CTRDAIRY

CTRDairyCTRDAIRY 2018: Windows Version

“CTRDAIRY” is the only simulation program in the world that evaluates within-day feeding strategies of grazing dairy cows to determine how changing those feeding strategies impacts dairy profitability.

CTRDairy was developed by Dr.’s Peter Robinson and Abbas Ahmadi of our department, in close cooperation with Dr. Pablo Chilibroste and his student Francisco Elizondo of the University of Uruguay in Paysandú (Uruguay). Dr. Chilibroste is a world recognized expert on grazing systems of dairy cattle.

CTRDAIRY is designed to simulate rumen events and digestion of nutrients, as well as predict performance, of lactating dairy cattle as a result of discontinuous feeding patterns using up to three defined 'feeds' fed up to 24 times per day for each feed. A 'feed' could be a hay, silage, pasture, grain, protein meal, mixed supplement or even a totally mixed ration.

The program comes with an extensive feed library and is particularly useful for persons who graze dairy cattle and/or feed barn mixes and/or feed hays or silages along bunk lines. CTRDAIRY can be used to answer questions such as:

  • Q1 - If I graze my cows at 11:00 am rather than at 9:00 am, do I make more or less money?
  • Q2 - What is the best time of the day to supplement grazing cows with a silage and/or grain mix?
  • Q3 - What is the best feeding sequence of grazing and supplementing my grazing dairy cows?

Compatibility

This program is fully compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, andWindows 10. 

Wn8 CompatibleWin10 Compatible

Requirements

Microsoft Excel 2013 Icon

CTRDAIRY is written in the VBA language and requires Microsoft Excel 2013 or higher to run. All values are expressed in the Metric system.

How to Order

We do not accept order by phone. The fastest way to order our software is to fill out the order form and the credit card information and fax it to: +1 530-752-0175. Once we receive your faxed order, we will ship the software to you via FedEx service.

The standard feed library contains more than 200 feeds with complete nutrient analysis. The following table shows all 201 feeds but a partial list of nutrient analysis columns.

Feed Library

The standard feed library contains more than 200 feeds with complete nutrient analysis. The following table shows all 201 feeds but a partial list of nutrient analysis columns.

