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Cow-Calf
Economics - Decision Aids
Cow-Calf
Economics - Decision Aids
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Texas AgriLife Extension Service provides more than 55 spreadsheet based decision support aids for cow-calf producers from this site. These decision support aids fall into the eight main topic areas shown below. To download a decision support aid and documentation, click the link shown to the appropriate topic area.
Cattle Records (monthly cattle and horse inventory, feed and feed fed inventories, cattle sale and transfer records, cattle depreciation calculators)
Financial Planning Budgets and Investment Analysis (heifer and cow replacement analysis, cow-calf budget, cow bid price analysis, herd growth and forage production)
Resource Descriptions (labor and management costs evaluator, management and labor inventory, land inventory, herd description, products and services description)
Forage, Range, Hay and Feed Economics (forage and hay cost calculators, fencing cost estimator, brush control economics)
Land Leasing and Investment (maximum feasible land bid price calculator, ranchland investment projection, land lease calculations)
Marketing (cattle marketing plan, cattle price slide and lease calculation, feeder and fed cattle price risk calculator)
Retained Ownership – Sell or Keep Analysis (precondition, stocker and finishing analysis, lease grazing or buy cattle analysis, head day calculator)
Miscellaneous (family living cash flow budget, deer and quail hunting enterprise budget, pickup and trailer cost analysis, vehicle cost analysis)
Disclaimer: These spreadsheets are provided by Texas AgriLife Extension Service for educational use. These spreadsheets are provided by Texas AgriLife Extension Service solely on an “AS IS” basis. Texas AgriLife Extension Service assumes no liability for the use of these programs.