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CALCULATORS ON-LINE CENTER AGRICULTURE CENTER: SECTION I (Calculators, Applets, Spreadsheets, and where Applicable includes: Courses, Manuals, Handbooks, Simulations, Animations, Videos, etc.) |
FARM ANALYSIS CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), MANUALS, HANDBOOKS, TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS, ETC. FARM & RANCH MANAGEMENT CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), MANUALS, HANDBOOKS, TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS, ETC. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), MANUALS, HANDBOOKS, TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS, ETC. INCOME STATEMENTS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) GLOSSARY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, PROGRAMS AND POLICY - Division of Agriculture, Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences, University of Arkansas Multimedia Glossary of Agricultural Production, Programs and Policy (Text & Images). For more information see the Division of Agriculture AGRICULTURAL ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS - Division of Agriculture, Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences, University of Arkansas Multimedia Agricultural Acronyms and Abbreviations (Text & Images). For more information see the Division of Agriculture AG ADVISOR - D. Kohl, Agriculture and AgriBusiness, Royal Bank of Canada VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. AG Advisor Calculators Include:
Lifestyle Farm Operations Quickstep AG Advisor Calculator AGRICULTURE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TOOLS & CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Ontario Farm Management Analysis Project (OFMAP), Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs, Government of Ontario, Queen's Printer for Ontario, Ontario, Canada VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Agriculture Business Management Tools & Calculators includes over "50" Calculators & Spreadsheets in the following Categories:
Capital Investment Calculators; Cost of Production and Debt Servicing Calculators; Custom Farmwork Rate; Equipment Leases Calculators; Farm Financial Analysis and Planning Calculators; Land Cost Calculators; etc..." AGRICULTURE BUSINESS ANALYSIS AND PLANNING CALCULATOR - Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs, Government of Ontario, Queen's Printer for Ontario, Ontario, Canada VERY EXTENSIVE. Agriculture Business Analysis and Planning Calculator INPUT Values include:
Feed; Livestock; Value of Unpaid Labour; Total Assets; etc..." AGRICULTURE FINANCIAL TOOLS (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Agriculture Marketing, Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture Sciences, Pennsylvania State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Agriculture Financial Calculators include:
Appraisal of Current Financial Position Calculator; Asset Depreciation Calculator; Balance Sheet Calculator; Grain Break Even & Cash Flow Projection Calculator; Capital Budget Analysis Calculator; Cash Flow Projection Calculator; Insurance Payment Calculator; Land Purchase Calculator; Land Rent Estimator Calculator; Lease vs. Purchase Calculator; Loan Amortize & Comparison Calculator; Time Value of Money Calculator; etc..." AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY AND DEMAND DATABASE - farmdoc Project, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Supply and Demand Database includes:
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TOOLS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, British Columbia, Canada VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Business Management
FARM BUDGET CASH FORECAST WORKSHEET CALCULATOR - Agricon Africa, Cape Town, South Africa VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Farm Budget Cash Forcast Worksheet Calculator includes:
FARM BUDGET PLANNERS - CALCULATORS - Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Farm Budget Planner
Beef/Sheep Budget Planner Calculator; Crops/Grain Budget Planner Calculator; Dairy Budget Planner Calculator; Deer Budget Planner Calculator; Mixed Enterprise Budget Planner Calculator; Wool Budget Planner Calculator..." |
Examples of Farm Decisions Calculators include:
Farm Net Worth Statement Calculator; Analyzing a Net Worth Statement Calculator; Farm Income Statemen Calculator; Analyzing an Income Statement Calculator; Farm Financial Performance Measures Calculator; Interpreting Financial Performance Measures Calculator; Farm Comprehensive Financial Analysis Calculator; etc..." FARM DECISION MAKING TOOLS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - E. LaDue, Cornell Program on Agriculture and Small Business Finance, Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of Farm Decision Making Calculators include:
Financial Statements for Agriculture Calculator;
with the recommendations of the Farm Financial Standards Council (FFSC)) Monthly Cash Flow Projection Calculator; Analyzing Replacement Equipment Purchases Calculator; Before Tax Lease Program Calculator; etc..." FARM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT & ANALYSIS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - D. Griffith, Farm Management, Extension Economics, MSU Extension Service, & the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of Farm Financial Management & Analysis Calculators include:
Cash Flow Calculator; Partial Budgeting Calculator; Time Value of Money Calculator; Financial Statements Calculator; Beginning Balance Calculator; Owner's Equity Calculator; etc..."
