Handy tools
Quick calculators and guides for everyday farm jobs. They work on a phone, don't need an account and nothing you type is stored.
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Farm unit converter
Hectares ↔ acres, kg ↔ lb, c/kg ↔ $/cwt, spray and fertilizer rates, litres ↔ gallons, hp ↔ kW, °C ↔ °F.
9 converters
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Grain bushel & price converter
Bushels ↔ tonnes, $/bu ↔ $/tonne and bu/ac ↔ t/ha for wheat, canola, barley, oats, peas and more, using Canadian bushel weights.
Bushels, tonnes, $/bu, $/t
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Feed budget calculator
How much hay, silage or grain your stock need for the days ahead - in tonnes and bales.
Tonnes, bales, bales a day
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Feed cost comparer
Compare up to four feeds on a fair basis: cost per tonne of dry matter and per megajoule of energy.
Cheapest feed first
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Seeding rate calculator
Seeding rate in kg/ha and lb/acre from the plants you want, seed weight, germination and establishment.
kg/ha, seed and bags to order
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Spray tank mix calculator
Tank loads and how much of each product goes in every tank, from your area, water rate, tank size and label rates.
Mixing sheet per tank
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Livestock sale value calculator
Turn an auction-mart $/cwt (or c/kg) price into dollars per head and in total - live or rail grade - and see what you keep after commission, check-off and trucking.
Per head, total, net $/cwt
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Winter feeding & cold stress calculator
How much more feed beef cows need in a cold snap: wind chill, comfort limit by coat, extra hay per cow and for the herd, bales, cost and the extra-grain rule.
Extra feed, bales, $
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Grain bin & silo capacity calculator
How many bushels and tonnes a round bin holds - in feet or metres, hopper and roof included - how much is in it now and what it is worth at your price.
Bushels, tonnes, $ in the bin
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Fencing calculator
Posts, wire and rolls in feet and rods or metres, for a field or a straight fence line, plus the field area.
Posts, wire, rolls, area
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Livestock due date calculator
Calving, lambing, kidding, farrowing and foaling dates from the breeding (bull or ram turnout) date.
Due date + calendar reminder
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Farm emergency plan
Get-ready checklists for wildfire, spring flood, blizzards, power outages, storms and drought, plus a farm emergency card to print. Your ticks stay on your device.
Checklists + printable card
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Farm words glossary
Plain explanations of farm and sale words - and what they are called in our other countries.
Words A–Z
Estimates, not advice. The tools use your own numbers and general figures. Check with your vet, agronomist, supplier or contractor before you buy or plan. Missing a tool you'd use? Tell us.
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