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New Online Tool Launched for Dairy Farm Management
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 07/29/2015

Wisconsin dairy producers can now take advantage of a new online program designed to explore projections of farm production and expansion scenarios and simulate specific metrics of their performances. It's called the 'Dairy Expansion Decision Support Tool,' and it provides critical information dairy producers need to actively manage risk on their dairies.

The DE-DSS forecasts a monthly projection of the cash flow aggregated from all animals in the herd in response to factors such as lactation, month after calving, and month in pregnancy according to an expected milk production, feed intake, and labor requirements. The tool also offers the possibility to manage scenarios of expansion either by growing from within with their own raised heifers or by buying extra heifers in the market. Users have also the possibility to schedule sales of heifers reared on farm and make additional investments with the use of bank loans.

The tool predicts heifer growth over time and the cow movement and dynamics showing forecast changes in herd structures for calves, heifers, and cows. The initial condition for the herd can be taken from a fixed number of adult animals or be entered directly by the user, who can download a template spreadsheet to later upload the information related to every single cow in the herd including: cow identification, lactation, and days in milk. Similarly, in the same template, the user can enter the information about every single heifer including: heifer identification, and age.

The new dairy tool is available at: http://dairymgt.info/tools/dss_c/index.php


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