RD Financial Calculator
Whole Farm Budgeting Calculator Whole Farm Budgeting Calculator
Farm Management Calculator INPUT Values include:
Costs Per Acre; Materials and Related Services Costs; Labor Costs; Machinery and Equipment Costs; Irrigation Costs; Land Costs; Interest on Operating Capital; etc..." FARM MANAGEMENT - INTERACTIVE GREENHOUSE CROP BUDGET WITH FIVE CROPS - R. Brumfield, Rutgers New Jersery Agriculture Station, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Greenhouse Crop Accounting Calculator assists
Greenhouse Crop Accounting Calculator INPUT Values include:
Square-feet Week; Greenhouse Sales; Direct Costs; Overhead and Variable Costs; etc..." FARMLAND PURCHASE ANALYSIS SPREADSHEET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - W. Edwards & M. Duffy, Ag Decision Maker, Iowa State University Extension, Iowa State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Farm Purchase Analysis allows you to
Annual Income expected from Other Sources (Livestock, Royalties, etc.); Real Estate Taxes per Year; Total Other Annual Ownership Costs (Upkeep of Fences, Tile Lines, etc.); Initial Investment needed in Improvements (Fences, Tile Lines, etc.); Initial Investment needed in additional Machinery, if any Closing Costs, Total Dollars; Expected Annual Percentage increase in Farmland Values, Net of General Inflation; Crop Rotation, Yield and Price Assumptions; Current Expected Yield for each Crop (owner's share), Per Acre; etc..." GREENMOUNT BUSINESS PLANNER - A joint venture between College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise, Greenmount Campus and the Northern Bank VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Agriculture Business Planner allows
Finance Charges; Annual Budget; Financial Ratios; etc..." RANCH & FARM CALCULATORS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Includes Over "50" Ranch Calculators & Farm Calculators including:
Interest and Annuity Calculator; Farm Machinery Cost Estimates Calculator; Crop Rotation Analysis Calculator; Direct Seeding/No-Till Cost Estimates Calculator; Economic Damage Estimate from Gully Formation Calculator; Fuel Use Per Acre Calculator; Value of an additional cfs of water for Hydro Power Generation Calculator; Irrigation System - Cost Analysis Calculator; Costs for Big Gun Irrigation System Calculator; Costs for Center Pivot Irrigation System Calculator; Costs for Drip Irrigation System Calculator; Costs for Gated Pipe Irrigation System Calculator; Cost Estimate of Pipeline Projects Calculator; Estimating the Cost of Irrigation Water Calculator; Costs for Wheel Line (Diesel) Irrigation System Calculator; Costs for Wheel Line (Electric) Irrigation System Calculator; etc..." SPECIALTY FOODS ENTERPRISE BUDGET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Center for Integrated Agriculture Systems (CIAS), University of Wisconsin, Madison VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Spreadsheet Located at Bottom of Page. Specialty Foods Enterprise Budget is
Variable Costs
UGA EXTENSION INTERACTIVE ENTERPRISE BUDGETS: VEGETABLE & CROPS (JAVA APPLETS) - Coordinator: J.C. McKissick; Extension Agriculture and Applied Economics, Cooperative Extension Service, Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Budget Calculators for Crops & Vegetables include:
Cotton Budget Calculator; Peanuts Budget Calculator; Squash Budget Calculator; Tobacco Budget Calculator; Tomatoes Budget Calculator..."
