Dairy & Livestock Calculators

Milk, feed and fodder – the numbers that decide dairy profit

In a dairy, feed is usually the biggest cost and milk quality decides the price you are paid. A small change in fat or SNF, or a few kilograms of wasted feed a day, adds up to thousands of rupees over a lactation.

• Cow Weight Calculator – estimate live weight of cows and buffaloes from heart girth and body length.
• Ghee Calculator – calculate ghee yield from cow or buffalo milk and milk needed for 1 kg ghee.
• Dairy Shed Size Calculator – covered shed, open yard, manger and water trough sizing with 2D blueprint designer.
• Feed Cost Calculator – daily, monthly and yearly feed cost per cow and per litre of milk.
• Dairy Farm Income Calculator – monthly milk sales, costs, net profit and break-even milk price.
• Silage Calculator – total silage needed for your herd, pit volume, dimensions and days of supply.
• Milk Fat & SNF Rate Calculator – work out SNF from lactometer reading and two-axis milk price.
• Cattle Feed & Dry Matter Calculator – daily dry matter need split into green, dry and concentrate.
• Silage Pit Capacity Calculator – bunker and trench pit volume and feeding duration.

These tools use standard rules of thumb used by dairy cooperatives and animal husbandry departments. For a ration for high-yielding animals, ask your veterinary officer or the nutrition advisor of your milk union.