ROTATION ROTATION Allows you to balance your dairy cow rations between alfalfa, corn silage, and soil nutrients.
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On Farm MilkP After entering projected sales, investment costs, and production coefficients ON FARM MILKP.XLS analyzes your “On Farm Milk Processing” plan. This decision aid produces both a profitability and cash flow analysis. Sensitivity analysis is presented in both tabular and formats. Examples and Instructions: “You Can Make It, You Can Sell It, But Can You “Make It” Selling It?” On Farm Milk Processing.ppt
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FORAGE LAND-BASE CALCULATOR The “Forage Land Base Calculator” is an Excel spreadsheet that can help evaluate change in forage acres (either alfalfa, corn silage, or both) as a result of a change in any one or more of the following factors…forage yield; dairy herd expansion or reduction; custom raising heifers; higher or lower alfalfa / corn silage feeding ratio; and, change in harvest, storage or feeding losses. The first worksheet is the computerized spreadsheet which will do all calculations for you. The second worksheet (located directly behind the computer spreadsheet) can be printed and used as a hand-held worksheet
Continue readingEstimating the Value of Standing Corn for Corn Silage (2014)
Estimating the Value of Standing Corn for Corn Silage (2014) EXCEL Worksheet for calculating the value of corn silage. TDN Value adjustments included.
Continue readingEquivalent Price/Ton of: High Moisture Shelled Corn (11.2009)
Equivalent Price/Ton of: High Moisture Shelled Corn (11.2009) Conversion table for converting wet shelled corn to its dry corn price equivalent. (Updated Nick Schneider)
Continue readingEquivalent Price/Ton of: High Moisture Ear Corn (11.2009)
Equivalent Price/Ton of: High Moisture Ear Corn (11.2009) Conversion table for converting wet ear corn to its dry corn price equivalent. (Updated: Nick Schneider)
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COPMilk The cost of production (COP) is the costs associated with production divided by the number of units produced. This worksheet looks at three methods (per unit sold, residual claimant, equivalent production) commonly used to calculate the cost of production. Developed by Dr. Gary Frank, Emeritus Professor, Center for Dairy Profitability.
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COSTCWT Spreadsheet for calculating the cost of producing milk per hundredweight equivalent. See also: Cost of Producing Milk per Hundredweight Equivalent Worksheet.Developed by Dr. Gary Frank, Emeritus Professor, Center for Dairy Profitability.
Continue readingCorn Silage Adjusted Dry Matter Pricing
Cornsilage_DM Spreadsheet for calculating Corn Silage Adjusted Dry Matter Pricing. Gregg Hadley, Center for Dairy Profitability. [NOTE: To adjust the spreadsheet to the typical corn silage dry matter percentage in your region, please enter that dry matter percentage in cell B4 of the spreadsheet].
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