Tools and calculators
MLA provides a range of tools and calculators to assist red meat producers in making decisions in their businesses.
Determine your Cost of Production (CoP) and compare your performance annually.
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Health Cost Benefit Calculator
See the benefit of treating a herd for bloat, clostridial diseases and grass tetany.
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Calving Histogram Calculator - Cattle
Measure the performance of your herd management for calving.
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Breeder Mortality Calculator
Determine levels of breeder mortality by using your property records.
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BeefSpecs Calculator
Manage cattle to meet weight and fat specifications.
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ParaBoss
Management of blowflies, worms and lice - Sheep.
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Stocking Rate Calculator
Determine a paddock's carrying capacity for either cattle or sheep.
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Feed Demand Calculator
Understand the pattern of feed supply and demand over a 12 month period.
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Feed Budget and Rotation Planner
Calculate stocking rates, pasture growth rates and stock rations then plan your grazing systems.
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Pasture Improvement Calculator
The costs and benefits of resowing pastures to livestock, soils and the environment.
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Phosphorus Tool
How to use soil testing information to plan fertiliser and livestock investments.
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Pasture Paramedic
'Pasture Paramedic' is a decision-making tool that allows rapid assessment of pasture condition in the high rainfall zones of southern Australia.
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Pasture Trial Network
This tool allows you to assess and compare the performance of more than 100 pasture varieties across the key pasture species for the red meat industry.
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Greenhouse Accounting Frameworks
These tools use the latest Australian National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (NGGI) method, to predict the magnitude and sources of Greenhouse Gasses emitted from Australia beef or sheep farms.
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RI Calculator
The Refrigeration Index (RI) is an index for the log growth of E. coli. It predicts the expected growth of E. coli on meat from temperature and other data.
Producers can also use the mobile MSA Index calculator to guide decision making by predicting the impact of production changes on the MSA Index.
