Dairy Decision Management Tools

Dairy Ration Feed Additive Breakeven Analysis

Estimates the breakeven milk production needed to pay for a ration ingredient

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Optigen® Evaluator

Calculates the econnomic value of using Optigen® with lactating cows. Optigen® replaces a user-defined source of protein and adds a user-defined source of energy.

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Cost-Benefit of Accelerated Liquid Feeding Program for Dairy Calves

Evaluates the use of accelerated heifer feeding programs with respect to conventional feeding programs

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Economic Analysis of Switching from 2X to 3X Milking

Estimates the economic benefit (or loss) of a change in the milking frequency from 2 times a day (2X) to 3 times a day (3X) based on user-defined parameters

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Economic Value of Sexed Semen Programs for Dairy Heifers

Estimates the difference of the net present value of various sexed semen reproductive programs and a conventional semen reproductive program

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Income Over Feed Supplement Cost

Maximizes the income over feed supplement cost (IOFSC) for a fixed amount of forage used in the diet and graphs the IOFSC to a substitution of two selected feed supplements

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Lactation Benchmark Curves for Wisconsin

Application that compares Wisconsin benchmark lactation curves with your own data. Benchmarks for 18,000 to 30,000 lb/cow/year of RHA and for parities 1, 2, 3 and higher from 3.6 million records provided by Wisconsin AgSource Cooperative Services

Flash Online Tool (Play)

Excel Spreadsheet in lb (Download)

Excel Spreadsheet in kg (Download)

Economic Evaluation of using rbST

Evaluates the cost/benefit of using recombinant bovine Somatotropin

Flash Online Tool (Play)

Cow Value

Calculates how much youc can afford to pay for a cow if she does not add to the overhead costs

Flash Online Tool (Play)

Wisconsin Dairy Feed Cost Evaluator

Benchmarks feed costs and income over feed costs for participating herds

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Corn Feeding Strategies

Calculates the income over feed cost (IOFC), the marginal value of milk to corn, and the optimal level of corn usage for defined milk price, feed costs, and stage of lactation

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LGM-Dairy Premium Sensitivity

Graphs the gross margin guarantee and premium of a livestock gross margin (LGM-Dairy) insurance contract to selected levels of feed such as corn and soybean meal equivalents to cover together with every cwt of milk

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Return to Labor

Calculates the cow's return to labor or the net revenue of a cow before covering the costs of labor

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Heifer Break-Even

Calculates the total cost of raising heifers in  three points in time: at 12 months, at 24 months, and after 24 months

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Heifer Replacement

Calculates the number of heifers needed as replacement to maintain constant the herd size in the long-term

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Estimate Your Mailbox Price

Predicts your mailbox price according to expected Class III price and future month

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Dairy Nutrient Manager

Balances nutrients according to user-defined crops planted, soil analyses, effluent irrigated, dry manure applied, and chemical fertilizers supplemented

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Alfalfa Yield Predictor: Using a Computer Application to Predict Irrigated Alfalfa Yield

Predicts the yield of alfalfa according to user-defined fall dormancy, cutting, height, growing degree days, and rainfall

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Grazing-N: Application that Balances Nitrogen in Grazing Systems

Application that estimates the N balance for grazing activity of dairy heifers or dry cows

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Seasonal Prediction of Manure Excretion

Predicts seasonal manure excretion of lactating cows

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Dynamic Dairy Farm Model

DyNoFlo iperforms dynamic nitrogen balances of entire dairy farm systems. DyNoFlo was created for North Florida Dairy Farms, but it can be customized by the input data.

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