Replacement Heifer Calculator
Excel decision aid to assist producers decide whether to raise or purchase replacement heifers.
Decision Aid Tool
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Crop Budgets
Crop Budgets helps producers to determine the preliminary cost of production for the major commodities grown in South Dakota.
Beef Cattle Budgets
Beef Cattle Budgets can be used to estimate revenues and costs associated with six different beef cattle enterprises.
Financial Ratios and Trend Analysis
Financial Ratios and Trend Analysis is designed to formulate financial ratios and data, utilizing information provided by the producer.
Risk Calculator
The Risk Calculator is designed to combine crop insurance, government programs, and marketing tools together for a crop.
Feed Nutrient Calculator
This calculator is designed to assist producers with supplemental feed purchase decisions.
Move the Cows or Move the Feed
This calculator is designed to aid producers making the decision to buy feedstuffs and haul the feed to the operation, or to haul the cattle to the feedstuffs.
Compensation Calculator
This calculator provides a method for farm families to determine what the full value of the wages/salary and benefits being provided to employees, family and non-family are.
SDSU Extension Silage/Earlage Calculator
The Silage/Earlage Calculator is designed to help corn and livestock producers answer questions regarding the value of standing fields of corn either as grain, silage and earlage.