Agbiz tools - Animals and Grazing - Beef

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• Beef - breeders and bullocksXLS Popular

  Estimate safe carrying capacity and land use based on breeder and bullock numbers and associated sales revenue

• Beef - breeding herd analysisXLS Popular

  Analyse your breeding herd, including calving distribution and female replacement

• Beef - feedlot evaluationXLS Popular

  Assess the profit margin on a single lot of cattle passing through a feedlot

• Beef - leucaena cost calculatorXLS

  Calculate the cost per hectare of establishing and managing leucaena for cattle grazing

• Beef - livestock scheduleXLS Popular

  Estimate the change in cattle inventory and profit on your cattle account

• Beef - rotational grazing calculatorXLS Popular

  Estimate the amount of pasture remaining after a certain period of rotational grazing

• Beef - stock route forage budgetXLS

  Estimate available and remaining pasture following a certain period of stock-route grazing

• Beef - stockfeed cost comparisonXLS Popular

  Compare the value of various stockfeeds using energy and crude protein costings

• Bull costXLS

  Estimate bull cost per calf based on breeding herd numbers and calving

• Cattle feeding evaluationXLS Popular

  Assess cattle feeding costs and break-even figures

• Cattle GMXLS Popular

  Calculate the gross margin for beef production in Queensland

• Cattle marketing ready reckonerXLS Popular

  Find the best marketing option for a lot of cattle, based on transport and selling costs

• Steer fattening economicsXLS Popular

  Assess profit and return-on-capital for a steer-fattening operation