File |
Description |
| Evaluation
of Retained Ownership vs. Sell at Weaning |
This spreadsheet can be used by producers interested
in evaluating their options for selling calves at weaning or owning
them for a period of time past weaning. |
| Evaluation
of Buying Stockers |
This spreadsheet can be used by producers interested
in growing stocker cattle. |
| Determining
Value of Replacement Heifer Systems |
Determines value of replacement heifers |
|
This spreadsheet can be used to create pregnancy
histograms. Inputing several variables will allow the user to customize
the spreadsheet to their own opperation. |
|
This spreadsheet aids beef producers that utilize
custom mineral mills in formulating appropriate mineral mixes. It
is not as comprehensive as the Mark Trump / Kenneth Suter Mineral
Calculator nor does it calculate least-cost alternatives. |
|
Microsoft Excel-based mineral
calculation program that formulates least-cost mineral supplements
for beef cattle based on the mineral contents of your forages and
feeds. |
| Missouri
Hay Cost Calculator |
This spreadsheet estimates an operator's cost of
hay production based on assumptions about land opportunity cost
and Missouri custom harvest rates. |
| Disease
Diagnostic Cost/Benefit Calculator |
This spreadsheet can be used by veterinarians and
diagnostic laboratories to evaluate the economic return for implementing
herd diagnostic screening for diseases affecting beef cattle. It
also evaluates the sensitivity of the assumptions used by the veterinarian.
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| Evaluating
Mineral Feed Tags for Beef Cows |
Mineral mix calculator designed to formulate least-cost
custom mineral supplements for beef cattle based on forage testing
results |
| Evaluating
Marketing Options |
Evaluating Marketing Options for Cow-Calf Producers |
| Determining
Replacement Rates for Cow-Calf Herds |
Calculates number of pregnant replacements needed |
| BRD-Treatment
Option Calculator |
Updated version of BRDtreat.exe. Can be used by
veterinarians and feedlot/stocker cattle producers to evaluate treatment
options of bovine respiratory disease. |
| Feed
Prorationing |
Designed to assign feed charges to individual calves
in a pen based upon weight gain and average body weight for the
feeding period. It is used in situations when calves in a pen have
multiple owners and prorating feed charges among owners is warranted. |
| Evaluation
of Buying Feeders |
This spreadsheet can be used by producers interested
in feeding cattle until slaughter. |
| Cow
Leasing |
A spreadsheet in .xls format and a Microsoft Word
document that helps producers understand cow leasing works from
two perspectives |
| By-Product
Feed Value Calculator |
To estimate the dollar value of a feed substitute,
as well as a doc file to explain the template. |
| FEEDVAL
II: Comparative Values Calculated from Crude Protein, NE Lac, Ca
and P |
To estimate the maximum you should pay for a feed
substitute for lactating and maintenance cattle, as well as a doc
file to explain the template. |
| FEEDVAL
III: Comparative Values Calculated from Crude Protein,NE Gain, Ca
and P |
To estimate the maximum you should pay for a feed
substitute for gaining cattle. |
| Economics
of Renting Pasture |
A spreadsheet in .xls format and a Microsoft Word
document that calculates the economics of renting pasture to increase
flexibility. |