Feed Number Feed Name Dry Matter Ammonia Insol Deg CP UnDeg CP Sol CP Fat VFA
    % g/kg DM g/kg DM g/kg DM g/kg DM g/kg DM moles/kg
1 Alfalfa, pellet/dehy 90.20 0.0 133.1 13.1 79.8 24 0.0
2 Almond, hulls/lo fib 86.00 0.0 17.5 21.4 21.1 26 0.0
3 Almond, hulls/md fib 86.00 0.0 16.6 20.3 20.1 23 0.0
4 Almond, hulls/hi fib 86.00 0.0 15.8 19.2 19.0 20 0.0
5 Almond, shells 91.00 0.0 13.8 10.0 1.3 20 0.0
6 Almond, skins 48.00 0.0 100.1 34.1 78.8 350 0.0
7 Apple, pomace/dehy 89.00 0.0 42.2 2.6 17.8 34 0.0
8 Apple, pomace/wet 17.00 0.0 46.9 1.3 17.8 34 0.5
9 Bakery, bread/dehy 92.00 0.0 90.1 8.5 71.4 120 0.0
10 Bakery, waste/dehy 92.00 0.0 89.6 11.2 59.2 190 0.0
11 Barley, HM/rolled 50.00 0.0 100.4 4.2 18.5 22 0.0
12 Barley, ground 90.00 0.0 89.3 4.2 29.5 22 0.0
13 Barley, rolled 90.00 0.0 91.8 4.2 27.1 22 0.0
14 Barley, roasted/grd 92.00 0.0 108.2 7.4 7.4 22 0.0
15 Barley, roast/rolled 92.00 0.0 109.5 7.4 6.2 22 0.0
16 Barley, steam flaked 88.00 0.0 77.5 8.6 36.9 22 0.0
17 Barley, malt sp/dehy 91.00 0.0 205.1 19.7 56.2 14 0.0
18 Beet, pulp/dehy 90.70 0.0 57.7 11.1 42.2 11 0.0
19 Beet, pulp/wet 26.00 0.0 53.3 7.8 50.0 11 0.0
20 Beet, pulp/mol/dehy 92.00 0.0 53.4 8.1 54.5 6 0.401
21 Biochlor 85.00 0.0 140.2 3.8 350.0 37 0.0
22 Blood, meal/dried 88.00 0.0 847.4 26.8 17.8 15 0.0
23 Bone, meal/steamed 97.00 0.0 99.0 6.6 26.4 13 0.0
24 Brandy, pomace/wet 93.40 0.0 73.1 33.1 18.8 56 0.0
25 Brew's gr,wet-lo fib 27.00 0.0 163.8 11.0 94.2 70 0.0
26 Brew's gr,dry-lo fib 88.00 0.0 212.5 16.1 40.4 70 0.0
27 Brew's gr,wet-hi fib 27.00 0.0 154.7 10.4 88.9 65 0.248
28 Brew's gr,dry-hi fib 88.00 0.0 200.7 15.2 38.1 65 0.0
29 Canola, meal/sol 89.20 0.0 268.8 29.4 121.8 37 0.0
30 Canola, meal/exp 89.20 0.0 233.1 29.6 107.3 73 0.0
31 Canola, pellets/sol 89.20 0.0 260.5 28.5 118.0 37 0.0
32 Canola, seed/whole 88.00 0.0 152.0 8.0 40.0 160 0.0
33 Carrots, tuber/fresh 11.00 0.0 45.2 2.1 57.8 14 0.0
34 Casein, dehy 96.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 927.0 10 0.0
35 Cereal, hay -hi qlty 92.00 0.0 68.3 5.3 31.5 20 0.0
36 Cereal, hay -lo qlty 90.40 0.0 48.3 6.9 13.8 20 0.0
37 Cereal, sil -hi qlty 32.00 59.2 56.0 8.0 96.0 20 0.318
38 Cereal, sil -lo qlty 32.00 42.6 50.6 6.9 57.5 20 0.318
39 Citrus, pulp/dehy 90.00 0.0 32.3 7.1 28.6 25 0.0
40 Citrus, pulp/wet 20.40 0.0 31.6 7.6 51.9 25 0.0
41 Citrus, peel/silage 12.00 0.0 61.0 7.3 22.8 20 0.0
42 Coconut, meal/exp 92.00 0.0 132.2 15.7 76.2 69 0.0
43 Coconut, meal/sol 91.00 0.0 140.4 14.0 79.6 27 0.0
44 Coconut, shreds 96.00 0.0 27.2 0.8 12.0 660 0.0
45 Cottonseed, hulls 91.00 0.0 41.7 44.0 33.3 45 0.0
46 Cottonseed, meal/sol 89.00 0.0 350.8 7.6 89.6 15 0.0
47 Cottonseed, upland 92.70 0.0 159.2 15.8 68.0 229 0.0
48 Cottonseed, pima 93.30 0.0 200.4 13.5 74.0 268 0.0
49 Corn, cannery sil 32.00 0.0 38.5 3.9 34.7 52 0.5
50 Corn, cannery waste 23.00 0.0 42.4 3.9 30.8 52 1.346
51 Corn, dist syrup 72.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 78.4 200 0.0
