Breakeven costs can be factored in to calculate profit including purchased costs and the input costs of home grown feeds. This means the economic impact of the feeding programme can be gauged, adds Mr Yaremico. The programme calculates yardage and costings. An entire winter feeding programme can be planned by using ‘Cowbytes’. This entails how much hay, grain, minerals etc. The programme issues the farmer with a breakdown of feeding requirements. “The programme has had five revisions since 1989 to keep it simple, so it is very user friendly,” reassures Mr Yaremico. “The programme is set up for factors like animal age and condition, environment and weather, headage and time period,” says Barry Yaremico, Beef Forage Specialist, at the Aginfo centre. When feed test results are obtained the programme works by having the feed test data entered into the ration formulator. Designed with beef operations in mind the programme calculates forage requirements of stock, whether cow/calf, backgrounder, yearling or feedlot.
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