Tools
Trading Corn Silage
Pricing corn silage can be challenging for both buyers and sellers. The publication at right describes a negotiation process buyers and sellers can use to establish fair corn silage market prices. Quality discounts are considered for drought-stressed corn. An Excel spreadsheet may be downloaded to help calculate a price customized for producer inputs and forage quality.
Using a TMR Mixing Sheet to Control Rations and Determine Whole-Herd Costs
This fact sheet explains how to use an Excel template to get TMR print sheets according to cow numbers, batch sizes or percent of the mix. Data entry is limited to ingredient dry matter percent and price and dry matter pounds fed of each ingredient for each TMR formulated in a herd.
Monitoring Dry Matter Intake , milk production, and milk margin
This fact sheet explains how to use an Excel template to monitor dry matter intake, milk production, and milk margin for the dairy herd.
Dairy Farm Feed Cost Control
This free publication can be obtained from the Ag Mail Room at University Park, PA. Their phone number is 814-865-6713. The publication contains a disk with the Feed Cost Control Excel template and instructions on how to work the program. The version of this publication on this page contains the worksheets only.
Dairy Forage Test Sampling Videos
This is a collection of three on-farm technique videos relating to forage quality. The videos include bunker density testing, proper silage sampling, and determining silage particle size. Videos are available via YouTube links below.
Bunker Density
Silage Sampling
Particle Size
