Agricultural Tools: Economics

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Cow Calf Net Return (spreadsheet)
This tool is used by producers to determine their costs and revenue per cow.

Hay Hauling Calculator
The hay hauling calculator allows you to estimate the total cost of purchasing and transporting hay. Users have the flexibility to calculate total cost per bale or total cost per ton. Users can also specify the number of bales able to be hauled per load.

Hay Ring Waste Calculator
This calculator will allow you to determine the amount of hay that is wasted cattle from various hay ring feeder types on a per bale, monthly and annual basis. Additionally, by including the cost of a bale of hay and how many bales are typically fed in a month, the calculator will determine the total cost of the wasted hay to evaluate if the purchase of a more efficient feeder is plausible.

Payment Calculator
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This tool calculates payments based on the number of pay periods and the total payment of a loan and generates a payment schedule via email.

Pecan Tree Evaluation
The productivity of a pecan orchard is based on many factors, but arguably the most important is the cross-sectional square feet of trunk area per acre. Cross-sectional square feet of trunk area per acre is the sum of the trunk sizes of the trees per acre.

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