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1. S 27 pr A 29 Diet Detail Tc ES 30 COW n 35 ugue 38 irl 40 nz 41 Optimise advanced Users c 42 TWO Feed Library Ed sucinta tinca tadas 44 cadis P 44 A Enim rei cien A A DESEE Led Sera eee eee eee ee eee 45 Local feed libraries advanced USETS 1sssscsnsecsnsssssncssnsecsnsesssnecssnnsssnsessesessnecssnnessnnesensessnnesessessnesenaeessnnseses 46 PROTON PU adi A AAA AA AAA A aida 48 General prelerences ia 48 Advanced Dreferences it 49 Keeping Rumens Updated tm 52 Uninstalling RUMEN eei Ded iden Gti tires mc eem et ier roue e hei ees aver ee nents 54 Optimiser Installation advanced users 1 1 eene eene en eren ener rennen nnn nennen 56 Installation instructions for Excel 2007 56 Installation instructions for Excel 2003 ena CaESnUpE SEC nnan 62 Midi uc t 68 leuc iur eec C 69 Introduction Rumen8 is a softwa
2. r uL n AX n X X New Diet Rumen amp registered to Richard Morris File Cow Help Diet Components pou 1 None General Advanced 2 None 3 None Change Rumen8 home directory after restart Change home 4 None iV Show simple diet tab 5 None J Use local feed libraries Diet Diet Detail Optimiser v iv Microsoft Excel setup for optimising Excel saves diet after optimisation Metabolisable Enf Excel visible during optimisation V Optimiser set up for Excel 2007 g op p p Warning light accuracy Percentage above or below ME MP DM NDF DMI requirement light shows green 2 2 2 NRCDMI Intake Feed Costs _ Save Cancel Cost 4 Cost C MJ Feed S cow Margin S cow 30 0 L d Now when you return to the main Rumen8 window a new tab called Optimiser will be available The Optimiser has been successfully used with Excel 2010 but it has proven unreliable on some computers The setup is very similar to Excel 2007 and may work for you It hasn t been tested with Excel 2013 Installation instructions for Excel 2003 1 Open the Optimise xls spreadsheet in the Rumen8 libraries folder in Excel 2003 2 If Excel s security level is set to medium you will be prompted that Optimiser contains macros Click on Enable Macros to continue to the spread sheet display If Excel s security level is set to high it will automatically
3. 2 Uninstall the Rumen8 software Go to the Windows Control Panel and in the Programs section click on Uninstall a program Select Rumen8 from the list and click the Uninstall button at the top of the list Follow the prompts and Rumen8 will be removed from your computer 54 Figure 55 Uninstalling Rumen8 a fal Control Panel Programs Programs and Features y Search Programs and Fe D Control Panel Home Uninstall or change a program View installed updates To uninstall a program select it from the list and then click Uninstall Change or Repair Mj Turn Windows features on or on Organize v iet Change Repair Name E Publisher Installed On Size Version Microsoft Visual Studio Macro Tools Microsoft Corporation 29 12 2011 9 0 30729 95 Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2 0 ENU Microsoft Corporation 10 05 2013 9 0 30729 Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2 0 Runtime Microsoft Corporation 8 05 2013 9 0 30729 Sit Rumen8 Mozilla Firefox 24 0 x86 en US T Mozilla Maintenance Service In MSXML 4 0 SP2 KB954430 MSXML 4 0 SP2 KB973688 os ee MyFreeCodec a Orca QuickTime 7 RouterStats Lite v9 8 Mozilla Mozilla Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation Apple Inc vwlowen co uk Western Dairy Inc 22 09 2013 22 09 2013 11 03 2014 11 03 2014 6 06 201
4. Macro Agriculture and Food GOVERNMENT OF Macros have been disabled Macros might contain viruses or other security hazards Do WESTERN AUSTRALIA not enable this content unless you trust the source of this file Warning It is not possible to determine that this content came from a source You should leave this content disabled unless the content provides critical functionality and you trust its source Rumen8 oe Version 0 9 5 0 File Path C Documents Visual Studio 2010 Projects Rumen8 1 2 1 1 Optimise xlsm Help protect me from unknown content recommended Constraint Active Component No ME MP NDF intake DMI intake NDF 96 P eNDF 96 NDF from Forage CP 96 gl Open the Trust Center Conc ByProd 96 Conc ByProd 10 None Starch 96 Total 18 9 kg d Sugar Fat 96 Cost 1 90 Component 1 Component 2 Result Y I Component 3 3 From the Excel button click on the Excel Options button at the bottom of the menu On the left side of the window click on the Trust Centre and then the Trust Center Settings button to enter the Trust center Set Macro settings to Disable all macros with notification and turn on Trust access to the VBA project object model Click Okay to get back to Excel Options Figure 58 Accessing Excel Options from the Excel menu Recent Documents New 1 Optimise xism al ica Open 2 Backup of Optimise xism 3 Invoices Dec2013
5. ejeje Type a question for help X ES Microsoft Excel Optimise xls ym Al Z 7 Spelling 5 4 E Ky WI Tl s 9 38 300 3E E i D A B Shared Workspace Share Workbook Track Changes Compare and Merge Workbooks Constraint Active ME MP NDF intake DMI intake NDF eNDF NDF from Forage CP Conc ByProd Conc ByProd Starch Sugar Fat Component 1 Component 2 Component 3 Protection Online Collaboration Goal Seek Read 9 In the Visual Basic Editor select References from the Tools menu This will bring up the References dialog box with an entry for Solver xla usually with Missing alongside it You may need to search down the list to find it Figure 72 Solver setup for Visual Basic in Excel 2003 44 Microsoft Visual Basic Optimise xls Module1 Code mE El File Edit View Insert Format Debug Run Tools Add Ins Window Help m x Mia a 4 om gt n eM SIS TS 72 Ln 1 Col 1 Project VBAProject Fs e amp amp VBAProject Optimise xl 3 Microsoft Excel Objects References VBAProject B Sheet1 Diet ThisWorkbook Available References Modules Module i v Visual Basic For Applications Ga m v Microsoft Excel 9 0 Object Library VIOLE Automation v Microsoft Office 9 0 Object Library v Microsoft Forms 2 0 Object Library MIMISSING Rz UST IAS Helper COM Comp
