Geoff Benson
Professor Emeritus
Bio
Beef Budgets – Spreadsheet Version
- READ ME FIRST – Introduction to spreadsheet beef budgets
- Beef Cow-Calf Budget 20-1 (XLS)
- Beef Wintering Budget 21-1 (XLS)
- Beef Summer Grazing Budget 21-4 (XLS)
- Beef Finishing on Grain Budget 21-6 (XLS)
- Beef Finishing on Pasture Budget 21-8 (XLS)
- Beef Preconditioning 21-9 (XLS)
Dairy
- READ ME FIRST – Introduction to NSSU Dairy Heifer Enterprise Budgets
- Large breed, calving at 24 mo. on corn silage, hay and grain (10-4)
- Large breed, calving at 24 mo. on pasture, corn silage, hay and grain (10-5)
- Large breed, calving at 24 ms. on pasture, hay and grain (10-6)
- Large breed, calving at 22 mo. on corn silage, hay and grain(10-7)
- Large breed, calving at 22 mo. on pasture,corn silage, hay and grain(10-8)
- Large breed, calving at 22 ms. on pasture, hay and grain (10-9)
- Large breed, calving at 27 mo. on corn silage, hay and grain (10-10)
- Large breed, calving at 27 mo. on pasture, corn silage, hay and grain (10-11)
- Large breed, calving at 27 mo. on pasture, hay and grain (10-12)
Forage Budgets
- READ ME FIRST – Introduction to spreadsheet forage budgets
- Hay Harvest Costs, Conventional Square Bales (XLS)
- Hay Harvest Costs, Large Round Bales (1,000 pound)(XLS)
- Hay Production and Storage (XLS)
- Hybrid Bermuda Grass includes Establishment budget, Annual Hay budget and Annual Pasture budget (XLS)
- Cool Season Perennial Grasses includes Establishment budget and Annual Pasture budget (XLS)
- Ladino Clover-Cool Season Grass includes Establishment budget and Annual Pasture budget (XLS)
- Switch Grass for Biomass includes Establishment budget and Annual budget (XLS)
- Switch Grass for Hay and Pasture includes Establishment budget and Annual budget (XLS)
- Bluegrass-White Clover Pasture (Mountains) (XLS)
- Small Grain for Silage (XLS)
- Pearl Millet or Sorghum-Sudan for Temporary Pasture (XLS)
- Cereal Rye or Annual Ryegrass for Temporary Pasture (XLS)
- Corn for Silage (XLS)
Outdoor Hogs
- Hog Feed Budgeting Spreadsheet (Excel)
- Drylot Hog Farrow-to-Finish Budget (PDF)
- Pasture-based Farrow-to-Finish Budget (PDF)
- Introduction to the Drylot Farrow-to-Finish Budget (PDF)
- Drylot Farrow-to-Finish Budget Spreadsheet (Excel)
- Introduction to the Pasture-based Farrow-to-Finish Budget (PDF)
- Pasture-based Farrow-to-Finish Budget Spreadsheet (Excel)