Why do Beef Farms Need Herd Management Systems?
Breeding Operations manage their activities by monitoring the effect of applied ration on profitability. Variations in rationing costs and fluctuations in meat prices can easily be calculated with Herd Management System.
Feed procurement is the primary key concern of any Modern Day Breeding Farm. Feeds are administered to animals at varying doses depending on the month of the year.The equivalent of forage yield in animals is the weight gain measured in kilograms. In order for an operation to be able to manage its profitability, it should be possible to investigate the effect of feeds on weight gain caused in the animals of concern.
In software developed for breeding practice, it should be possible to easily review the sale price based on input cost, ration cost, overhead cost and weight gain, for a group of animals on a single screen.
Feed and ration management is essential not only for ensuring the supply of required protein to animals at the lowest cost technically attainable but also for securing the concoction of the most cost-efficient mix. When preparing Rations, it is imperative that the weight gains achieved by animals in different groups be reported, in addition to the satisfaction of their needs.
Breeding can be managed more easily by grouping. However, costs need to be managed on a group by group basis. Since practice follows group-based feeding, feed costs can easily be reflected over rations. However, overhead costs have to be distributed according to the number of groups existing in the operation, at that time.
Breeding and Importance of Profitability
Another key functionality in stock breeding is the ability to see current profitability at any time desired. According to this parameter, weekly rationing decisions can be changed or weight gains kept under control. From this viewpoint, MilkingCloud Herd Management System’s Breeding Module can help with easy generation of operating reports even through cell phones. Furthermore, MilkingCloud will automatically distribute operating costs across groups. In the application, the only step that needs to be taken is to enter the ration’s recipe into the system. The application can automatically calculate the rationing cost according to stock purchases.
Breeding Module Cost Functions
You may enter the initial cost of acquisition as well as carcass information or sales based on weight of your animals at the farm, in the system.
Depending on the recipe you choose, the feed quantities consumed are automatically costed at their last purchase prices.
It is possible to measure the weights of animals in the group and have the entire group’s performance in terms of weight gains and expected income automatically calculated.
Thereby the ranch owner/operator can view the entire cost of a particular or group of animals on desire, and easily review the profit to be made out of the sale price thereof based on weight gain.