6. Diet Detail Cow Prices Costs Compare Metabolisable Energy Starch Metabolisable Protein Intake a 4 Concentrate Byproduct Feed Costs Margin Cost 51 Milk S cow Milk yield adjustment Cost c MJ Feed S cow Margin S cow 30 0 L d Rumen8 will check for updates everyday automatically if your computer has a connection to the Internet If your computer is offline you can manually download the latest version of Rumen8 from the website uninstall the current version in the Control Panel and then re install the new version Your library and diet files will not be changed when you do this 53 Uninstalling Rumen8 Completely removing Rumen8 from your computer will take three steps 1 Remove your registration information from the computer Go to the Registration option under the Help menu and click the Deregister button Your details will be removed from the computer and Rumen8 will revert to trial mode Figure 54 Removing the registration information from Rumeng8 EUN Diet Rumeng8 unregistered trial version File Cow Help Diet Components Amount Wet Amount Wet 0 005 i 0 00 0 005 0 005 0 005 0 005 Enter registration name case sensitive 0 00 Richard Morris Deregister Concentrate Byproduct Feed Costs Margin Cost 4 Milk S cow Milk yield adjustment Cost c MJ Feed S cow Margin S cow 30 0 L d
7. XA w Metabolisable Protein 100 e Concentrate Byproduct Margin Cost A Milk S cow 12 30 Milk yield adjustment Cost C MJ Feed S cow 2 54 Margin S cow 9 76 30 0 L d This brings us to a very important point that is true of all nutrition models The application tells us we have a diet that meets the requirements of our cow but no nutritionist would ever recommend this particular diet The starch content is too high NDF too low and proportion of the diet that is highly digestible concentrate or byproduct is a little too high for comfort That is before we consider the lost production from feeding our cows less than they can eat Rumen8 is a tool that will assist someone with nutritional knowledge to better and more cost effectively feed their cows but in the hands of someone without that knowledge it can create diets that appear balanced on paper but may decrease cow performance or adversely affect their health We recommend Rumen8 is used with your nutritionist and depending on your level of knowledge used to adjust diets between their visits This diet is now balanced for energy and protein and the cow can physically eat the feed when it is presented to her This demonstrates the process to go through when designing a diet for your cows and you can now further refine the diet by looking at other important parameters such as starch and NDF content More information about the current diet is presented
8. Cow Prices Costs Compare Metabolisable Energy o Y Metabolisable Protein o Ss Y Intake 87 Concentrate Byproduct a Feed Costs Margin Cost 51 Milk S cow 12 30 Milk yield adjustment Cost C MJ Feed S cow 2 54 Margin S cow 9 76 30 0 L d The Diet tab has six horizontal bars representing the energy protein intake starch NDF concentrate byproduct in the diet Below these are the cost of the diet income received for the milk produced and the resulting margin income costs Finally milk yield can be fine tuned at the bottom right of the tab Metabolisable energy ME and protein MP are expressed as a percentage of the cow s requirement so a balanced diet should have both of these parameters around 10096 When the cow s requirement is not being met the percentage will be black When the level of ME or MP meets the cow s requirement a green tick will appear at the end of the bar If excess ME or MP is provided by the diet the percentage will turn red and a red plus will appear at the end of the bar The intake bar shows the percentage of the cow s maximum intake the current diet represents When the cow is eating to potential a green tick will appear at the end of the bar If the diet contains too much feed for the cow to eat the percentage will turn red and a red plus will appear at the end of the bar The starch and NDF bars show the percentage of the diet made up of these components The
9. Compare Metabolisable Energy Metabolisable Protein Concentrate Byproduct Feed Costs Margin Cost t Milk S cow 12 30 Milk yield adjustment Cost C MJ Feed S cow 2 02 Margin cow 10 28 30 0 L d Evaluate a diet The Diet tab shows six of the parameters you need to consider when formulating a diet for dairy cows For this example we will consider the first three With 7 kg of barley grain and 10 kg of ryegrass we can see there is insufficient metabolisible energy 8896 of the ME requirement and protein 9296 or the MP requirement in this diet for the cow and level of production we entered on the Cow tab However the cows intake potential is only 7796 so she can physically eat more food if it is presented to her Increase the amount of barley grain to 10 1 kg and decrease the ryegrass to 9 1 kg Now you will see both ME and MP are at 100 of the cow requirement and intake potential is still below 100 so she can eat this amount of feed Your screen should look like the figure below 21 Figure 22 A diet balanced for ME and MP 1 New Diet Rumeng8 registered to Richard Morris L ema rm File Cow Help Diet Components Amount Wet Amount Wet Barley grain ho 10 Grass annual rye early season 9 10 None None None Diet Diet Detail Cow Prices Costs Compare Metabolisable Energy 100