52 Corn, earlage 44.00 0.0 45.4 3.6 40.1 38 0.0
53 Corn, ears/ground 87.00 0.0 67.5 4.5 18.0 37 0.0
54 Corn, gluten fd/dehy 91.50 0.0 103.4 6.6 110.0 40 0.0
55 Corn, gluten fd/wet 18.00 0.0 62.7 3.3 154.0 40 0.0
56 Corn, gluten meal 88.00 0.0 622.8 9.9 26.4 25 0.0
57 Corn, germ meal 89.00 0.0 200.1 6.9 23.0 40 0.0
58 Corn, grain/HM ear 50.00 0.0 30.0 8.0 57.0 40 0.0
59 Corn, grain/HM rolld 50.00 0.0 61.6 10.1 20.2 40 0.0
60 Corn, grain/HM whole 50.00 0.0 65.3 10.1 16.6 40 0.0
61 Corn, grain/cracked 87.80 0.0 68.1 9.2 14.7 40 0.0
62 Corn, grain/rolled 87.80 0.0 68.1 9.2 14.7 40 0.0
63 Corn, grain/ground 87.80 0.0 66.2 9.2 16.6 40 0.0
64 Corn, grain/flaked 87.80 0.0 61.6 11.0 19.3 40 0.0
65 Corn, hominy feed 91.00 0.0 76.7 9.5 18.9 50 0.0
66 Corn/sun, silage 30.00 0.0 36.9 6.8 53.4 50 0.0
67 Corn silage, lo DM 28.00 0.0 28.8 7.7 44.6 35 0.0
68 Corn silage, hi DM 30.00 0.0 26.9 7.4 43.7 35 0.0
69 Corn sil, hi DM/urea 30.00 0.0 22.2 12.1 92.7 35 0.5
70 DDG, crn/dehy w sol 88.20 0.0 228.1 25.2 53.7 119 0.0
71 DDG, HP/crn/dehy sol 93.00 0.0 363.3 23.8 23.8 53 0.0
72 DDG, crn/wet w sol 20.00 0.0 228.1 25.2 53.7 119 0.0
73 DDG, wht/dehy w sol 88.00 0.0 272.0 20.4 47.6 50 0.0
74 Fat, animal 98.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 990 0.0
75 Fat, vegetable 98.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 990 0.0
76 Fat, rumen inert 98.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 800 0.0
77 Feather, meal 88.00 0.0 624.8 149.6 105.6 30 0.0
78 Fishmeal, hi sol ptn 88.00 0.0 384.8 59.2 296.0 60 0.0
79 Fishmeal, md sol ptn 88.00 0.0 495.8 59.2 74.0 60 0.0
80 Fishmeal, lo sol ptn 88.00 0.0 606.8 59.2 185.0 60 0.0
81 Flax, seed/whole 88.00 0.0 149.5 23.0 57.5 100 0.0
82 Grape, pomace 93.40 0.0 73.1 33.1 18.8 56 0.0
83 Grass, hay/hi qlty 88.00 0.0 111.2 8.8 40.0 20 0.0
84 Grass, hay/med qlty 88.00 0.0 88.2 7.8 24.0 20 0.0
85 Grass, hay/low qlty 88.00 0.0 62.0 6.0 12.0 20 0.0
86 Grass, sil/hi qlty 38.00 0.0 62.4 9.6 88.0 20 0.0
87 Grass, sil/med qlty 38.00 0.0 51.6 8.4 60.0 20 0.0
88 Grass, sil/low qlty 38.00 0.0 37.6 6.4 36.0 20 0.0
89 Grass,sil/hi qlty/RF 39.00 0.0 91.2 4.8 64.0 20 0.0
90 Grass,sil/md qlty/RF 38.00 0.0 73.2 4.8 42.0 20 0.0
91 Grass,sil/lo qlty/RF 38.00 0.0 52.0 4.0 24.0 20 0.0
92 Grass pasture, fall 24.00 0.0 51.2 4.8 104.0 20 0.0
93 Grass pasture, spr 20.00 0.0 54.4 5.1 110.5 20 0.0
94 Grass pasture, sum 22.00 0.0 48.0 4.5 97.5 20 0.0
95 Legume hay, vhi qlty 88.70 0.0 147.3 14.0 88.8 24 0.0
96 Legume hay, hi qlty 89.60 0.0 111.6 15.0 73.4 27 0.0
97 Legume hay, med qlty 90.00 0.0 82.5 12.0 55.5 27 0.0
98 Legume hay, lo qlty 90.00 0.0 54.5 8.5 37.0 27 0.0
99 Legume sil, vhi qlty 37.00 0.0 72.5 15.0 162.5 24 0.0
100 Legume sil, hi qlty 37.00 0.0 66.0 14.0 120.0 27 0.0
101 Legume sil, med qlty 37.00 0.0 55.5 12.0 82.5 27 0.0
102 Legume sil, lo qlty 37.00 0.0 41.0 9.0 50.0 27 0.0
