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Ag Tools for Livestock Producers | Pt.2 - Animal Health & Nutrition

By James432 posted 26-10-2022 10:49

  
There are a great range of tools and calculators to assist red meat producers in making decisions in their businesses. Over the following weeks, in the series 'Ag Tools for Livestock Producers', I will highlight a few tools available for free to Australian farmers.

This is the second round of tools! Check out these Animal Health & Nutrition Calculator tools below:

Breeder Mortality Calculator

The Breeder Mortality Calculator assists cattle producers in using their own property records to determine levels of breeder mortality in their herds.

Two versions of the calculator have been developed to support producers based on available records:

  1. Simple version - based on annual livestock schedule counts
  2. Advanced version - based on monthly livestock schedule counts for various livestock classes

BeefSpecs Calculator

The BeefSpecs calculator is a tool to manage cattle to meet weight and fat specifications. The calculator assists cattle producers in making more accurate management decisions that could increase carcase compliance rates for fatness and weight targets specific to various beef markets.
The key to meeting customer needs is to understand the market specifications. To deliver beef cattle to a specification, producers need to assess and monitor animal growth, manage the feedbase, regularly evaluate marketing options, and seek feedback on animal performance.


ParaBoss

ParaBoss is the national authority for sheep, goat and cattle parasite control in Australia, providing information on parasites and their control through its suite of products – WormBoss, FlyBoss, LiceBoss and TickBoss.
The resources are a source of detailed information and regional programs developed to improve on-farm management of worms, blowflies, lice and ticks.

Tools found via MLA.


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