Tools and calculators
Sustainability tools
Feed Calculators
Australian Feedbase Monitor
A world-first tool helping producers to improve grazing management, forage budgeting and ground cover.
Stocking rate calculator
A tool to determine the carrying capacity of a paddock for either cattle or sheep.
Rangeland goat supplementation calculator
Compare supplement costs to reach live weight targets.
Pasture Tools and Calculators
Feedbase planning and budgeting tool
Plan your rotational grazing systems, stocking and pasture growth rates, and the most economical ration for your stock.
Pasture Improvement Calculator
Determine the costs and benefits of resowing pastures, including impact on livestock, soils and the environment, compared to current practice.
Phosphorus Tool
Learn how you can use soil testing information to plan fertiliser and livestock investments.
Pasture Paramedic
Assess pasture conditions in medium to high rainfall zones of southern Australia, northern NSW and the WA wheatbelt.
Pasture Trial Network
Assess and compare performance of more than 100 pasture varieties across key pasture species for the red meat industry.
Packaging Guidelines
Determine your Cost of Production (CoP) and compare your performance annually.
-
Beef, Lamb & Goat CoP
-
Sheep and Wool CoP
The Sheep and Wool Cost of production calculator is currently being redeveloped in partnership with AWI.
-
Breeder Mortality Calculator
Determine levels of breeder mortality by using your property records.
-
BeefSpecs Calculator
Manage cattle to meet weight and fat specifications.
-
ParaBoss
Management of blowflies, worms and lice - Sheep.
-
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.
-
BirdCast Scenario Planning Tool
TBirdCast is a scenario planning tool for biodiversity on farms. Using decades of data on more than sixty birds, BirdCast indicates which birds may live in woodlands on your farm in spring and demonstrates the potential for biodiversity in a range of scenarios.
-
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.
- Refrigerator Cost & Emissions Calculator
The cold chain emissions calculator.
-
Shelf Life Calculator
This Excel based calculator can be used to predict remaining shelf life of vacuum packed beef and lamb, based on storage temperature, and an estimation of the microbial load (Total Viable Count (TVC)) at the time of packing.
Producers can also use the mobile MSA Index calculator to guide decision making by predicting the impact of production changes on the MSA Index.
This tool allows sheep producers to assess the economic outcome of joining ewe lambs to inform the adoption of the practice within their business and optimise management strategies when ewe lambs are being joined.
SEDI provides a tool to help you assess the physical and financial impacts of common endemic diseases of sheep to your flock and business.
