What is BESTMIX® Ration Calculation software?
BESTMIX® Ration Calculation software is the leading tool to develop custom feeds and balancing on-farm producer rations. By using BESTMIX® Ration Calculation software, you can contribute to increasing returns for your customers, thus building long-term business relationships and boosting your image.
This Windows-based
ration calculation tool enables you to manage and distribute feed-related information (from your R&D department, from research institutes, from laboratories, from individual cattle farmers …) in a structured manner
. It supports your consultants in translating this information into customized advice. BESTMIX® Ration Calculation perfectly integrates with the
BESTMIX® Feed Formulation software.
What does BESTMIX® Ration Calculation do?
BESTMIX® Ration Calculation software makes optimum use of information.
The efficient sharing of information and know-how will:
- result in high-quality advice to your customers
- reduce the amount of time needed to research and collect data
- enable you to achieve your end result faster and guarantee the lowest cost price by using the optimization technique
What's in it for you?
BESTMIX® Ration Calculation software offers all advantages of a modern Windows-based software tool for intensifying your customer relations:
- Calculation rulesbased on the new ‘2002 Cow Model’.
- Flexible and adjustable curves(dry matter, milk production, fat and protein) which can be adjusted in line with your own views and experience.
- Adviceon the ‘best’ rations, but also the ‘cheapest’ rations by using new, advanced optimization techniques.
- The optimized milk table. This ensures that the ration is suitable for all types of milk production, so that each step in the lactation table can be optimized.
- Integrated ‘development table’. The development table is integrated with the milk table, so that the transition from dry cows to newly milking cows runs optimally.
- Maximized use of ‘in-house bulk feeders’.
- Balanced rationsvia the use of multiple concentrates. Account is constantly taken of the number of available silos in the company.
- Condition scoreon the basis of energy usage (milk production and growth).
- Simple data managementwith automatic import of NRS (Dutch cattle syndicate) and BLGG (corporate laboratory for soil and crop research) data.
- Satellite versions for remote sites with a ‘Central Master version’ to give a complete overview.