY RELATED CENTERS FOR POULTRY GENETICS, CLINICAL MEDICINE (CARDIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, SURGERY, ETC.), DRUGS/PHARMACOLOGY, ANIMAL DISEASES & VIRUSES, ANIMAL SCIENCE, RANCH MANAGEMENT ETC. SEE THE VETERINARY CENTER FOR POULTRY BREEDS & MARKET CLASSES, ANATOMY, CARE & HANDLING ETC. SEE THE LIVESTOCK CENTER: FOUL, POULTRY & RATITES POULTRY CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS POULTRY BUDGET, COSTS, PROFIT CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) POULTRY LAYER FARM ANALYSIS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) POULTRY BROILER FARM ANALYSIS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) POULTRY BIOSECURITY CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) POULTRY ENTERPRISE BUDGET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - B.C. Wentworth, etc.al., Center for Integrated Agriculture Systems (CIAS), University of Wisconsin, Madison VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Spreadsheet Located at Bottom of Page. Poultry Calculator helps "...farmers make financial and management decisions about new or existing poutry enterprises..." Examples of "Poultry Budget Calculator" INPUT Values include Receipts "...Income from Egg Sales; Spent Laying Hens; Slaughter Bird Sales; Laying Bird Sales; Production Bird Sales; Feather Sales; Manure Sales; etc..." Variable Feed Costs "...Corn Costs; Corn Equivalent Costs; Soybean Meal Costs; Fish Meal Costs; etc..." Variable Costs "...Bedding Costs; Labor Costs; Insurance Costs; Overhead Costs; Processing Costs; Power Costs; Fuel Costs; Trucking Costs, etc..." Fixed Cost "...Buildings Costs; Equipment Costs; Purchased Capital Birds Costs; R Labor Costs; Management Costs; etc..." For more informaton see Enterprise Budgets; Economics or the Center for Integrated Agriculture Systems (CIAS) Laying Hens COMMERCIAL EGG PRODUCERS SPREADSHEETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Author: D.D. Bell and Maintained by R. Ernst, Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Commercial Egg Producers Calculators - Poultry Calculators" include "...Daily Flock Record Calculator "...designed to allow daily entry of eggs produced and mortality counts..." Weekly Flock Record Calculator "...A record system for weekly analyses of up to 5 flocks (can be expanded) comparing egg production, feed consumption and conversion, mortality..." Molt Monitoring Calculator "...monitors daily egg production, mortality, and body weight losses during a molt..." Flock Indexing Calculator; "...analyzes the economic significance of multiple performance traits..." Depreciation and Interest Calculator "...calculates annual and per dozen costs (interest and depreciation) of pullets, and building & equipment costs..." Projected Energy Intake of Laying Hens Calculator "...estimates dietary energy intake, feed consumption and feed costs per dozen based upon temperature, body weight, egg mass..." Summary of the Egg Check and Invoice Calculator; "...ummarizes the egg grade-out percentages, price relationships, undergrade distribution and deductions..." Cash flow for Replacement Pullets Calculator; etc..." For more information see Poultry Web Page; Department of Animal Science or the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Broilers BROILERS: INTERACTIVE ENTERPRISE BUDGETS - J. McKissick, B. Thomas, R. Atkinson & D.L. Cunningham; 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. Examples of "Broiler Interactive Budget Calculators" include Examples of "Broiler Total Cost Budget Calculator" INPUT Values include "...Capacity; Batches per Year; Mortality Rate; Market Weight per Bird; Net Selling Weight; Contract Price..." Variable Costs "...Litter Costs; Clean Out Costs; Electricity Costs; Fuel Costs; Labor Costs; Building & Equipment Repairs Costs; etc..." Direct Fixed Costs; Expected Breakeven; Expected Returns from Total Production; Risk Rated Returns over Total Costs; etc..." Examples of "Investment & Annual Fixed Costs Calculator" INPUT Values include "...Annual Depreciation; Buildings Costs; Grading & Gravel Costs; Well Costs; Equipment Costs; Well Pump Costs; Tractor Costs; etc..." For more information see Interactive Enterprise Budgets; Extension Agriculture and Applied Economics; Cooperative Extension Service or the Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics POULTRY NUTRITION CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) CHICKEN DIET CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - NSW HSC Online, Charles Sturt University, Australia VERY EXTENSIVE. Chicken Diet Calculator "...This spreadsheet allows you to make feed formulations for poultry diets and try to match the diet to the requirements of the animal..." For more informaton see The nutritional requirements of animals; Plant/Animal Production; Agriculture or NSW HSC Online POULTRY HEATING CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) POULTRY HEATING FEUL DECISION-AID (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - C. Lacy & B. Dozier, Extension Agriculture and Applied Economics, Cooperative Extension Service, Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia Examples of "Poultry Heating Fuel Decision Aid Calculator" INPUT Values include Tank Cost; Valves & Plumbing Costs; Permits; Operating Costs "...Number of Poultry Houses, Gallons per House; etc..." Site Preparation Costs; etc..." For more information see Computer Decision Aids; Extension Agricultural & Applied Economics; Cooperative Extension Service or the Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics POULTRY HOUSE VENTILATION CALCULATORS, DATABASES & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) AGRICULTURE VENTILATION FANS: FAN FREQUENCY - Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Agriculture Ventilation Fans Database "...provides the livestock/poultry housing designer and greenhouse designer an unbiased source of performance data for over 300 commercially available ventilation fans ranging in sizes from..." For more information see Agricultural Ventilation Fans

Sheep

A.I., Pregnancy, Gestation Lambs: Costs, Budgets, Feeding, etc. Sheep Flock Budgets, Sheep Farming Budgets Dairy Sheep Budgets, Costs, etc. ~ Ewe Flock Operation Costs Sheep Health Costs Sheep Feed Costs & Supplementary Feeding Sheep Grazing Costs & Management Sheep Paddock Stocking Rate ~ Lamb Feedlot Costs Wool Budget, Production Costs ~ Transport Costs Sheep Databases, Guides, Handbooks, Lessons, Manuals, Publications, Technical Reports (Breeds, Anatomy, Production, Care & Handeling, etc.)

Sheep/Lamb SHEEP RELATED CENTERS FOR SHEEP GENETICS, CLINICAL MEDICINE (CARDIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, SURGERY, ETC.), DRUGS/PHARMACOLOGY, ANIMAL DISEASES & VIRUSES, ANIMAL SCIENCE, RANCH MANAGEMENT ETC. SEE THE VETERINARY CENTER FOR SHEEP BREEDS & MARKET CLASSES, ANATOMY, CLINICAL EXAMINATION, BODY SCORING, BRAIN ATLASES, CARE & HANDLING ETC. SEE THE LIVESTOCK CENTER: SHEEP SHEEP CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS LAMB CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS PREGNANCY CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS GESTATION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS Lambing Date - Sheep Gestation Calculators & Applets LAMBING DATE CALCULATOR - Extension Service Animal & Range Sciences, Montana State University Lambing Data Calculator "...Normal gestation for a sheep is 147 days. However, pregnancies may vary from 138 - 159 days..." Lambing Data Calculator INPUT Values include "...Breeding Date; Expected Lambing Date; Range of Lambing Date..." For more information see Reproduction; Montana Farm Flock Sheep Production Handbook; Sheep or the Extension Service Animal & Range Sciences SHEEP CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS LAMB CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS SHEEP BUDGET, COSTS, PROFIT CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) DAIRY SHEEP CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) MARKETING CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) Lambs: Costs, Budgets, Feeding, etc. LAMB COST OF PRODUCTION