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Feedlot calculator

Date: 05 Dec 2006 Author: Dave Stanley, Geoff Duddy

Profit margins for feedlotting can be low and it is important that producers accurately estimate the profitability of such ventures prior to committing resources to this labour intensive activity.

The web based gross margin Feedlot Calculator enables the user to enter different real time production, economic and feeding scenarios to estimate likely profit for a lamb feedlotting enterprise.

For those not experienced with lamb feedlotting, the following document is suggested reading:

  • Feedlotting lambs

Technical requirements

The Feedlot Calculator requires Microsoft Excel [testing has been performed on Excel versions 97 and up on various Microsoft operating systems].

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Feedlot Calculator version 3  1.0 mb
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