Bulletin No 4191 - Inputs for BEEFIN

Authors

D. J. Barker, Department of Agriculture, Western Australia
P J. May, Department of Agriculture, Western Australia
R. G. Grieve, Western Australian Department of Agriculture

Files

Publication Date

8-1990

Series Number

4191

Abstract

BEEFIN is a computer model (Barker et at. 1986) that calculates profit maximizing diets for finishing cattle to a specified carcass weight and fat thickness. It predicts cattle growth, feed conversion ratio, final liveweight, number of days on feed and amount of available feedstuffs to finish the cattle to specification.

BEEFIN calculates an enterprise profit and loss budget and performs a sensitivity analysis on cattle and feed price changes. A sensitivity analysis of returns to assets, variable costs and per tonne of feed fed is also calculated.

Number of Pages

9

ISSN

0729-0012

Publisher

Department of Agriculture, Western Australia

City

Perth

Keywords

Beef, Beefin (Computer model), Western Australia

Disciplines

Agricultural Science | Beef Science | Databases and Information Systems | Data Science

Comments

Bulletin 4191 Replaces Bulletin 4134

Recommended Citation

Barker, D J, May, P J, and Grieve, R G. (1990), Bulletin No 4191 - Inputs for BEEFIN. Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Perth. Bulletin 4191.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/bulletins/318

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