CALCULATOR - Meat & Livestock Australia Limited (MLA), North Sydney, NSW, Australia VERY EXTENSIVE. Lamb Cost of Production Calculator is "...an interactive, 'do-it-yourself' tool kit to help lamb and sheep producers figure out their cost of production..." Lamb Cost of Production Calculator INPUT Values include: Production "...Opening Numbers & Closing Numbers for Ewes, Lambs & Rams; Lamb Opening & Closing Liveweight; etc..." Lamb Income; Trading Income; Labour Costs; Overhead Costs for Whole Farm Business; Calculating the Percentage of Overhead Costs allocated to Lamb Enterprise; etc...." For more information see Tools & Calculators; Livestock Production or Meat & Livestock Australia Limited (MLA) BONUSLAMB: BUDGET FOR ARTIFICALLY REARING OF LAMBS (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - M.L. Thonney & B.W. Magee, Cornell Sheep Program, Department of Animal Science, Cornell University VERY EXTENSIVE. BonusLamb - Budget for Artifically Rearing of Lambs Calculator "...shows that, although milk replacer prices are high, properly managed artificially-reared lambs are profitable at...." Examples of "BonusLamb - Budget for Artifically Rearing of Lambs Calculator" INPUT Values include Base information "...Labor Costs - Dollars per Hour; Feed Costs - Dollars per Ton; Death Loss from Birth to Weaning; Weaning Weight; Average Post-weaning Daily Gain; Postweaning Yardage - Cost per Day; Sale weight; etc..." Birth to Weaning Costs "...Lamb Costs; Milk Replacer Costs; etc..." For more information see Software or the Cornell Sheep Program Sheep Flock Budgets, Sheep Farming Budgets SHEEP FLOCK BUDGET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - M.L. Thonney, Cornell Sheep Program, Department of Animal Science, Cornell University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Sheep Flock Budget Calculator INPUT Values include: Animals in Flock during the Year Ewes in Flock; Lambing Rate; Lambs Weaned per Lambing; Ewe Culling Rate Percentage; Rams per 100 Ewes; Number of Ewes & Rams; Ewes & Rams Sold; Fleece Weight per Adult; etc..." Pastures & Hay Fields; Digestable Dry Matter; Capital Investment other than Land & Sheep "...Fence Costs; Green Hous Barn Costs; Tractors Costs; Balers Costs; Wagon Costs; Manure Spreader Costs; Mixer-grinder Costs; etc..." Cash Expenses "...Labor Costs; Hay Perchased Costs; etc..."; etc. For more information see Software or the Cornell Sheep Program SHEEP AND FEEDER LAMB BUDGETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: Eric Eberly, Farm Business Management Agent, Gordon Groover, Extension Economist, Farm Management and the Farm Business Management Staff, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Scroll Down to "SHEEP & FEEDER LAMB BUDGETS". Examples of "Sheep & Feeder Lamb Budget Calculators" include "...Hair Sheep - Spring Lambing Calculator; Sheep - Spring Lambing Feeder Lambs Calculator; Sheep - Spring Lambing Calculator; Sheep - Winter Lambing Calculator; Feeder Lambs - Spring to Fall Calculator; etc..." For more information see Farm Business Management Livestock Budgets; Enterprise Budgets; Publications & Education Resources or the Virginia Cooperative Extension SHEEP FARMING BUDGET CALCULATOR - Agricon Africa, Cape Town, South Africa VERY EXTENSIVE. Sheep Farming Budget Calculator "...has been compiled to assist farmers with financial planning. A number of assumptions have been made in its construction..." Examples of "Sheep Farming Budget Calculator" INPUT Values include Average Lambing Percentage; Death Rate Percentage of Ewes; Death Rate Percentage of other Sheep; Opening Stock; Purchases; Natural Increase; Deaths; Sales and Closing Stock for "...Breeding Ewes; 2T Ewes; Ewe Hoggets; Wether Hoggets; Ewe Lambs; Rams; etc..." Financial Analysis "...Sheep & Wool Sales..." Livestock Purchases; Direct Costs; etc..." For more information see Agricon Africa

