5 calculators in this category
- Stocking Rate & Animal Unit Month (AUM) CalculatorUSDA-NRCS National Range and Pasture Handbook animal unit conventionStocking rate is a forage budget, not a rule of thumb, and this calculator builds it from both ends. Enter your herd's size…
- Pasture Grazing Days CalculatorUSDA-NRCS Conservation Practice Standard 528, Prescribed GrazingMove the herd too late and you graze the regrowth; move it too early and you leave forage that goes stemmy before you return…
- Cattle Weight Calculator (Heart Girth Tape)Girth-and-length rule (Schaeffer's formula)Wrap a tape around the animal just behind the front legs, measure from the point of the shoulder to the pin bone, and this…
- Horse Weight & Feed Requirement CalculatorCarroll & Huntington girth-length equation; NRC Nutrient Requirements of Horses (6th rev. ed.)Two measurements — heart girth and body length — estimate a horse's weight closely enough for feeding, conditioning and most…
- Livestock Gestation & Due Date CalculatorEnter the service date and this calculator projects the due date for cattle, horses, sheep, goats, pigs and camelids, using…