Dairy Budget Calculator; Hogs Budget Calculator; Steers Budget Calculator; Broilers Budget Calculator..." USDA - RMA PREMIUM CALCULATION (INSURANCE PLANS AND QUOTATION AVAILABILITY - Risk Management Agency, USDA VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. "...Premium Calculation Software for 2000 and succeeding years..." For more information see Tools & Calculators or Risk Management Agency |
Examples from over "16" Agriculture Engineering Spreadsheets include
AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING DESIGN TOOLS (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Okalahoma, USDA Multimedia Agriculture Engineering Design Tools (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of Agriculture Engineering Design Spreadsheets include
Concrete Lined Outlet Design and Computations Spreadsheet; Livestock Pipeline Design Spreadsheet; Embankment Pond Design Computations Spreadsheet; Irrigation Pipeline and Pumping Plant Design Spreadsheet; etc..." AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING TOOLS AND SOFTWARE (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), South Dakota, USDA Multimedia Agriculture Engineering Design Tools (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Multimedia Agriculture Engineering Design Tools (Text & Images). Examples of Agriculture Engineering Design Spreadsheets & Calculators include
Hood Inlet Hydraulics Spreadsheet; Simple Dam Break Input Formatting Spreadsheet; Animal Waste Storage Facility Design Spreadsheet; Any Level Earthwork Quantity Calculator; etc..." AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING STANDARD DRAWINGS - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Illinois, USDA Multimedia Agriculture Engineering Standard Drawings (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples Agriculture Engineering Standard Drawings Subject Categories which include over "200" Drawings include
Grade Control Structures Engineering Standard Drawings; Livestock Facilities Confinement & Grazing Engineering Standard Drawings; Streambank Stabilization Engineering Standard Drawings; Temporary Erosion Control Engineering Standard Drawings; Waterways, Diversions, Terraces and Basins Engineering Standard Drawings; etc..." AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING CADD DRAWINGS (PDF) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Colorado, USDA Multimedia Agriculture Engineering CADD Drawings (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Colorado Technical Resources or the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Colorado AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING DRAWINGS - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Kentucky, USDA Multimedia Agriculture Engineering Drawings (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Kentucky Technical Resources or the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Kentucky |
Ranch Building & Equipment Plans include:
Loading Chutes; Loading Ramp and Six-Way Sorting Trap; Breeding Chute for Beef Cattle; Calf Creep Feeder; etc..."
Fan Ventilation Systems for Animal Facilities; Dairy Manure Storage Facility; etc..."
Cattle Feeding Rack for Hay and Silage; Cattle Feeding Shelter; etc..."
Circular Loading Pen for Swine; etc..."
Portable Curing Frames; Hauling Wagons; etc..." AGRICULTURE BUILDING AND FACILITY PLANS - Department of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources, North Dakota State University Multimedia Agriculture Building and Facility Plans (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Agriculture Building and Facility Plans
Dairy Cattle Building and Facility Plans; Horse Building and Facility Plans; Poultry Building and Facility Plans; Sheep Building and Facility Plans; Swine Building and Facility Plans; Crops Building and Facility Plans; Construction (Barns, etc.) Building and Facility Plans; etc..." AGRICULTURE BUILDING PLANS - MidWest Plan Service (MWPS), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Iowa State University Multimedia Agriculture Building Plans (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Example of "Agriculture Building Plans" Subject Categories include
Dairy Cattle Building Plans; Sheep Building Plans; Swine Building Plans; Milkhouse and Parlor Building Plans; Hay & Grain Storage Building Plans; Machinery Storage; Building Plans Trusses Building Plans; etc. AGRICULTURE BUILDING PLANS - Canada Plan Service - Service de Plans du Canada, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs Multimedia Agriculture Building Plans (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Example of "Agriculture Building Plans" Subject Categories include
Dairy Cattle Building Plans; Poultry Building Plans; Sheep Building Plans; Swine Building Plans; Fruits, Vegetables & Greenhouses Building Plans; Special Structures (Goat Structures, Rabbit Stuctures, Horse Structures, Machinery Storage, etc.); Grain, Forage & Feed Building Plans; etc..." AGRICULTURE: FARM STRUCTURES & LIVESTOCK PLANS - Ministry of Agriculture & Lands, British Columbia Government, Province of British Columbia VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of Farm Structures & Livestock Plans include
Livestock Control Fence Designs; Gates; Fence Construction; etc..."
Gravity Flow Slurry Channel for Dairy Manure; Hay Floor Safety Fence; Veal Calf Housing; etc..."
