Percent: farm glossary
Percent expresses a share out of a hundred and uses the symbol %. A percentage needs a whole to which it applies, such as total feed weight or dry matter. The whole determines what the resulting part means. A dry-matter percentage and a protein percentage of dry matter can therefore describe different stages of the same feed calculation.
A farm example
Example: 10% of 50 kilograms of feed is 5 kilograms, calculated on the same weight basis as the starting 50-kilogram amount.
Everyday use
HerdMobile feed profiles label nutrient percentages with their basis. The daily ration uses these percentages with feed quantities to calculate the contribution of each selected ingredient.
How HerdMobile helps
Bring your animals, feed stocks and farm accounts together on your Android phone. HerdMobile keeps your daily work moving offline: record events, compare feed quantities and follow sales and payments in one place. Use your own feeds and herd information to prepare a ration, then keep a backup file under your control.