Dairy Sheep Budgets DAIRY SHEEP ENTERPRISE BUDGET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - D.J. Schuster, R.A. Luening, Y.M. Berger & T. Kieffer; Center for Integrated Agriculture Systems (CIAS), University of Wisconsin, Madison VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Spreadsheet Located at Bottom of Page. Dairy Sheep Budget Calculator helps "...farmers make financial and management decisions about new or existing dairy sheep enterprises..." Examples of "Dairy Sheep Budget Calculator" INPUT Values include Receipts "...Milk Sales; Cull Ewes Sales; Wool Sales; Breeding Ewes Sales; Ram & Feeder Lambs Sales..." Variable Costs "...Feed Costs; Milk Replacer Costs; Bedding Costs; Shearing Costs; Insurance Costs; Marketing Costs; Overhead Costs; Processing Costs; Utilities Costs; etc..." Fixed Costs Investment; Percentage CRC+RTI; CRC+RTI Charge; Buildings Costs; Equipment Costs; Labor & Management Costs; Returns; etc..." For more informaton see Enterprise Budgets; Economics or the Center for Integrated Agriculture Systems (CIAS) Ewe Flock Operation Costs EWE COST (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 VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Ewe Cost Calculator" INPUT Values include Ewe Numbers "...Number of Ewes; Ewe Replacement Rate; Value of Average Ewe in Breeding Flock; etc..." Value of Production for Actual Cash Sales "...Quantity; Net Market Weight & Price per Pound for Wether; Ewe Lambs; Cull Ewe Sales; Cull Replacement Ewe Lamb Sales; Cull Ram Sales; etc.." Operating Costs "...Feed Costs; Veterinary Costs; Medicine Costs; Labor Costs; Marketing Costs; Facilities Costs; Equipment Costs; Machinery Costs; Interest; etc..." Ownership Costs "...Machinery Costs; Equipment Costs; Buildings Improvements; Land Costs; Ewe Flock Costs; etc..." Profitability and Cash Flow Summary for the Ewe Flock Enterprise; etc. For more information see Livestock Production, Finance, & Economics; Software Downloads; Farm Management or Extension Economics Sheep Health Costs SHEEP LICE COST CALCULATOR - Coopers Animal Health, Australia Examples of "Sheep Lice Cost Calculator" INPUT Values include "...Degree of Lice Infestation; Number of Sheep; Percentage Infested; Greasy Fleece Weight; Wool Scouring Yield; Clean Fleece Weight & Price; etc..." For more information see Coopers Animal Health Sheep Feed & Supplementary Feeding SHEEP FEED COSTS CALCULATOR - Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, Australia VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Sheep Feed Costs Calculator" INPUT Values include Feed Name (Input up to 3 different Feeds) "...Barley; Lupins; Oats; Peas; Tritcale; Wheat; Clover Hay; etc..." Cost on Farm - Dollars per Ton; etc..." For more information see Sheep Calculators; Sheep or the Department of Agriculture and Food SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING CALCULATOR FOR PREGNANT & LACTATING EWES - Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, Australia VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Supplementary Feeding Calculator for Pregnant & Lactating Ewes" INPUT Values include "...Flock Details (Number of Sheep, Frame Size, etc.); Gestation Details (Days Post Lambing, etc.); Targets (Current C.S, Target Time, etc.); Existing Supplementary Feed Details (Feed Type, Quantity - Grams per Day, etc.; Paddock Details (Paddock Area, Clover % in Pasture, Pasture Growth Rate, etc.); etc..." For more information see Grazing Management of Sheep Calculators; Grazing Management of Sheep or the Department of Agriculture and Food Sheep Grazing SHEEP GRAZING CROPS PARTIAL BUDGETING CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Author: K.L. Holman (Colorado State University); Formoated & Updated by 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 "Sheep Grazing Crops Partial Budgeting". Sheep Grazing Crops Partial Budgeting Calculator "...analyzes the use of sheep for grazing grain stubble to control insects..." Examples of "Sheep Grazing Crops Partial Budgeting Calculators" include Examples of "Partial Bugdet Calculator" INPUT Values include Sales by Enterprise "...Crop Yield Per Acre; Owned Acres Per Enterprise; Crop Share Leased Acres Per Enterprise; Cash Leased Acres Per Enterprise; etc..." Expenses Feeding Expenses