Floor Heat for Swine; Site and Building Planning for Swine Production; etc..." STOCKYARDS PLANS, LAIRAGES PLANS, CORRAL PLANS, LOADING RAMP PLANS, ETC.
Design of Livestock Handling Systems, Cattle Corrals, Stockyards, and Races Teaching Modules include:
Ranch Soring Pens; Feedlot Handling; Curved Corral System; etc..." Computer Aided Drawings of Cattle Corral Designs; Non Slip Flooring for Livestock Handling; Directions for laying out Curved Cattle Handling Facilities; etc.
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Farm Energy Calculators include
Irrigation Energy Estimator; Nitrogen Energy Estimator; Tilliage Energy Estimator..." FARM ENERGY COSTS CALCULATOR - Central Iowa Power Cooperative VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Farm Energy Costs Calculator
Hog Operation Equipment; Grain Dryer Equipment; Poultry Equipment; Water Pumps; Water Stock Stank Heaters (Hog & Cattle); Yard Lighting; etc..." WIND POWER SYSTEMS FOR FARMS
WIND FARM AREA CALCULATOR - National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Department of Energy Wind Farm Area Calculator
Wind Energy: Databases, Manuals, Calculators, etc. WIND ENERGY CALCULATORS, MANUALS, DATABASES & TEACHING MODULES - Danish Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association, Denmark Multimedia Wind Energy Manuals, Teaching Modules, Wind Energy Databases, Wind Energy Calculators, etc. (Text, Images, Animations, Simulations, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Wind Energy
How do Turbines Work
Lift; Stall and Drag; Sum of Wind Speeds; Rotor Aerodynamics; Rotor Blades; Power Control; The Yaw Mechanism; Towers; The Size of Turbines..."
Energy and Power Definitions; Wind Energy Acoustics; etc..."
WIND PROJECT CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Great Plains Windustry Project VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Free - Registration Required. Windustry Wind Project Calculator is
Electricity Usage at the Farm or Business; Electric Rates; Production Rates; Expected Escalation in Future Rates, and Energy Adjustments; Net Billing Information and Buy-Back Rates; Green Energy Tags; Renewable Energy Credits; etc.." |
Fencing Cost Calculator for Woven & Barbed Wire
Number of End Assemblies; Tractor Driven Posts; etc..."
Woven Wire Unwind, Stretch, Fasten Labor Costs; Barbed Wire Unwind, Stretch, Fasten Labor Costs..." etc. FENCING COST CALCULATOR: HIGH TENSILE FENCES - J. R. Bicudo, L. Turner & G. Rajput, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE), College of Agriculture & the College of Engineering, University of Kentucky VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Fencing Cost Calculator for High Tensile Fences
Number of Wires of High Tensile Wire; Number of End or Corner Post Insulators per Corner Assembly & Per End Assembly; Tractor Driven Posts; etc..."
Wire Strainers; Insulators; etc..."
High Tensile Wire Unwind, Stretch & Fasten Labor Costs; etc. FENCE BUDGETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: Eric Eberly, Farm Business Management Agent, Gordon Groover, Extension Economist, Farm Management and the Farm Business Management Staff, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Fence Budget Calculators includes:
Fence High Tensile Electric Calculator; Fence High Tensile Non Electric Calculator; Fence Barbed Wire Calculator; Fence NRCS HT Electric Calculator; Fence NRCS HT Non Electric Calculator; Fence Woven Wire Calculator..." FENCING DESIGN & FENCING COST CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), ETC.
Power & Barbed Wire Fence Design and Cost Calculator INPUT Values include:
Number of Corner Systems, H Brace Systems, Gate Systems, Wire Gaps, Floodgates, etc..."
Insulated Cable; Gates; Flood Gate Controller; etc..."
FENCING POSTS WIND LOAD CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), ETC.
Examples of Fence Post Wind Load Calculators for Fences include:
Fence Height; Line Post O.D.; Mesh Size or Solid Panel; Fabric Wire Guage; Wind Exposure Category; Icing Effect; etc..."