103 Legume pasture, fall 24.00 0.0 120.0 12.0 108.0 25 0.0
104 Legume pasture, spr 20.00 0.0 110.0 11.0 99.0 25 0.0
105 Legume pasture, sum 22.00 0.0 105.0 10.5 94.5 25 0.0
106 Linseed, meal/exp 88.00 0.0 237.3 20.7 42.0 65 0.0
107 Linseed, meal/sol 88.00 0.0 236.5 13.1 70.4 15 0.0
108 Lupins, ground 88.00 0.0 117.0 3.0 180.0 80 0.0
109 Lupins, ground/rst 94.00 0.0 174.0 6.0 120.0 80 0.0
110 Lysine, RP/40% Lys 98.00 0.0 380.0 20.0 0.0 400 0.0
111 Meth'ne, RP/40% Met 98.00 0.0 380.0 20.0 0.0 400 0.0
112 Milo, HM 88.00 0.0 81.3 6.3 37.5 60 0.0
113 Milo, ground 88.00 0.0 101.3 5.0 18.8 60 0.0
114 Min, cal carb 99.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
115 Min, copper sulphate 99.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
116 Min, diammonium phos 99.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 1159.0 0 0.0
117 Min, disod phos 99.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
118 Min, dical phos 99.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
119 Min, dynamate 99.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
120 Min, limestone 99.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
121 Min, mag oxide 99.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
122 Min, mag sulfate 99.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
123 Min, monocalphos 99.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
124 Min, monosodphos 99.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
125 Min, oyster shell 99.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
126 Min, pot chloride 99.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
127 Min, salt 99.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
128 Min, Se-Mar 200 99.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
129 Min, sod bicarb 99.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
130 Min, tripolyphos 99.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
131 Min, TM salt 99.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
132 Min, Zinpro 100 99.00 0.0 59.0 11.8 47.2 0 0.0
133 Molasses, liquid 65.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 98.0 5 0.0
134 Molasses, liq/w urea 65.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 200.0 5 0.0
135 Oats, ground 88.00 0.0 68.9 4.5 39.6 55 0.0
136 Oats, rolled 88.00 0.0 79.7 5.1 28.3 55 0.0
137 Palm kernal, meal 89.00 0.0 132.4 5.2 34.4 110 0.0
138 Peanut, meal  89.00 0.0 157.0 6.2 316.8 73 0.0
139 Pomegranate, wet/plp 25.10 0.0 47.5 6.9 44.6 60 0.0
140 Potatoes, tubers/fr 25.00 0.0 28.0 0.5 66.5 5 0.0
141 Potatoes, dehy 90.00 0.0 58.8 7.4 38.9 5 0.0
142 Peas, ground 89.00 0.0 92.7 1.1 119.3 15 0.0
143 Pineapple, bran 87.00 0.0 29.0 3.2 13.8 15 0.0
144 Pineapple, greenchop 18.00 0.0 28.9 1.5 45.6 22 0.0
145 Pineapple, presscake 21.00 0.0 24.9 1.6 26.5 7 0.0
146 Pineapple, stumpmeal 46.00 0.0 12.3 1.2 16.5 8 0.0
147 Raison, tailings 93.40 0.0 73.1 33.1 18.8 56 0.0