10. final bar shows how much of the diet is highly digestible concentrate or byproduct How close to 10096 ME MP or intake have to be to get a green tick is set in the preferences 29 Diet Detail The Diet Detail tab is used in a similar way to the Diet tab but contains much more information about the diet performance Figure 29 Energy protein and intake on the Diet Detail tab z New Diet Rumen8 unregistered trial version File Cow Help Diet Components Amount Amount 1 Barley grain 10 10 2 Grass annual rye early season zd None 4 None 5 None Diet DietDetail Cow Prices Costs Compare Metabolisable Energy 3 6 Metabolisable Crude Protein 6 Dry Matter Intake Total MJ 231 Density MJ kg 120 Total MP g 2228 CP 176 Total kg Required MJ 231 MP required g 2221 Max NDF DMI Balance MJ 0 MP balance g 8 Max NRC DMI NDF 277 Con By kg 10 1 Phosphorus 45 Cost t 132 Excess protein NDF kg 5 317 Sugar 75 Calcium g kg 3 4 Cost c MJ 1 10 eNDF 135 Starch 298 Magnesium 25 NDF frg 685 Fat 3 1 Lysine g 945 Milk S cow 1230 NDF frg lw 0 61 RDP CP 72 Methione g 347 Feed cow 254 Milk yield adjustment NFC 462 ERDP CP 67 Lys Meth X Margin cow 9 76 30 0 Lid The top part of the tab is divided into three sections covering energy protein and intake Energy This section shows
11. from the Developer ribbon Figure 64 Start the Visual Basic editor EJ Record Macro A Properties Map Properties MA Import Bj Es Use Relative References Ql View Code ei Expansion Packs e Export Insert Design Source o Mode Run Dialog 3 Refresh Data Controls XML partment of Agriculture and Food A Rumen 8 Version 0 9 5 0 Constraint Active Component No Amount Name ME MP NDF intake DMI intake NDF eNDF NDF from Forage CP 96 None Conc ByProd None Conc ByProd None Starch 96 A kg d Sugar Fat Component 1 Component 2 Component 3 147 Grass annual rye mid season Barley grain 0 0 Lupins grain 42 Wheat grain None None None 0 CO J CO Cn E Co ho 8 In the Visual Basic Editor select References from the Tools menu This will bring up the References dialog box with an entry for Solver usually with Missing alongside it You may need to search down the list to find it 60 Figure 65 Add access to the Solver from Visual Basic CT n Type a question for help Macros Options VBAProject Properties Digital Signature 9 Visual Basic needs to know where to find the Solver add in Click the Browse button and navigate to the directory in which Microsoft Office has installed the solver files This is usually C Program Files Microsoft Officel Office 12 Library Solver At the bottom of the dialog box chang
12. mid or late lactation for total lactation production of 5000 6000 7000 or 8000 litres These cow definitions should only be used for general analyses For on farm use actual milk production and composition for the herd of interest should be used Change the parameters for the current cow as if it had been dried off and was mid way through a 65 day dry period 25 Help menu Figure 25 The Help menu 39 New Diet Rumen8 registered to Richard Morris File Cow Help Check for updates Diet Com About Amount Wet Amount Wet Barl Registration 10 10 El 0 00 Grass annual rye early season X 9 10 El 0 005 0 005 0 005 0 005 0 005 0 005 0 005 Diet Diet Detail Cow Prices Costs Compare Metabolisable Energy 100 Sa Y Metabolisable Protein 100 Y Y 87 Margin Milk S cow 12 30 Milk yield adjustment Feed S cow 2 54 Margin S cow 9 76 30 0 L d Check for updates Check to see if a newer version of Rumeng is available This can only be done if your computer is connected to the Internet About Display information about Rumen8 such as the version number website address and email for support Registration Enter your registration number and name here to unlock all ten of the diet components 26 The Main Screens This section will describe the main parts of the Rumen8 window and how you use them Diet Components The top section of the main wi
13. DM cow day is estimated as per NRC 2001 Peak dry matter intake DMI generally occurs at 80 100 days post calving Where cows have been exceptionally well prepared for calving and then well fed post calving without any metabolic or health issues peak DMI may occur 60 80 days Where cows have had restricted energy intake through this period peak DMI is more likely to be 100 120 days Days in milk must be calculated as a weighted average for the herd For example 100 cows 100 DIM 10 000 200 cows 280 DIM 56 000 30 cows 350 DIM 10 500 330 cows 76 500 Weighted herd average 76 500 330 cows 230 DIM Days Pregnant Affects nutritional requirements which becomes significant from 140 days onwards Days Pregnant should be the weighted average of the herd see above example of DIM Milk fat and protein Ensure you Set the correct unit in preferences in Australia this is almost always mv while in NZ itis mm96 Protein is true protein in some countries it is analysed as crude protein which is about 696 higher than true protein Take the average of the latest 5 days of available factory figures When estimating production for groups of cows within the milking herd the milk fat and protein 96 s are likely to be significantly different to the herd average e g early lactation cows at peak production Milk lactose This should be left at 5 096 unless there is actual data available Milk yield litres or kilograms c