Fence Height; Line Post O.D.; Description; Wind Exposure Category; Icing Effect; etc..." |
Tractor Tests TRACTOR TESTS - Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory, Department of Bilogical Systems Engineering, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincolon Nebraska VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Tractor test reports from 1999 to CURRENT DATE include
Case-IH Tractors; McCormick Tractors; New Holland Tractors; Challenger & Caterpillar Tractors; John Deere Tractors; Buhler Versatile Tractors; Hurliman Tractors; Kubota Tractors; SAME Tractors; Valmet Tractors; Zetor Tractors..." Build Your Own Tractor & Equipment BUILD YOUR OWN TRACTORS, COTTON PICKERS & STRIPPERS, CHISEL PLOWS, DISKS, FIELD CULTIVATORS, SEEDBED FINISHERS, SPRAYERS, COMBINES, BALERS, BALE EJECTORS, MOWERS, PLANTERS, DRILLS, AIR SEEDERS, LOADERS, ROTARY CUTTERS, SCRAPERS, ETC. - John Deer Company VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. John Deer's "Build Your Own" Agriculture Equipment includes:
Utility and Row-Crop Tractors and/or Attachments for Non-Current Tractors; Cotton Pickers, Cotton Strippers and/or Attachments for Non-Current Cotton; Chisel Plow, Disks, Field Cultivators, Seedbed Finishers, Moldboard Plows,
Round Balers, Square Balers, Bale Ejectors, Mower-Conditioners, Mowers, Windorwers,
Choppers or Attachments for Non-Current Hay & Forage Equipment; Loaders, Rotary Cutters, Scrapers, Flail Mowers, Flail Shredders, Backhoes & Tillers; etc..." Farm Equipment Costs Calculators, Spreadsheets (xls), etc. FARM EQUIPMENT CALCULATORS: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TOOLS & CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Ontario Farm Management Analysis Project (OFMAP), Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs, Government of Ontario, Queen's Printer for Ontario, Ontario, Canada VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Farm Equipment Calculators include:
Farm Machinery Costs Calculators, Spreadsheets (xls), etc. FARM MACHINERY CALCULATOR: FARM MARCHINERY ECONOMIC COST ESTIMATION SPREADSHEET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: W.F. Lazarus & R. Selley; Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Farm Machinery Calculator: Farm Machinery Economic Cost Estimation Calculator input Categories include:
Tillage Equipment, Planting Equipment, Crop Maintenance Equipment, Harvesting Equipment; General Parameters; Implement Information; Tractor of Power Unit Information; Per Acre Calculations; Used Machines; etc..." FARM MACHINERY CALCULATORS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Farm Management Resources, School of Economic Sciences, College of Agricultural, Human, & Natural Resource Sciences, Washington State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Farm Machinery Calculators include:
Custom Plowing Calculator; Custom Raking Calculator..." FARM MACHINERY CALCULATORS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - AgManager, Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Kansas State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Farm Machinery Calculators - Farm Machinery Spreadsheet Decision-Making Tools include:
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Farm Machinery Cost Calculator
Disk Mower; Forage Harvestor, etc..."
Tillage Equipment; Grinders/Mixers & Dryers; Rock Pickers & Grain Vacuums; Trailers; etc...."
Tax Rate; Inflation Rate; Insurance; etc..." FARM MACHINERY DECISION TOOLS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Ag Decision Maker, Iowa State University Extension, Iowa State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "20" Farm Machinery Calculators include: "...Farm Machinery Analyzer Calculator;
Matching Tractor Power and Implement Size Calculator; Estimating the Number of Field Days Required Calculator; Estimating Farm Machinery Costs Calculator; Combine Ownership or Custom Hire Calculator; Joint Machinery Ownership Calculator; Farm Machinery Joint Venture Calculator; etc..."
Estimating the Field Capacity of Farm Machines Calculator INPUT Values include
Row Equipment; Number of Rows; idth; Speed; Field Efficiency Percentage..." Matching Tractor Power and Implement Size Calculator - Author: W. Edwards Matching Tractor Power and Implement Size Calculator INPUT Values include
Harrow, spring tooth or spike tooth; Roller or packer; Field cultivator; Planter; Planter with attachments; Grain or soybean drill; No-till drill; Rotary hoe; Row cultivator; etc..." Estimating Farm Machinery Costs Calculator - Author: W. Edwards Estimating Farm Machinery Costs Calculator INPUT Values include
Purchase price or current used value of machine; Accumulated hours of use; Current age; Years of ownership remaining; Field capacity in acres or tons per hour; Engine horsepower; Machinery labor rate; etc..."
