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Beefin : Maximizing Profits From Feeding Beef Cattle Out Of Season, R G. Grieve, David Barker, Jim May
Beefin : Maximizing Profits From Feeding Beef Cattle Out Of Season, R G. Grieve, David Barker, Jim May
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
BEEFIN is a computer model that formulates profit maximising diets for finishing beef cattle to a specified carcass weight and fat thickness. It predicts cattle growth rate, feed conversion ratio, final liveweight, number of days on feed and the amount of available feedstuffs required to finish cattle to specification, The diets fulfil the animal's energy, protien, mineral and roughage requirements.
BEEFIN also calculates a profit and loss budget for the enterprise, performs a sensitivity analysis on changes in the price for both cattle and feed and determines the changes in feed prices needed before the composition of the diet is …
Fertilising Quota Wheat Crops, N J. Halse
Fertilising Quota Wheat Crops, N J. Halse
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
BEFORE wheat quotas were introduced, a farmer had to make two major decisions on fertilisers for wheat crops each year—what area to crop; and how much fertiliser to use.
Rural Statistics : Why They Are Needed, A Mckinnon
Rural Statistics : Why They Are Needed, A Mckinnon
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
IN March or early April you should receive two copies of a Statistical Form A.P.7, one of which should be completed and forwarded to the Deputy Commonwealth Statistician with particulars of your farm, orchard or station.