14. The National Academies Press 2001 Summary report Dairy GRAINS T MMM uum QMILK Energy and Protein Requirements of A review of 11 applied Ruminants dairy nutrition models used in Australia An advisory manual prepared by the AFRC Technical Committee on Responses to Nutrients e NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS CAB INTERNATIONAL 68 Abbreviations MJ d activity allowance ue ADIN g kg DM acid detergent insoluble nitrogen aN proportion of water soluble N in the total N of the feed g kg DM Balance MJ MJ the difference between metabolisable energy requirements and supply bN proportion of degradable N other than water soluble N in the feed g kg concentration of calcium in the diet ium fee Cl MJ d plane of nutrition correction factor in calculating ME requirements cN Fractional rumen degradation rate per hour of the b fraction of the feed N with time Comp 1 kg the amount of component 1 must fall within specified minimum and maximum values Comp 2 kg the amount of component 2 must fall within specified minimum and maximum values Comp 3 kg the amount of component 3 must fall within specified minimum and maximum values Con By kg kg concentrate and byproduct in the diet Conc ByPr the total amount of concentrate byproduct in the diet must fall within specified minimum and maximum values Conc ByPr the concentration of concentrate byproduct in the
15. application When Rumens starts for the first time it will ask you where to create a Rumen8 folder into which will be placed a Libraries folder with the feed library preferences milk prices and cow files 15 Figure 14 Choose the location of the Rumeng8 folder Choose the location of the gt Use the Rumen home directory in your Documents directory Sy Recommended Existing feed library amp preference files will not be overwritten The folder will be created if it does not exist Your Documents folder is the recommended location as this is easy to access and is more likely to get backed up If you are happy with the default location click the Yes button but if you would like another location for the Rumen8 folder click No This will take you to a folder browser where you may specify the location yourself Rumen8 will then create a folder called Rumen8 at the chosen location and within it another folder called Libraries In this folder will be copied the feed library preferences milk prices and cow files used by the application If a folder called Rumen already exists in the location you have chosen it will be used and no files will be deleted If a Libraries folder already exists within the Rumen8 folder it will also be used If you already have the library files from a previous installation in the Libraries directory they will be left untouched and the defaults not copied from the application
16. basal endogenous nitrogen requirement MP requirement for the growth of the concepta dermal loss as scurf and hair MP requirement for liveweight gain when lactating MP requirement for milk production MP requirement for maintenance MP requirement for maintenance and production microbial true protein the concentration of NDF in the diet must fall within specified minimum and maximum values neutral detergent fibre neutral detergent fibre in the diet total NDF in the diet the concentration of NDF from forage in the diet must fall within specified minimum and maximum values NDF in the diet supplied from forages non fibrous carbohydrate in the diet concentration of phosphorus in the diet Phosphorus number of body position changes per day N N Abbreviation Description Protein g and 96 metabolisable protein supplied and required and crude protein 96 quickly degradable protein A metabolisability of GE at maintenance r fraction hr MERE rumen digesta fractional outflow rate per hour rumen degradable protein Required MJ MJ metabolisable energy supply required from the diet for specified production ie slowly degradable protein Source source of information FIM feed information manual TFD top fodder data VMF Vasse Milk Farmlets MvHS M CO U U UU Staines data Protein Plus project etc starch the concentration of starch in the diet must fall within specified minimum and maximum val
17. can be edited with another application such as Excel if you wish However always keep a backup of the feed csv file because if you change the format of the file accidently Rumeng8 will be unable to load it Figure 44 The Feed Selection window r z Edit feed library C Users RichardM Documents Rumen8 Libranesifeed c S Barley grain Total number of feeds 42 J Brewers Grain J Canola whole seed crushed Number of feeds selected 30 4 Canolameal 1 J Carrot Fresh F All Citrus Pulp Clover red vegetative None Cocksfoot grass Copra meal expeller extraction Invert Cottonseed meal J Fodder beet vy Grass annual rye early season Edit 4 Grass annual rye late season V Grass annual rye mid season Add Copy 4 Grass perennial rye irrigated summer 4 Grass perennial rye irrigated winter Add New I Hay lucerne z Delete Save Cancel Name Barley grain Type Other non forage Source t F Comment Net ME 12 5 Fat 28 Lysine 402 Calcium 1 Cost 1 185 CP 110 aN 0 32 Threonine 3 64 Phosphorus 2 Losses DM 311 bN 0 71 Methionine 1 8 Magnesium 2 Cost Wet 5169 NDF 166 cN 0 35 Cysteine 2 28 CostA L DM 189 eNDF 77 Ash 29 Histidine 2 46 CostA L wet 172 Starch 567 ADIN Feed parameters in bold are required Sugar Feed selection The list of feeds in the top left of the feed library window shows all the feeds available in the current library Feeds with a tick in the bo
18. diet Figure 42 The Optimiser has been unable to find a feasible diet mAn BG how Dice Ramen TER File Cow Help Diet Components 1 Barley grain x Wheat grain Amount Wet Amount Wet 0 00 El 0 00 000 FA 0 005 Oats grain 10 00 0 004 Grass annual rye early season hd i 0 00 10 D DietDetal Gow Pices Goss Compare Opimise Unable to formulate a diet within the specified constraints 5 Constrain 7 10 00 E 0 00 Constrain Minimum Constrain Y ME requirement Y NDF g kg 40015 Starch g kg CJ eNDF g kg 0j 1000 V Sugar g kg 7 NDF forage g kg 0 E Fat g kg MCP g kg E Comp 1 kg Y Conc ByPr g kg E Comp 2 kg E Conc ByPr kg 1 eI 4 E Comp 3 kg Minimum 2801 MN 8 e e gt Ra 4 lt gt IE s Y MP min requireme E Intake max NDF Y Intake kg e o e En e gt o When a feasible diet cannot be found check the Diet detail tab to see how close the optimiser was to succeeding This may give you a hint as to which constraint is preventing optimisation You can then either add additional feeds or relax a constraint until a feasible diet is found Figure 43 Successful optimisation after relaxing the sugar constraint A9 New Diet Rumen8 egi ger x File Cow Help Diet Components Barley grain Wheat grain Oats grain Amount Wet 0 0012 El 0 00 _ 9