Ownership Costs; Capital recovery (interest and depreciation); Taxes, insurance and housing; Repair cost; Fuel and lubrication cost; etc..." Machine Cost Calculator INPUT Values include:
MACHINE COST CALCULATOR - Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Idaho VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Software; Resources or the Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology MACHINERY MANAGEMENT (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - D. Griffith, Farm Management, Extension Economics, MSU Extension Service, & the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Farm Machinery Management Calculators include:
TRACTOR COST CALCULATION TOOL - farmdoc Project, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign VERY EXTENSIVE. Tractor Cost Calculator
UGA EXTENSION INTERACTIVE ENTERPRISE BUDGETS: MACHINERY COSTS (JAVA APPLETS) - Coordinator: J.C. McKissick; Extension Agriculture and Applied Economics, Cooperative Extension Service, Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Machinery Costs are
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AGRICULTURE CROP PLANTING VIDEO: SWATH CONTROL (REAL PLAYER) - John Deere, Deere & Company Multimedia Agriculture Crop Planting - Swath Control Videos (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). For more information see Agriculture or John Deere Tillage Manuals, Handbooks, Calculators, Spreadsheets (xls), etc. ENERGY ESTIMATOR FOR TILLAGE CALCULATOR - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Energy Estimator for Tillage Calculator
RESIDUE COVER CALCULATOR - Soil Management and Convervation Practices, Iowa State University Extension, College ofAgriculture, Iowa State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Residue Cover Calculator INPUT Values include
Fall Tillage 1
Spring Tillage 1; Spring Tillage 2; Planting
TILLAGE CALCULATORS - Krause Corporation VERY EXTENSIVE. Tillage Calculators include
TILLAGE CALCULATORS - Soil Translocation Laboratory, Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Department of Soil Science or the Department of Soil Science
Sweage Treatment
PRE-2008 RULE CHANGE DESIGN FORMS: ONSITE SEWAGE TREATMENT DESIGN WORKSHEETS AND FORMS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Onsite Sewage Treatment Program, Water Resources Center (WRC), College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Sewage Treatment Design Calculators include:
Mound Design Calculator; Atgrade Design Calculator; Pump Selection Calculator; Pressure Distribution Calculator; Dosing Chamber Sizing without a Timer Calculator; Site Evaluation Calculator; Percolation Test Calculator; Filter and Wetlands Calculator; Drip Distribution Calculator; Nonlevel Pressure Distribution Calculator; Trench Design After Pretreatment Calculator; Septage Application Calculator; etc..."
Atgrade Design Calculator INPUT Values include
Minimum Septic Tank Capacity
Linear Loading Rate (LLR); Land Slope; Percolation rate if available..." System Size
System width is the sum of upslope width (E2d) plus downslope width (E3f); The rock layer length is the flow (A) divided by the LLR (C5); etc..." Trench Design After Pretreatment Calculator Trench Design After Pretreatment Calculator INPUT Values include
For trenches with 12" of rock below the pipe or 12" slotted chambers..." Soil: Soil Chemistry, Soil Biology, Soil Science, etc.