Costs; Chemicals Costs; Feed Purchase Costs; Fertilizer & Lime Costs; Freight & Trucking Costs; Insurance Costs; Interest on Operatin & Long Term Loans; Hired Labor & Management Costs; Repairs & Maintenance Costs; Seed & Plants Costs; Property Taxes; Veterinary Costs; etc..." Examples of "Loan Calculator #1" INPUT Values include "...Loan Amount; Annual Interest Rate; Years of Loan; etc..." Labor Budget By Enterprise Calculator; etc. For more information see Software Downloads; Farm Management or Extension Economics Sheep Paddock Stocking Rate SHEEP STOCKING RATE CALCULATOR - Meat & Livestock Australia Limited (MLA), North Sydney, NSW, Australia Sheep Stocking Rate Calculator "...is designed to determine the number of cattle or sheep you should put into a paddock based on its carrying capacity..." Sheep Stocking Rate Calculator (Sheep Paddock Stocking Rate Calculator) INPUT Values include "...Paddock Size; Pasture Available at Start of Grazing; Pasture to be Left at End of Grazing; Pasture Growth Rate (Daily); Number of Days Grazing..." Sheep Stocking Rate Calculator OUTPUT Values include Stock Numbers per Paddock "...Merino Adult Wether; Crossbred Weaner; Cross Bred Ewe; Cross Bred Ewe with Lambs..." For more information see Tools & Calculators; Livestock Production or Meat & Livestock Australia Limited (MLA) Lamb Feedlot Costs LAMB FEEDLOT CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, New South Wales, Australia VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Lamb Feedlot Calculator" INPUT Values include "...Initial Liveweight; Final Liveweight; Carcase Dressing Percentage; Carcase Sale Price; Skin Sale Price; Target Daily Growth Rate; Fleece Price; Deaths; Purchase Price per Lamb; etc..." Shearing Costs; Crutching Costs; Drench Costs; Fly Control Costs; Lice Control Costs; Vaccine Costs; Transport Costs: In & Out; Killing Costs; Feeding Costs; Labor Costs; etc..." For more information see Livestock Feeding Practices; Feeding and Nutrition of Animals; Livestock; Agriculture or the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries WOOL BUDGET & PRODUCTION COST CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS WOOL COST OF PRODUCTION CALCULATOR - A joint initiative of Australian Wool Innovation and Meat & Livestock Australia VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "AWI Wool Cost of Production Calculator" Sections include Examples of "Wool: Wool Trading Account Calculator" INPUT Values include "...Wool Sold & Value; Sheep Class (Ewes, Weaners, Wether, Rams) Number at Opening Month; Estimated Fleece Weight; etc..." Examples of "Sheep Trading Calculator" INPUT Values include "...Sheep Inventory; Sheep Purchases and Sales; etc..." Examples of "Total Wool & Sheep Calculator" INPUT Values include "...Sheep Trading Income; Change in Wool Inventory; etc..." Labour Calculator; Enterprise Calculator; etc..." For more information see Module 1: Plan for Success - Tool 1.7; Tools; Making More from Sheep; Australian Wool Innovation or Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) WOOL PRODUCTION COST CALCULATOR - Elders Limited, Australia VERY EXTENSIVE. Wool Production Costs Calculator INPUT Values include How much Wool "...Total weight of wool (kg) in 12 month period; etc..." Costs "...Shearing and Crutching Costs; Contract Labour Costs; Labour Costs; etc..." Sheep Trading Profit and Loss; Overhead Costs "...Repairs and Maintenance Costs; General Insurance Costs; Administration Costs; Fuel and Oil Costs; etc..." For more information see Wool or Elders Limited SHEEP TRANSPORT CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS SHEEP TRANSPORT COST CALCULATOR - L. Davies, A. Richards & A. White, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, New South Wales, Australia Sheep Transport Cost Calculator Displays "...costs using live or dressed weight animals..." For more information see Livestock Movements including Transport and Export; Livestock or the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries Agriculture

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