19. diet must fall within specified minimum and maximum values g kg cow and c MJ diet cost cow and c MJ and margin cow Cost tonne cost to produce or buy 1 tonne of feed nominate if wet or dry GmGAT ET miM uM CP g kg the concentration of CP in the diet must fall within specified minimum and maximum values 69 Units g kg DM g kg DM Abbreviation Description JU crude protein Cysteine Cysteine Days in milk number of days the cow has been lactating Days pregnant number of days the cow has been pregnant Distance walked m d distance walked each day by cow g kg DMI kg and dry matter intake kg and of maximum intake NDF NRC methods Ca dry matter DMTP DUP digestible microbial true protein digestible undegraded protein L1 e MJ d MJ d MJ d g kg net energy retained in concepta net energy secreted as milk rj z E net energy for maintenance the concentration of effective NDF in the diet must fall within specified minimum and maximum eNDF values eNDF g kg DM eNDF 96 DMI ERDP ERDP CP effective neutral detergent fibre effective NDF in the diet effective rumen degradable dietary protein percentage of the CP that is effective rumen degradable dietary protein ERDP CP Excess MP E percentage of the CP that is ERDP MP in excess which will require ME to remove Excess MP cost the metabolic cost to remove excess metabolisable prote
20. folder In this way you can remove and reinstall Rumen8 manually and your feed library and settings will remain The Rumeng8 folder is the recommended location for your saved diet files The main Rumen8 window will now open ready for use 16 Registering Rumen8 When Rumen8 is run for the first time it will start in trial mode This allows you to use all the functions of the application but you are restricted to diets with only two components To get full access to all the diet components please register which is free We ask you to register so we have an estimate of the number of people using the application This information will be used for future funding applications for further development By not registering or sharing your registration name and number you are reducing the chance of future improvements to Rumena To register send an email to supportOrumen8 com au specifying the name you would like to register and the email address you would like to be contacted on if it is different to the one used to send the email Your email will only be used to contact you for registration purposes and matters concerning Rumeng8 in the future It will not be passed on to any other person or group You should receive a registration email within 48 hours containing a registration code that is linked to your name If you go to the Registration option under the Help menu you can enter your name and registration number exactly as specified in the emai
21. halving the marginal response for grain When Rumen8 calculates you would get an additional 2 litres of milk for an extra 1 kg of grain we suggest you reduce the predicted milk response by half in this case to 1 litre A warning before you start Like any cow nutrition application Rumen8 depends on a model of a cow that it feeds and then estimates milk production and growth No model is completely accurate and it is possible to create a balanced diet in Rumen8 that will reduce cow performance or even adversely affect 4 their health For this reason we recommend Rumen8 is used with your nutritionist and depending on your level of knowledge between their visits to adjust diets That statement leads us on nicely to the inevitable disclaimer Terms and conditions While all reasonable efforts have been taken to ensure the accuracy of the Rumen8 application use of the information it provides is at one s own risk To the fullest extent permitted by Australian law Western Dairy Dairy Australia and the developer disclaims all liability for any losses costs damages and the like sustained or incurred as a result of the use of or reliance upon the information provided including liability stemming from reliance upon any part which may contain inadvertent errors whether typographical or otherwise or omissions of any kind Acknowledgements Martin Staines and Richard Morris developed Rumen8 while they were employed by the Department o
22. in the Diet detail tab The remaining tabs allow you to change milk payment Prices tab the cost of the feeds in the current diet Costs tab and save and compare related diets before choosing the best one Compare tab How to use these functions is detailed in The Main Screens section of this document The problem of measuring pasture intake It all sounds simple choose the feeds your cows are getting enter the quantities you provide and balance the diet Easy but what about grazed pasture Accurately measuring how much 22 grazed pasture a cow eats is very expensive and time consuming so is not practical on farm To solve this problem we back calculate how much pasture they must be eating by subtraction of all the feeds you do know It is easier than it sounds 1 A Enter the values that describe the average cow in your herd on the Cow tab Include the current milk production and yield Rumen8 will calculate the metabolisible energy needed for the cow and this is displayed on the Diet and Diet Detail tabs Add all the supplementary feed provided to the cows to the Diet Components drop down lists This includes grain fed in the dairy and forages in the paddock Everything except grazed pasture Rumen8 now calculates the metabolisible energy provided by the supplements and the difference between this and the cow s requirement must be supplied by grazed pasture This is shown on the Diet Detail tab as the Balance un