GLOSSARY OF SOIL TERMS - Soil Science Society of America, Inc. Multimedia Soil Science Glossary (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Soil Science Society of America, Inc. Soil Databases SOIL CLASSIFICATION - Soil Survey Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture Multimedia Soil Classification Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Soil Classification Databases include:
Keys to Soil Taxonomy; Official series descriptions; Soil classification file; Distribution maps of dominant soil orders; etc..." SOILS USE - Soil Survey Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture Multimedia Soil Use (Soil Interpretations) Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Soil Use Databases include
Salinity; Soil Quality; Soil Risks & Hazards; State of the Land; Thematic Maps; Urban Soil Issues; etc..." SOIL IMAGES AND LANDSCAPES - Soil Survey Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture Multimedia Soil Images Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see NRCS Soils NATIONAL SOIL SURVEY - UNITED STATES - Soil Survey Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture Multimedia Soil Survey Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see NRCS Soils Soil Technical Guides ELECTRONIC FIELD OFFICE TECHNICAL GUIDE (eFOTG) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture Multimedia Electronic Field OfficeTechnical Guides & Teaching Modules (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Electronic Field Office Technical Guides (FOTG)
Soil Science, Soil Chemistry, Soil Biology, etc. Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. INTRODUCTION TO SOIL SCIENCE - Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota Mulitmedia Soil Science Course (Text, Images, Animations & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Introduction to Soil Science" Course Chapters include
Soil Forming Factors; Soil Taxonomy; Soil Bulk Density; Soil Water; Soil Survey; Soil Organisms & The Nitrogen Cycle; Clay Minerals; etc..." SOIL BIOLOGY PRIMER - Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Multimedia Soil Biology Textbook (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Soil Biology Primer
Chapter 3: Bacteria; Chapter 4: Fungi; Chapter 5: Protoza; Chapter 6: Nematodes; Chapter 7: Arthropods; etc..." SOIL CHEMISTRY (SSC 102) - R.J. Zasoski, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, College of Agricultural & Enviromental Sciences, University of California, Davis Multimedia Soil Chemistry Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Soil Chemistry Course includes
Chemistry of the Soil Solution Phase; Solubility Relationship of Soil Components; Chemistry of Carbonate Systems; Exchange Reactions in Soil-Sediment Systems; Adsorption on Soil Colloids; Oxidation-Reduction Reactions in Soil Systems; etc..." SOIL QUALITY - Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Multimedia Soil Quality Teaching Modules, Technical Publications, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of Soil Quality Teaching Modules, Technical Publications, etc. Subject Categories include
Soil Chemistry; Rangeland Soil Quality; Pastureland Soil Quality; Soil Quality Test Kits; Hydrophobicity; Compaction; Agronomy
Legumes and Soil Quality; Liming to Improve Soil Quality in Acid Soils; etc.; INSTALLING MONITORING WELLS IN SOILS - S.W. Sprecher, National Soil Survey Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA Multimedia Installing Monitoring Wells in Soils Manual - PDF, 33 Pages (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Installing Monitoring Wells in Soils
Standard Design Recommendations; Construction;
Bentonite Seal; Grout; Well Cap; Water Level Reading Equipment; etc..."
Well Development; Site Construction; etc..." Documentation
MEASURING SOIL MOISTURE - Kings County Extension Office, Kings County, U.C. Davis Extension Service, University of California, Davis Multimedia Measuring Soil Moisture Technical Reports (Text & Images). VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Example of "Measuring Soil Moisture" Technical Reports include
Tensiometers; Soil Moisture Monitoring-Low Cost Tools and Methods; Soil Water Monitoring and Measurement; etc..." SOIL AND WATER MANAGEMENT (CSS 321 or SCAS 321) - Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University Mulitmedia Soil & Water Management Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Courses or the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences PRODUCTIVITY OF AGRICULTURAL SOILS - A.D. Tomlin & G.J. Umphrey, Pest Management Research Centre, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario, Canada Mulitmedia Productivity of Agricultural Soils Course with Slides (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Publications or the Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network SOIL pH CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
pH Calculator "...will calculate the pH of a solution of known concentration... pH Calculator INPUT Values include:
and Select one of Three Methods
Weight Method (Weight of acid or base; Total Volume of solution); or Volume Method (Concentration of Acid or Base being added; Volume of acid or base; Total Volume of Solution (including acid/base)..." pH CALCULATOR - B. Wayne Bequette, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Insititute pH Calculator INPUT Values include:
pH PLAYGROUND: UNDERSTANDING pH (JAVA APPLET) - A.W. Grogono, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Tulane University VERY EXTENSIVE. "...pH is the negative logarithm of the [H+] measured in moles per liter. A pH of 7.4 is equivalent to 40 nanoMols/liter [H+] (hydrogen ion concentration)..." For more information see Acid-Base Balance or Alan W. Grogono's Home Page SOIL TYPE, SOIL TEXTURE, SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTICS, ETC. DATABASES, TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS, CALCULATORS, ETC.
