Resources · Calculators
Farm and ranch calculators
Punch your numbers. Get tons, head, dates, and dollars. Pair a tool with the glossary if a word is fuzzy.
Cattle and hay
Winter hay
Herd mix, moisture, storage, feeder waste, inventory, and price.
Stocking rate
Acres, forage, harvest efficiency, mixed species, days the grass lasts.
Calving date
AI date, due date, or a whole calving season to bull turnout.
Cow-calf breakeven
Feed vs other cost, steer/heifer split, cull cows, expected price.
Fence cost
Barbed, woven, high-tensile, electric, gates, wood posts, labor.
205-day weight
Dates or age, dam factor, group ratio, optional 365-day.
Freezer beef
Live to hanging to take-home, and what you actually paid per pound.
Round-bale weight
Diameter, width, and density when you don’t have a scale.
Cost per lb TDN
Compare hay, cubes, and grain on energy, not the sticker price.
Livestock water
Gallons a day by class and temperature, plus a tank size.
Tape weight
Heart girth and length when the chute scale is someone else’s.
Cows per bull
How many bulls a cow herd actually needs.
Make vs buy
Your cost per ton in the field versus a delivered bale.
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Board-feet
Doyle, Scribner, and International from DBH and log length.
Acre-feet
Volume from shape and depth. Treatment rate is yours off the label.
Foaling date
Horse, donkey, mule, or pony. Donkeys run longer than horses.
$ per dozen
Feed in, eggs out, what a dozen actually costs.
East Texas frost
Huntsville last/first frost and a planting window off those dates.
Food-plot seed
Pounds and bags for clover, oats, rye, brassica, corn, and peas.
Planning tools only — not a ration, not vet advice, not a consulting service. Formulas follow common land-grant worksheets (TAMU, OSU, CSU, BIF, Iowa State).