23. kg LWT Cancel Milk yield units Milk component units 5 energy and protein safety margin Maximum NDF intake as a of liveweight Gross energy in 1 kg of dry matter Milk yield can be entered and reported in litres or kilograms The fat protein and lactose percentage of milk can be entered and reported in mass volume kg litre or mass mass kg kg units Turn this on to add a 5 safety margin to the cows energy and protein requirement Turning this on is recommended by the feeding standard Enter the of liveweight used for calculation of potential intake This method is not recommended for dairy cows and is only included for comparative purposes Enter the gross energy contained in 1 kilogram of dry matter in mega joules Used as part of the cow energy requirement calculation 48 Fasting metabolism correction factor Rumen8 will increase the fasting metabolism energy requirement by multiplying it by this value Fixed addition to ME requirement Rumen8 will add this value to the cows energy requirement MP requirement correction The cows total protein requirement will be multiplied by this value Excess protein removal cost The range of values for the cost of removing excess protein by the cow A range is provided as there are many values quoted in the literature Net energy for liveweight change The net energy liberated by liveweight loss or required for liveweight gain Advanced preferen
24. main window and then compare between the diets before recalling the best one Figure 40 The Compare tab 9 New Diet Rumen8 unregistered trial version O File Cow Help Diet Components Amount Wet 1 Barley grain 2 Grass annual rye early season 5 None Diet Diet Detail Cow Prices Costs Compare Diet 1 Store Recal Clear Diet2 Store Recall Clear Diet3 Store Recal Clear 10 10kg Barley grain 9 10kg Grass annual rye early s on HO UN WD O 10 DMI 19 2kg 74 87 of max DMI ME 231 231 MJ Protein 2228 2221 g 18 Cost 2 54 cow 1 10 c MJ S0 98 cow The tab has room for three diets numbered 1 2 and 3 from left to right across the window To store the diet currently in use click the Store button for one of the diet slots The 10 components that make up the diet will appear in the slot along with important parameters below You can store an additional two diets decide which offers the best solution and then recall this one to the main window by clicking the Recall button for that slot Clicking the Clear button will empty a slot 41 Optimise advanced users The Optimise function within Rumeng8 is not supported as the setup is difficult unless you have a good knowledge of Microsoft Windows and Excel In addition it requires an old version of Excel to be installed 2000 2002 XP 200
25. xlsm iz 4 Invoices xlsm Save 5 Optimise xis La 6 Optimise xls iz Save As gt 7 Invoices xism i 8 Duggan2 xlsm a Print 9 feed new csv a feed csv la Prepare gt clients for invoicing xlsx fal DCD xlsx a gt b DU Figure 59 Allow access to Solver from Rumeng8 Optimiseads Microsoft Excel non commercial use Sort amp Find amp Q2 Clear Filter Select Popular Y Help keep your docume t Trusted Publishers Formulas a Trusted Locations Proofing Protecting your privacy For macros in documents not in a trusted location i Add ins O Disable all macros without notification Save Microsoft cares about your privacy i 3 Disable all macros with notification please see the privacy statements ActiveX Settings sti we Advanced Disable all macros except digitally signed macros Show the Microsoft Office Excel gl Macro Settings pa lods Microsoft Office Online privacy stli Enable all macros not recommended potentially dangerous code can run Customer Experience Improvemer Message Bar Add Ins Developer Macro Settings trust center Security 8 more A Y Trust access to the VBA project object model Resources Learn more about protecting your pt Pay opins Microsoft Trustworthy Computing Microsoft Office Excel Trust Center The Trust Center contains security an secure We recommend that you do 4 Click on the Add Ins sect
26. 005 E a 11 004 Amount Wet 0 004 0 00 H 0005 0 005 Grass annual rye early season Diet DietDetail Cow _ Prices Costs Compare Optimise Feasible diet found all constraints satisfied Constrain 4 ME requirement MP min requireme E Intake max NDF Y Intake kg Constrain Minimum V NDF g kg 280 E eNDF g kg NDF forage g kg 17 CP g kg Y Conc ByPr g kg E Conc ByPr kg Constrain Starch g kg Y Sugar g kg E Fat g kg E Comp 1 kg E Comp 2 kg E Comp 3 kg Minimum mee Y LE c Y A Y 0 05 zl wee Y Y N o S 8 giiejj o o The Feed Library Editor The feed library is accessible from the File menu of the main Rumen8 window It allows you to edit all the parameters for each feed in the library The feed library window is divided into two sections the top selection section showing all the feeds available in the library and the bottom the individual parameters for the currently selected feed The title bar of the windows shows the path to the current feed library which is useful if you are changing between the default feed library and local feed libraries The total number of feeds and the number currently visible in the diet component drop down lists are also displayed The feed library is stored in a plain text file called feed csv located in the Rumen8 Libraries folder It
