Estimates the market value of dairy feed ingredients
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Link to the video.Evaluates grouping strategies for feeding lactating dairy cattle
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Link to the video.This tool is a “live” summary of data collected from a survey sent to 1,771 farms from Wisconsin and Michigan (WI=971, MI=800) in 2012.
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Calculates the econnomic value of using Optigen® with lactating cows. Optigen® replaces a user-defined source of protein and adds a user-defined source of energy
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Link to the video.Maximizes the income over feed supplement cost (IOFSC) for afixed amount of forage used in the diet and graphs the IOFSC to asubstitution of two selected feed supplements
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Calculates the income over feed cost (IOFC), the marginal value of milk to corn, and the optimal level of corn usage for defined milk price, feed costs, and stage of lactation
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Link to the video.Calculates the income over feed cost (IOFC), the marginal value of milk to corn, and the optimal level of corn usage for defined milk price, feed costs, and stage of lactation
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Link to the video.Estimates the break-even milk production needed to pay for a ration feed additive ingredient
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Link to the video.Simple and quick assessment of the ingredients that will provide the least cost of a diet under current feed ingredient prices and selected nutrients.
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Link to the video.A linear programming model that selects the optimal cropping plan and feeds allocation for diets to minimize the whole dairy farm feed costs was developed.
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Link to the video.Calculates the true heifer pregnancy rate of a herd.
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Link to the video.Evaluates the use of accelerated heifer feeding programs with respect to conventional feeding programs
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Link to the video.Estimates the difference of the net present value of various sexed semen reproductive programs and a conventional semen reproductive program for dairy heifers
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Link to the video.Calculates the number of heifers needed as replacement to maintain constant the herd size in the long-term
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Calculates the total cost of raising heifers in three points in time: at 12 months, 24 months, and after 24 months
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Link to the video.Simulates on a monthly basis the dynamics of a dairy herd population, including the future make-up of the herd
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Link to the video.The UWCU-DairyRepro$Plus is a PC-Based tool that implements a complex daily Markov chain model inspired on Giordano et al., 2012 (J. Dairy Science 95:5442) that simulates all cows in a herd and their economics, and computes the net return associated to reproductive performance parameters.
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Calculates the projected net return of a cow or the entire herd.
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Link to the video.Estimates the difference of the net present value of various sexed semen reproductive programs and a conventional semen reproductive program for dairy heifers
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Link to the video.Combines novel lactation curve definitions with key economic figures to help dairy producers explore the impact of pregnancy timing on milk Income Over Feed Cost.
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Link to the video.Simulates a dairy herd and their replacements for nine lactations: from the moment of the first calving to the ninth parturition
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Link to the video.Calculates the true heifer pregnancy rate of a herd.
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Link to the video.Retention Pay-Off (RPO) Calculator
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It helps to estimate the economic benefit of increasing a dairy herd’s 21d pregnancy rate.
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Link to the video.Visualizes before and after performance data from the Repro Money Program.
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This Genomic Test Tool is designed to help Jersey dairy farmers decide whether to use genomic testing on their heifer calves.
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Link to the video.The Milk Production Predictor with Stress Adjustments tool helps you forecast your dairy herd's milk production by accounting for negative factors like environmental stress or health issues that can affect yield. This tool goes beyond basic models by adjusting predictions based on real-world challenges your herd may face.
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This tool finds the perturbations in lactation cycle.
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The Dairy Herd Structure Simulation and Cash Flow tool forecasts herd dynamics and cash flow based on user inputs, supporting expansion, investment planning, and herd management. It offers customizable variables, visual results, and data-driven projections.
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Link to the video.Estimates the economic benefit (or loss) of a change in the milking frequency from 2 times a day (2X) to 3 times a day (3X) based on user-defined parameters
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Compares Wisconsin benchmark lactation curves with your own data. Benchmarks for 18,000 to 30,000 lb/cow/year of RHA and for parities 1, 2, 3 and higher from 3.6 million records provided by Wisconsin AgSource Cooperative Services
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Link to the video.Evaluates the cost/benefit of using recombinant bovine Somatotropin
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Link to the video.The Wisconsin Dairy Farm Ratio Benchmarking is a spreadsheet based tool especially created for this project. It compares dairy farm's financial status with +500 dairy farms in the State of Wisconsin.
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Link to the video.Visualizes data on Organic, Conventional, and Grazing dairy operations.
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Calculates the projected net return of a cow or the entire herd.
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Link to the video.Calculates the value of a replacement heifer under specific farm conditions, an indicative of her buying or selling price.
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Link to the video.Calculates the number of heifers needed as replacement to maintain constant the herd size in the long-term
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Calculates the total cost of raising heifers in three points in time: at 12 months, 24 months, and after 24 months
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Link to the video.Retention Pay-Off (RPO) Calculator
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Simulates on a monthly basis the dynamics of a dairy herd population, including the future make-up of the herd
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Link to the video.Calculates the Return Over Investment of a given technology that claims to be effective preventing a disease with known economic effects.
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Link to the video.Paving pathways for dairy farmers towards higher sustainability. The DairyPrint Model is capable of helping farmers move toward higher sustainability, providing a user-friendly and intuitive graphical user interface allowing the user to respond to 'what-if' questions.
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