NCSS 'WEB SOIL SURVEY (WSS)' - Soil Survey Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Department of Agriculture VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. NCSS 'Web Soil Survery' allows you to
SOIL DATA MART - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. The Soil Data Mart allows you to
SOIL DATA VIEWER - Soil Survey Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Department of Agriculture VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Soil Data Viewer
Soil Texture Calculators & Technical Publications SOIL TEXTURE TRIANGLE BULK DENSITY CALCULATORS: CANADIAN SYSTEM & U.S. SYSTEM - Pedosphere VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Soil Texture Triangle Bulk Density Calculators
Canadian Bulk Density Calculator; American Texture Triangle Calculator; American Bulk Density Calculator..." TRIANGLE: A PROGRAM FOR SOIL TEXTURAL CLASSIFICATION - A. Gerakis & B. Baer, Michigan State University Available in English & Portuguese. Soil Textural Classification Calculator input values include
Percentage Clay..." Soil Water Content - Soil Water Characteristics SOIL CALCULATIONS - J.E. Clausner & E. Briuer, Dredging Operations and Environmental Research, Dredging Operations Technical Support (DOTS), Environmental Laboratory, Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Waterways Experiment Station (WES), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers VERY EXTENSIVE. Soil Calculators include:
Void Ratio; Degree of Saturation..."
Porosity; Degree of Saturation..."
Specific gravity of soil..." SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTICS: HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES CALCULATOR - Developed by: K.E. Saxton, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, in cooperation with the Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University VERY EXTENSIVE. Soil Texture Triangle Calculator
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SOIL QUALITY TEST KIT GUIDE - NRCS Soils, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture Multimedia Soil Quality Test Kit Guide (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. The Soil Quality Test Kit Guide
Soil Respiration Test (indicates the soil's biological activity); Infiltration Test (measures the soil's ability to take in water through the soil surface; Bulk Density Test (measures the soil's compaction or pore space); Electrical Conductivity (EC) Test (measures the salt concentration in the soil); pH Test (measures the soil's acidity - alkalinity; Soil Nitrate Test (measure the soil's Nitrate levels); Aggregate Stability Test (measures the amount of water stable aggregates); Slake Test (estimates the stability of soil fragments in water); Earthworm Test (measures the amount of earthworms in the soil); Soil Observations and Estimations
For more information see the Soil Quality Assessment; Soil Quality or NRCS Soils Soil Test Interpretation Guidelines SOIL TEST INTERPRETATION GUIDE - E.S. Marx, J. Hart & R.G. Stevens, Department of Crop & Soil Science, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University Extension Service, Oregon State University Multimedia Soil Test Interpretation Guidelines, PDF, 8 Pages (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. Soil Test Interpretation Guidelines Subject Categories include
Phosphorus; Potassium; Calcium; Magnesium; Sulfate-sulfur; Micronutrients
Sodium; Soluble Salts; Organi Matter; Cation Exchange Capacity; etc..." Soil Testing, Fertilizer Decision & Nutrient Managment SOIL TEST INTERPRETATION AND FERTILIZER DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEM (JAVA WEB START APPLET) - Soil, Water and Forage Analytical Laboratory, Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Soil Test Interpretation and Fertilizer Decision-Support System (includes Fertilizer Blending and Cost Calculator)
SPATIAL NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLANNER (SNMP) - Center for Agricultural, Resource and Environmental Systems (CARES), College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Spatial Nutrient Management Planner (SNMP)
(2) automatically create soil test maps of the farm and generate fertilizer recommendations for selected crops; (3) determine manure distribution networks for the operation; etc..." SOIL SCIENCE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
SOIL PHYSICS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) SOIL CHEMISTRY CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) SOIL MODELS: SOIL PHYSICS & SOIL CHEMISTRY SOFTWARE - United States Salinity Laboratory, Agriculture Research Service, Department of Agriculture VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Soil Physics & Soil Chemistry Software is FREE but Requires Regristration. For more information see Products & Services or the United States Salinity Laboratory
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