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Formulate balanced feed rations for cattle, goats and sheep using locally available African ingredients. Calculate daily feed costs in your local currency.
AfroTools' Livestock Feed Calculator helps African farmers, veterinary officers, and livestock advisors formulate balanced feed rations using locally available ingredients. The tool uses NRC (National Research Council) nutrient standards adapted for African tropical breeds, covering cattle, goats, and sheep across all major production classes.
Select your country, animal type and production class (e.g., dairy cow producing 10L/day), breed and body weight. The calculator determines daily dry matter intake (DMI), crude protein (CP) and total digestible nutrients (TDN) requirements. You then choose available feed ingredients — the engine allocates roughage (40–70% of DMI) and concentrates (energy + protein feeds) to meet nutritional targets, converting to fresh weights and calculating daily and monthly costs in local currency.
The calculator uses NRC nutrient requirements adapted for African tropical breeds. You select your animal type, production class, body weight, and locally available feed ingredients. The engine calculates daily dry matter intake, allocates feeds to meet crude protein and TDN targets, and provides a complete daily ration with costs in local currency.
The calculator supports cattle (dairy cows, beef cattle, calves), goats (does, bucks, kids), and sheep (ewes, rams, lambs). Each has multiple production classes — e.g., dairy cow lactating high/medium/low, beef growing, fattening, or maintenance.
Yes. The calculator includes many free or very cheap African feeds: Napier grass, Leucaena leaf meal, Moringa leaf meal, sweet potato vines, cassava peel, maize stover, cowpea haulm, and groundnut haulm. These tree and crop byproduct feeds can significantly cut feed costs.
Dry matter is the weight of feed after all water is removed. Animals require a certain amount of nutrients per day, and nutrient content is expressed on a DM basis. Fresh feeds like Napier grass are 80% water (20% DM), so you need 5 kg of fresh grass to provide 1 kg of DM. The calculator converts all results to fresh (as-fed) weights for easy measurement.
Yes, 100% free. No registration required. All calculations happen in your browser — no data is sent to any server.
Calculate herd size, daily ration, feed price, and number of days so farmers can plan purchases and compare feed alternatives.
Reviewed 2026. Agriculture disclaimer: this is a planning estimate. Confirm ration with an extension officer or veterinarian, especially for young, pregnant, or sick animals. Sources/reference: FAO livestock production
Animal age, breed, weight, pregnancy, milk production, climate, grazing quality, and health status.
Not automatically. Compare nutrient value, spoilage risk, transport, animal response, and veterinary guidance.
Feed used, weight gain, milk or egg output, sickness, mortality, and feed price changes.