27. 2014 2 37 PM Microsoft Excel C a Music i Pictures B Videos wj Homegroup a tenes Optimise xlsm State B Shared Authors RichardM Date modified 22 10 2009 8 47 PM dil d Microsoft Excel Macro Enabled Worksheet Title Add a title Size 42 4 KB oe 2 If Excel s security level is to the default level you will be prompted with a Security warning that macros have been disabled under the ribbon menu Click on Options button and Enable this content in the window that appears If Excel s security level is set too high it will automatically disable macros which will prevent Rumen8 from optimising diets 56 Figure 57 Enable macros in the optimiser spread sheet uc 2 uy imi i i CF x E L sa WZ X Optimis Microsoft Excel non commercial ue Page Layout Formulas Data Review View Developer Team Home Insert L E co I rema 4 E Arial nox A a E Wrap Text General M dM i ES ii ao AT d 3 d Fill Paste B Z U gt St Alou amp Center 9 0 00 Conditional Format Cell Insert Delete Format Sot amp Find amp PEE F IE MI cad Meroe Center l m Formatting as Table Styles gt y lt 2 Clear Filter Select y Clipboard Font j Alignment Ga Number fa Styles J Cells JI Editing Security Warning Macros have been disabled Options
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29. 3 or 2007 The Optimise tab and button will only be available if it is enabled and then setup in the Rumen8 Preferences Optimising allows you to fine tune a diet to minimise cost The optimiser will vary the amount fed of each feed in the diet and attempt to find the cheapest diet that meets the constraints you have chosen Using the optimiser requires all feeds have up to date costs You should first add your feeds to the diet in the approximate quantities required For the first run of the optimiser enable the ME and MP constraints to ensure it is possible to calculate a diet from the feeds selected that meets the cow s requirements Once a feasible diet has been found progressively add additional constraints starting with Intake kg until you have a diet that meets your needs or the optimiser cannot find a feasible solution This step by step approach is far more likely to result in an optimised diet than simply turning on all the constraints immediately This is because if a feasible diet cannot be found you know it was the last constraint that is the issue Remember the optimiser simply treats the diet as a mathematical problem to solve and has no nutritional knowledge Be aware it can find a feasible diet that minimises cost that may harm your cows Evaluate each feasible diet carefully Figure 41 The Optimise tab 9 New Diet Rumen8 unregistered trial version File Cow Help Diet Components Amount Wet Amount W
30. 8 Max NRC DMI 87 v NDF 277 Con By kg 101 Phosphorus 45 Cost t 132 Excess protein NDF kg 5317 Sugar 75 Calcium g kg 34 f Cost c MJ 1 10 eNDF 135 Starch 29 8 Magnesium 25 NDF frg 685 Fat 3 1 Lysine g 945 Milk cow 12 30 NDF frg lw 0 61 RDP CP 72 Methione g 347 Feed cow 254 NFC 46 2 ERDP CP 67 Lys Meth 27 Margin cow 9 76 33 Alongside these in the fourth column are the cost of the diet income received for the milk produced and the resulting margin income costs Milk yield for the cow can be fine tuned at the bottom right of the tab Figure 34 The cost of a diet with excess protein in the Diet Detail tab n pi New Diet Rumen8 registered to Richard Morris File Cow Help Diet Components Amount Wet Lupinsgrain j 9305 Grass annual rye early season Y 10 005 i None 7 Je E None e Diet Detail Cow Prices Costs Compare Optimise Metabolisable Energy amp Metabolisable Crude Protein DryMatterintake Total MJ 232 Density MJ kg 120 Total MP g 3304 CP 0 291 Total kg 19 3 Required MJ 231 MP required g 2221 Max NDF DMI 90 Balance MJ 1 MP balance g 1083 Max NRC DMI 88 v NDF 33 5 Con By kg Phosphorus 4 0 Cost t 154 f Excess protein NDF kg 6465 Sugar 8 9 Calcium g kg 41 Cost c MJ 128 f 1 0 3 3kg liveweight eNDF 152 S
31. Microsoft Forms 2 0 Object Librar IAS Helper COM Component 1 0 Type Library IAS RADIUS Protocol 1 0 Type Library VideoSoft VSFlex 6 0 Controls OLEDB Acrobat Access 2 0 Type Library AcrolEHelper 1 0 Type Library Active DS Type Library Active Messaging Object Library Active Setiin Control ihrarv i Properties CICICICICICICIRI SI III Alphabetic Categorized a Location F WProgram Files Microsoft Office Office Library Solver SOLVE Language Standard 12 Click on okay to close the References dialog box and save the Spread sheet using File gt Save Optimise xls from the menu 13 Select File gt Close and return to Microsoft Excel to return to the Optimise spread sheet 14 Exit from Excel saving the changes 15 Excel setup for use with Rumen8 optimisation is now complete and Rumen8 can now be started 16 Rumen8 defaults to not allow access to the optimiser so the final step is to tell it you have configured Excel correctly In the Rumen8 Preferences first enable the Optimiser tab by ticking the option and then the Excel Solver installed option should be also ticked Also ensure the last Optimiser preference to tell Rumen8 you are using Excel 2007 is un ticked Figure 75 Setup the Rumen8 preferences to use the optimiser 9 New Diet Rumen amp registered to Richard Morris File Cow Help Diet Componen
