Some technologies provide benefits that can be easily calculated in a monetary form (Tangible benefits)
Example : Examples
Automated heat detection on dairy farms
Automated weighing of pigs
Monitoring of feed intake
Method : A tool to calculate tangible benefits
The tool compares a default situation without the PLF technology and the same situation where the PLF technology is implemented
Example : Automated heat detection system in a dairy farm
Let's consider a dairy farmer who envisages installing an automated heat detection system which is expected to :
reduce the replacement rate from 38% to 30%
increase milk yield from 8 100 to 8 222 kg/cow/year
increase the cost of concentrates from 680 to 690 €/cow/year.
The replacement value of the PLF technology is 10 000 €, the depreciation period is 10 years and the yearly maintenance costs are 1% of the investment.
Implementing the automated heat detection system will increase labour income by € 1 910 per year.
Complement :
Use the Excel tool to calculate tangible benefits at farm level.
This is a beta version; if you find errors, please contact Henk Hogeveen <henk.hogeveen@wur.nl>