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EZfeed OverviewVersions available• Basic: Full desktop version / no scale interface • Full: Scale interface w/cable transfer• Wireless: Scale interface w/wireless transfer• EZfeed Reader: available at no cost to view emailed

reports and graphs• Consultant: available to consultants, owners, bankers, etc.

for analyzing data.• Network: program is fully network able allowing

accessibility and data entry from multiple computers at the same time.

Key Program Features• Ingredients / Contracts / Deliveries / Inventories


• Ingredients / Contracts / Deliveries / Inventories• Provides immediate feedback to feeders on accuracy.• Pen information / Milk information (Meter, Bulk Tank,

Test day, Age, DIM, %Preg, DCC, Lact#) can be imported into the program from herd management programs and processors.

• Key values that are available DMI / Refusal / Feed cost per head, CWT, FCM & ECM basis / Feed Efficiency on Milk & ECM / IOFC per head and CWT. Thousands of values available and all reports can be copied and customized.

• Simple easy to use scale interface that provides key information back to the feeders stimulating improved performance attention to detail.

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Interfaces with multiple scale indicators

Digi-Star - All Models

Weigh-Tronix 640


Dinamica generale –Win Scale

Screens are versatile and easy to use

• Enter new ingredients, rename or delete existing ingredients.

• Update ingredient DM%

• View ingredient inventories and costs.

• Project Usage

• Displays all values on ingredients, many values not displayed in this view.


costs.

Quick Summary (Opening Screen)

Intakes and Production

• Summarizes key intake and production information.

• Select any group, ration, or pen for summary information.


Quick SummaryFeeder Deviations

• Quickly monitor deviation trends.

• Check the ‘Show Feeder Detail’ to show individual feeder averages.

• Recommend using lbs of Dry Matter deviation because that is what effects the cow and it gives you a known amount to deal with.

• Recommend a benchmark of 30# of DM or less


Quick SummaryIngredient Inventory / Purchasing

Needs / Target Usage

• When am I going to be out of an ingredient?

• How much do I have on hand?

• What are my current ingredient costs on an Actual and Market level (Market costs can be used to project or monitor your actual costs against future or projected costs)?

• Project costs and purchasing needs for a specified number of days. The projected number


specified number of days. The projected number of days is controlled from the ingredient setup screen.

Can you prepare your inventory statement with the click of a

button?• Cattle Counts

• Cattle Values

• Intake Costs

• Milk Production

• Cost per CWT Milk

• Income over feed cost

• Beginning Inventories

• Ending Inventories

• Inventory Received

• Inventory Used

• Inventory Shrink

• Totals for Date Ranges


Intake Summary

• Provides quick access to intake information

• Dry Matter Intakes

• Intake Costs & Market Costs

• Refusal / Pushout Feed

• AsFed Intakes

• Subtotal by # of days, weeks, etc.

• Spread refusal feed across days if bunks are not cleaned every day

• Select from any Group, Ration, Pen Classification, or Individual Pen


Bunk Call graph monitoring bunk adjustments made


Feeding times graph for each pen

Reports expand and drill down to detailed information

What are my inclusion rates?

Targets vs Actual


Monitor DM% Changes on wet feeds


Graph IOFC (income over feed cost)

Ingredient Usage Reports


Check Feed Efficiencies on milk and ECM basis


Monitor the effects of stock rates

4 Year Summary Graphs analyze key values. Allows you see what affect changes have on

your profitability.


Changes to rations are automatically tracked in the program and can be searched and

applied to graphs


Rugged handheld computers are used in the trucks and tractors. Options that can be easily opened or restricted. Computers meet IP67 standards for moisture, dust, vibration, and temperature (standard operating temp -20 to +140 degrees)


Why use a hand held computer?

• Simple interface (design to be used with little or no training).

• Provides immediate feedback to feeders stimulating improved performance.


• Program text is easily switched between English or Spanish.

• Increased capacity, storage, computing abilities and easily updatable.

performance.

Simply touch

‘Feed’ then the button with the

load name that you want to feed.

Scripted Loads


Options can be set on the desktop to

lockout or allow adjustments to be made. Pen

counts and amounts can be changed on the

load screen.

Mixing times are displayed on each individual load.


Pauses are

displayed in yellow on the graph.

Mixing times are critical to consistency.

Setup Mixing Pauses by:• Ingredient

– Pre-loading– Post-Loading– Can be ration

specific• Ration • Load


• Load• MixerSetup pauses on the

‘Scale Effects’ screens.

Adjustments with the number pad make it easy to verify changes.

Make feed changes by AsFed, Dry Matter or

Percentage.


Ingredient and pen names are displayed on the scale indicator for easy loading and unloading.

Deviation information is displayed

and color coded for immediate

feed back to feeders.


Fed times are

displayed next to each load as they

are completed.

Flex Loads(Feed by Ration)

• Maximize mixer capacity and efficiency.

• Improve ration consistency thru similar load sizes.

• Easily handles different day to day situations.


situations.

• Provides critical information to feeders enabling them to make educated decisions.

• Fed amounts are in green, remaining target feed in red.

• Remaining loads are computed out.

Target feed amounts are graphed in red, actual amounts in

green and amounts on this load in yellow.

Select the pens in the desired order for

unloading flexibility.

Load Split Options enable the feeders to


enable the feeders to handle different

feeding situation.

Example: Tuesday is Vet day and you need to give several pens

some feed so the cows will lockup.

Rather than feeding 2 pens per load, 7 pens could be fed 28% of

their target feed.

Changes can easily be made or limited on the pocket PC by setting options on the desktop.

7 days of history is also accessible by selecting ‘Show

History’.


DM % changes can be made on the pocket PC in

the truck or tractor.


Add to Refusal is a unique feature that enables you to utilize refusal / pushout feed by

incorporating it into other rations.

The other ingredients in the rations are adjusted

up or down on a DM basis depending on the

amount of refusal added.


Loading Refusal / Pushout / Weighback Feed


If you can’t

measure it …


how can you

manage it?


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