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Cattle stocking rate calculator

How many cows that pasture holds, and how many days your actual mix will last.

Acres

Ungrazable %

Forage amount

Units

Harvest efficiency

Efficiency %

Grazing days

Class this pasture is sized for

Animals already on it

Head of that class

Bulls

Yearlings

Horses

Donkeys

Sheep

Goats

Planning only. Daily intakes: CSU range AUE table. Harvest-efficiency presets follow NRCS / take-half-leave-half talk, not a soil survey of your place.

Words used here

Animal unit (AU)Animal-unit month (AUM)Stocking rate Harvest efficiency

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