148 Rice, bran 91.00 0.0 121.8 4.2 14.0 200 0.0
149 Rice, grain/ground 88.00 0.0 51.7 1.6 28.7 5 0.0
150 Rye, grain/ground 88.00 0.0 73.9 2.9 43.2 15 0.0
151 Rye, grain/rolled 88.00 0.0 78.7 4.1 37.2 15 0.0
152 Safflower,ml/sl/loCP 91.00 0.0 169.2 18.8 47.0 15 0.0
153 Safflower,ml/sl/hiCP 91.00 0.0 306.9 18.6 139.5 15 0.0
154 Safflower, seeds 92.00 0.0 113.1 17.4 43.5 351 0.0
155 Screenings, grain 88.00 0.0 83.6 4.4 22.0 160 0.0
156 Seaweed, kelp/dehy 91.00 0.0 35.2 17.6 43.2 8 0.0
157 Seaweed, kelp/fresh 32.00 0.0 25.4 13.0 57.6 8 0.0
158 Sorghum, sil/gr type 28.00 0.0 8.5 23.0 38.5 35 0.513
159 Sorghum, sil/for typ 28.00 0.0 9.1 24.7 41.3 30 0.345
160 Soybean, hulls 91.00 0.0 86.9 15.1 23.9 20 0.0
161 Soybean, meal/exp 90.00 0.0 403.4 7.3 78.2 15 0.0
162 Soybean, meal/sol 91.00 0.0 442.8 16.2 79.5 17 0.0
163 Soybean, ml/sl/hiUIP 90.00 0.0 454.0 6.0 40.0 15 0.0
164 Soybeans, extruded 88.00 0.0 316.2 7.6 57.2 180 0.0
165 Soybeans, micronized 92.00 0.0 221.0 7.6 152.4 180 0.0
166 Soybeans, raw ground 88.00 0.0 213.1 2.9 144.0 180 0.0
167 Soybeans, rst ground 94.00 0.0 380.9 17.1 30.0 180 0.0
168 Soybeans, rst whole 94.00 0.0 398.0 21.4 8.6 180 0.0
169 Soy, cake 75.00 0.0 174.0 6.0 120.0 40 0.0
170 Soychlor 85.00 0.0 174.0 6.0 20.0 34 0.0
171 Straw, rice 94.00 0.0 34.6 6.2 7.2 19 0.0
172 Straw, wheat 92.00 0.0 42.0 6.0 30.8 12 0.0
173 Sudan, hay 88.00 0.0 88.0 5.5 16.5 20 0.0
174 Sudan, silage 35.00 0.0 47.3 7.7 55.0 20 0.0
175 Sugarcane, bagasse 91.00 0.0 10.7 0.6 3.8 4 0.0
176 Sugarcane, stripping 45.00 0.0 19.1 0.7 16.2 9 0.0
177 Sunflower, meal/exp 93.00 0.0 272.1 17.8 156.1 87 0.0
178 Sunflower, meal/sol 88.00 0.0 254.0 9.2 65.8 15 0.0
179 Sunflower, seeds 92.00 0.0 47.5 19.0 123.5 420 0.0
180 Tapioca 90.00 0.0 9.4 4.4 9.2 7 0.0
181 Tofu, waste/'okara' 20.00 0.0 185.6 6.4 128.0 180 0.0
182 Tomato, pomace 85.00 0.0 133.0 28.5 28.5 100 0.0
183 Triticale, grain/grd 88.00 0.0 64.1 3.4 67.5 15 0.0
184 Triticale, gr/roll 88.00 0.0 69.5 4.7 60.8 15 0.0
185 Urea, feed grade 99.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 2810.0 0 0.0
186 Vit, A Premix 90.00 0.0 75.0 5.0 20.0 20 0.0
187 Vit, D Premix 90.00 0.0 75.0 5.0 20.0 20 0.0
188 Vit, E Premix 90.00 0.0 75.0 5.0 20.0 20 0.0
189 Water 0.20 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
190 Wheat, bran 90.00 0.0 92.1 6.0 52.9 45 0.0
191 Wheat, middlings 91.00 0.0 107.0 6.7 82.3 45 0.0
192 Wheat, millrun 90.00 0.0 96.2 5.6 83.3 45 0.0
193 Wheat, millrun/hifat 90.00 0.0 68.2 4.4 72.5 200 0.0
194 Wheat, shorts 90.00 0.0 99.0 9.0 72.0 50 0.0
195 Wheat, grain/ground 88.00 0.0 88.9 2.1 49.0 20 0.0
196 Wheat, grain/rolled 88.00 0.0 94.5 3.5 42.0 20 0.0
197 Whey, dehy 96.00 0.0 16.2 1.8 162.0 5 0.0
198 Whey, permeate 22.00 0.0 5.2 1.3 124.5 30 0.0
199 Yeast, brewers/dehy 93.00 0.0 197.0 14.1 258.0 9 0.0
200 Yeast, trub 20.00 0.0 40.9 4.5 181.6 15 0.0
201 Yeast, culture 92.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0