Getting Started
The bare minimum Data to make the program function is as follows
 | Preview Herd Data Entry Screen |
Herd Data Sheet: 20yrs |
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| Milk Sales | The headings at left is the absolute minimum data entry | ||
| Paid to Bank | |||
| Butter Fat % | |||
| Protein % | |||
| Cows in Milk | |||
| Dry | |||
| Culled | |||
| Concentrates Fed | |||
| Cost Per Ton | |||
| Energy Per Kg DM | |||
Quota Sheet 20yrs |
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| Base Quota | The headings at left is the absolute minimum data entry | ||
| Fat % | |||
| Purchase + / - Sell | |||
| Fat % | |||
| Lease + In - Out | |||
| Fat % | |||
Feed Data Sheet:
| Preview the feed data sheet |
Lasts one Year & is to help you easily work out each month, cost & amounts of concentrates or forages
| Concentrates section Enter all the details including amounts and price each month in Kilograms |
| Brewers grains, wet beet pulp, fodder beet or similar - these are concentrates and should not be included in the forage section |
| All dry cows feeds & minerals should be included - we should be concerned with the total feed to support the cow |
| Forages Section - Do not enter grazing Kg eaten, the program calculates cost and amount of grazings automatically based on milk quality etc |
| Don't want to record forages? leave the section completely blank. |
| Acreage " Forage" - If costing home grown grains at cost of production ie feeding them ALL - no sales, then include arable acreage with forage |
| Full Forage Cost Calculator will be available soon |
| Saving Feed Data To annually save the feeds data go to "Edit", then "Move or Copy Sheet ", see below |
Printing
| Preview Monthly Report Screen pre printing |
| Preview Print Preview Screen - |
Select up to 12 months data by highlighting with a Left click with the Mouse the starting month, - eg APR 99, hold down the left button and move the mouse so the next 12 months to Mar 00 are highlighted, then drop down the page still holding the left mouse button down to the bottom row. Now click on "File", click on "Print", in "Print What" select "Selection", in "Print Range" enter "1" page in "From" and "To", select "Preview" to check what is being printed, finally click on "Print"
Saving The Annual Feed Data Sheet at the YEAR'S END
Click "Edit", select "Move or Copy" select "(move or copy") tick "Create Copy"
To save this "(new book)" click "File" click "Save as", change the name in "File name" and save in a folder of your choice
