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Switchbanks Farming for Costs, Plans, Analysis and Calculations Index

Agribusiness

Costs

Plans

Analysis

Farm & Ranch Management, Budgets, Costs

Financial Performance, Income Statements, Land Purchase, Marketing

Building Plans,Equipment Plans, Corral Layouts, Stockyard

Farm Energy Needs/Costs & Wind Turbines

Soil

Water

Aquaculture & Commercial Fishing

Fertiliser, Manure, Compost & Spreaders

Pesticides, Sprayers, & Crop/Weed Treatment Programs

Weeds & Weed Treatment Programs


 





 


 

        FARM MANAGEMENT - INTERACTIVE GREENHOUSE CROP BUDGET WITH FIVE CROPS


        FARMLAND PURCHASE ANALYSIS

        Compare the economic and financial impacts of purchasing a parcel of farmland.


        RANCH & FARM CALCULATORS

        Average Annual Damage Estimates; Interest and Annuity Spreadsheet; Farm Machinery Cost Estimates; Crop Rotation Analysis; Direct Seeding/No-Till Cost Estimates; Economic Damage Estimate from Gully Formation; Fuel Use Per Acre; Value of an additional cfs of water for Hydro Power Generation; Irrigation System - Cost Analysis; Costs for Big Gun Irrigation System; Costs for Center Pivot Irrigation System; Costs for Drip Irrigation System; Costs for Gated Pipe Irrigation System; Cost Estimate of Pipeline Projects; Estimating the Cost of Irrigation Water; Costs for Wheel Line (Diesel) Irrigation System; Costs for Wheel Line (Electric) Irrigation System.



 


 
      AGRICULTURE BUILDING PLANS CALCULATORS

        FARM & RANCH EQUIPMENT PLANS

        STOCKYARDS, LAIRAGES & CORRALS PLANS & SIMULATIONS

        BUILDING & EQUIPMENT PLANS

        Includes Plans for Beef (Feeding Barns, Corral Layouts, Loading Chutes, etc.); Dairy (Milkrooms, Calf Barns etc.); Feed (Storage, Feeding, Equipment, etc.); Horse (Barns, etc.); Horticulture (Greenhouses, Roadside Stands, etc.); Misc. Structures (Farm: Gates, Rabbit Hutches, Smoke Houses, Dog Houses, etc.); Pole Buildings (Broiler & Layer Houses, etc.); Sheep (Feeders, Sheds, Corrals, Spray Shutes, etc.); Swine (Farrowing Buildings, Gestation & Breeding Buildings, etc.)


        DESIGN OF STOCKYARDS, LAIRAGES, CORRALS, RACES, CHUTES AND LOADING RAMP

        Multimedia Tutorials & Plans (Text, Images & Animations). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Includes: "...Drawings for Cattle Ranches (or Properties) and Slaughter Plant Facilities for Cattle and Pigs; Computer Aided Drawings of Cattle Corral Designs; Non Slip Flooring for Livestock Handling; Directions for laying out Curved Cattle Handling Facilities.



 


 
      FENCING: FARM FENCING COST CALCULATORS

        FENCING COST CALCULATOR: WOVEN & BARBED

        Enter values in the length calculator if pasture lay-out is reasonably regular. If the fence line is irregular because of boundaries, topography, etc., then enter the value directly under General Inputs..." Includes Materials & Labor Costs.


        FENCING COST CALCULATOR: HIGH TENSILE

        Enter values in the length calculator if pasture lay-out is reasonably regular. If the fence line is irregular because of boundaries, topography, etc., then enter the value directly under General Inputs..." Includes Materials & Labor Costs.







 
      MACHINERY CALCULATORS

        FARM MACHINERY CALCULATORS

        FARM MACHINERY LAND EVALUATION SCIENCE CALCULATOR


        FARM MACHINERY SCIENCE CALCULATOR


        FARM MACHINERY CALCULATORS

        Tool for evaluating the total cost of owning and operating large round and square balers; OwnCombine: Tool for evaluating the economics of owning and operating a combine; KSU-MachCos: Tool for evaluating the total cost of owning and operating machinery by field operation.


        FARM MACHINERY COST CALCULATOR

        This tool allows you to calculate ownership and operating costs of common farm equipment..." Includes: "...Power and Self-Propelled Equipment (Tractors, Combines, Trucks, Swather (diesel), Sprayers, Bale Wagons, Disk Mower, Forage Harvestor, etc.); Implements (Baling Equipment, Forage Equipment, Seeding Equipment, Spraying Equipment, Tillage Equipment, Grinders/Mixers & Dryers, Rock Pickers & Grain Vacuums, Trailers, etc.)..." Machinery