Understanding and Using the Breeding Costs Cow-Q-Lator
May 2015
Aaron Berger
UNL Extension Educator
Panhandle Research and Extension Center
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Aaron Berger explains how to use the Breeding Cost Cow-Q-Lator, an Excel® spreadsheet. Using this spreadsheet can assist producers in calculating the costs associated with natural service and artificial insemination and help producers compare the two options to each other.
Find the Breeding Cost Cow-Q-Lator and other tools for beef producers at https://cap.unl.edu/livestock/tools.
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Beef Cattle Production
- Cow-calf, Bull and Heifer Nutrition and Management
- Breeding, Genetics & Reproduction
- Backgrounding, Yearling and Feedlot Nutrition and Management
- Forage, Pasture & Range Management
- By-Product Feeds
- Beef Forage Crops Systems
- Herd Health
- Livestock and the Environment
- Marketing and Livestock Budgets
- Nebraska Beef Quality Assurance Program