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  • 1 - Setting Directions
      • 1 - Assess the current position of the business.
      • 2 - Establish business goals and objectives
      • 3 - Evaluate and choose the best options for improvement
      • 4 - Document the plan
      • 5 - Implement the plan, monitor progress and review.
      • Module 1 Tools
      • Module 1 Tools
      • 1.01 - Property data questionnaire
      • 1.02 - CoP calculator
      • 1.03 - Diagnosing problems
      • 1.04 - Industry benchmarks
      • 1.05 - Pastoral business risk assessment template
      • 1.06 - Drought management decision points.
      • 1.07 - Simple goal setting
      • 1.08 - Preparing business plans
      • 1.09 - SWOT analysis
      • 1.10 - One page planning
      • 1.11 - Partial budget template
      • 1.12 - Business plan basics
      • 1.13 - Overall business management system
  • 2 - Managing your feedbase
      • 1 - Understand long term weather, climate data and pasture growth.
      • 2 - Understand livestock nutritional requirements
      • 3 - Understand nutritional properties of major arid zone pasture plants
      • 4 - Determine carrying capacity and stocking rate
      • Module 2 Tools
      • Module 2 Tools
      • 2.01 - Establishing patterns and variability of rainfall
      • 2.02 - Plant species sampling information sheet
      • 2.03 - Estimating carrying capacity
      • 2.04 - Calculating DSE days
      • 2.05 - Stocking rate planning sheet
      • 2.06 - Comparing feed on offer to stocking rate
      • 2.07 - Calculating the number of stock for each paddock
  • 3 - Managing your natural resources
      • 1 - Understanding your natural resources.
      • 2 - Mapping and describing your natural resources
      • 3 - Monitoring your natural resources and land condition
      • Module 3 Tools
      • Module 3 Tools
      • 3.01 - Photo standard example
      • 3.02 - Establishing a new photo point
  • 4 - Cattle Genetics
      • 1 - Use a selection index based on a balanced breeding objective
      • 2 - Select a profitable breed or crossbreeding system to achieve genetic progress
      • 3 - Buy the right bulls (or semen) to maximise progress toward enterprise profit while preventing inbreeding.
      • 4 - Modify trait emphasis in line with individual requirements
      • 5 - Implement sound culling, management and marketing policies that complement the genetic improvement programs
      • Module 4 Tools
      • Module 4 Tools
      • 4.01 - BreedObject software
      • 4.02 - A practical approach to breeding
      • 4.03: Considering different breeds
      • 4.04 - BREEDPLAN support
      • 4.05 - Bull earning capacity calculator
  • 5 - Maximising Weaner Throughput
      • 1 - Maximise the number of live calves per breeding female
      • 2 - Wean as early as possible, without compromising overall calf growth rate
      • 3 - Implement a female culling and replacement policy to maintain best herd active.
      • Module 5 Tools
      • Module 5 Tools
      • 5.01 - Maximising weaner throughput
      • 5.02 - Evaluating and reporting bull fertility
      • 5.03 - Calving histogram calculator
  • 6 - Heard Health & Welfare
      • 1 - Choose the appropriate disease and disorder prevention management practice, corrective treatment or a combination
      • 2 - Determine the risk and vaccinate to prevent specific diseases
      • 3 - Watch for sporadic diseases and disorders
      • 4 - Adopt biosecurity strategies to prevent the introduction of infectious diseases
      • 5 - Manage the welfare of your cattle herd
      • Module 6 Tools
      • Module 6 Tools
      • 6.01 - Diagnostic tool to detect diseases controlled by vaccination
      • 6.02 - Disease information sources
      • 6.03 - Tools to identify toxic plants and noxious weeds.
      • 6.04 - Infectious disease risk assessment protocols.
      • 6.05 - Diagnostic tools to assess infectious disease status
      • 6.06 - On property animal welfare compliance checklist
      • 6.07 - Summary of information sources
      • 6.08 - NLIS state authorities
  • 7 - Meeting market specifications
      • 1 - Know your market specifications
      • 2 - Manage the nutrition, health and welfare of sale animals to meet target market specifications on time
      • 3 - Manage cattle before sale and during mustering and transport to achieve best carcass dressing percentage and avoid downgraded meat and carcasses
      • 4 - Evaluate market opportunities
      • Module 7 Tools
      • Module 7 Tools
      • 7.01 - Liveweight and fat score ranges
      • 7.02 - BeefSpecs
      • 7.03 - Hormone growth promotants
      • 7.04 - Selling options
      • 7.05 - Obtaining market information
      • 7.06 - Additional information sources
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  • 1 - Setting Directions
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  • 1 - Assess the current position of the business.
  • 2 - Establish business goals and objectives
  • 3 - Evaluate and choose the best options for improvement
  • 4 - Document the plan
  • 5 - Implement the plan, monitor progress and review.
  • Module 1 Tools
    • 1.01 - Property data questionnaire
    • 1.02 - CoP calculator
    • 1.03 - Diagnosing problems
    • 1.04 - Industry benchmarks
    • 1.05 - Pastoral business risk assessment template
    • 1.06 - Drought management decision points.
    • 1.07 - Simple goal setting
    • 1.08 - Preparing business plans
    • 1.09 - SWOT analysis
    • 1.10 - One page planning
    • 1.11 - Partial budget template
    • 1.12 - Business plan basics
    • 1.13 - Overall business management system

1.02 - CoP calculator

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The MLA Cost of Production Calculator measures the performance of your beef enterprise and enables a comparison of the health of your beef business with other producers. It also identifies where there is scope for improvement, or if your enterprise is already performing well.

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