32. Milk Payment Fat Protein Volume Equivilent Fat Protein Volume Equivilent S kg SIkg cpl byvol cpl S kg SIkg cpl byvol cpl Payment 9 1 40 4 O7 0 0 po 0 0 O 8 0 0 Volume n 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 38 If the payment is entered by volume the equivalent value expressed as payment for components is shown alongside it and vica versa Each of the 12 prices are entered into the entry box s alongside the numbers 1 to 12 The current price is selected with the radio button to the left of the number Clicking the Save Prices button saves milk prices If you have made changes to the current milk prices and they have not been saved an will appear alongside the Prices text in the tab title This will disappear when the prices are saved If you have made changes to some of the milk prices and then changed your mind clicking on the Revert Prices button will return to the last saved prices 39 Costs The Costs tab allows you to adjust feed prices for those feeds in the current diet without returning to the feed library each time This is useful for comparing groups of feed sources at different prices without having to create a new feed for each Figure 39 The Costs tab 9 New Diet Rumen8 unregistered trial version File Cow Help Diet Components Amount Wet Amount Wet 1 Barley grain 10 10 6 None 2 Gras
33. P 176 Total kg 19 2 Required MJ 231 MP required g 2221 Max NDF DMI 74 Balance MJ 0 MP balance g 8 Max NRC DMI 87 NDF 277 Con By kg 10 1 Phosphorus 45 Cost t 132 Excess protein NDF kg 5317 Sugar Calcium g kg 3 4 f Cost c MJ 1 10 eNDF 135 Starch f Magnesium 25 NDF frg 635 Fat Lysine g 945 Milk S cow 12 30 NDF frg lw 0 61 RDP CP Methione g 34 7 Feed cow 254 Milk yield adjustment NFC 462 ERDP CP 67 Lys Meth 27 Margin cow 976 300 Le Lid iw The first three columns of the bottom section of the Diet detail tab reports a range of diet parameters for the current diet These cover things like NDF starch and sugar through to mineral content and some of the important amino acids If you are unsure what one of the abbreviations means hover your mouse over the text and a tooltip will appear with a more detailed explanation Figure 33 Costs margin and milk yield adjustment on the Diet Detail tab File Cow Help Diet Components Wet Barley grain m 10 10 Grass annual rye early season z H None oH O None 0 005 al O Metabolisable Energy 15 Metabolisable Crude Protein Dry Matter Intake Total MJ 231 Density MJ kg 12 0 Total MP g 2228 CP 17 6 Total kg 19 2 Required MJ 231 MP required g 2221 Max NDF DMI 74 Balance MJ 0 MP balance g
34. Rumen amp Easy Dairy Cow Diets Created by Richard Morris and Martin Staines Version 1 3 p Dairy Australia ia A Your Levy at Work Fash Department of le A Agriculture and Food A A GOVERNMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Table of Contents DPR UCU MD 4 WHNatdoes Kumens No opm S0 n n SnnZ4 XX X iaai 4 What Rumens doesnt 00 Tr M M 4 A Warming Delore YOU Sta banana da 4 Terms and Conditio TiS sinss 5 Acknowledgements M ide isis 5 Whats TOW TI VON j A 5 GEL Started T 7 System requirements PR LU M 7 Upgrading from Rumens version Lina 7 ela PAPA PP AP 7 Starting Rumeno forthe first time sssini aaaea aeaiiai CRUS GO aV VIE NV RED NP UHR CER UE 14 Resisterino iir T 17 REMOVING your RUMENS FegIstFaUlOBL miii 17 OmckStaroGUde MP 18 prt CUM a COW qe S 18 AP e 19 Evaltate a die Loire 21 The problem of measuring pasture intake een nana 22 Menu Commands sais 24 A mega 24 COW Melisa daa 25 Help Menta dias 26 SEITDEM EL 27 DICE Editi icd
35. The Diet tab is highlighted with a blue arrow in the figure below Figure 18 The Diet tab in New Diet Rumen8 gistered to Richard Mc File Cow Help Diet Components Amount Wet 0 005 0 005 0 005 Metabolisable Energy Metabolisable Protein Feed Costs Margin Cost 4 Milk S cow Milk yield adjustment Cost C MJ Feed cow i 300 Ld Enter a diet Ten diet components to make up a cow diet can be entered using the drop down lists in the top of the window Click on component 1 and select Barley grain as our first feed in the diet 19 Figure 19 Selecting a feed in the first diet component menu 19 New Diet Rumen8 registered to Richard Morris jme 5 j ANNNNNNN E nl File Cow Help Diet Components Amount Wet Amount Wet EL E nm 2 Brewers Grain oo 7 ooo Canola whole seed crushed i _ _ i 3 Canolameal o O 8 0005 Carrot Fresh a m 4 Citus Pulp MTS s _000 Fodder beet 1 gt 5 Grass annual rye early season o0 O 1 0 00 Grass annual rye late season Diet Grass annual rye mid season Grass perennial rye irrigated summ Grass perennial rye irrigated winter Hay ryegrass clover average s o Starch s 3 Hay ryegrass clover good Hay ryegrass clover poor Lupins grain g 2 Maize silage o NDF a Minerals Oats grain Pellets Concentrate Byproduct gt de Silage ryegra
36. Wheat grain NDF 96 5 None eNDF 96 6 None NDF from Forage T None CP 96 8 None Conc ByProd 96 9 None Conc ByProd 10 None Starch Total 18 9 kg d Sugar Fat Cost 1 90 Component 1 Component 2 Result Component 3 Read 3 Once you have reset macro security to medium close Excel and then re open the Optimiser xls to continue with the setup 4 Menus may vary slightly from those described below unless you have Always show full menus selected under the Tools gt Customize menu under the Options tab 5 Enable the Solver add in by selecting Add Ins from the Tools menu Ensure the check box along side Solver has a tick as shown below Figure 69 Install the Solver add in in Excel 2003 E3 Microsoft Excel Optimise xls Sak cu File Edit View Insert Format Tools Data Window Help Type a question for help 2 x v Wy 41 2 iy 100 gt M E ME 3 A re av Me En J id jj AM134 Y Reply with Changes End Review Mi ei Rumen n gt n Add Ins available Version 0 9 5 0 Wj Analysis ToolPak _ Analysis ToolPak VBA L Conditional Sum Wizard _ Euro Currency Tools Internet Assistant VBA L Lookup Wizard Solver Add in Constraint Active Component No Amount Name ME 1 Grass annual rye mid season MP 2 Barley grain NDF intake 3 0 0 Lupins grain DMI intake 4 42 Wheat grain NDF 96 5 None eNDF 96 6 None NDF
37. accessed by right clicking on the Rumeng8 icon Figure 11 Starting Rumen8 under Window 7 de Git de Google Chrome bb Google Drive RichardM Le GSAK de HelpNDoc Documents Li Cloud Le InstallShield Downloads Recent Items d Maintenance di Microsoft Office Microsoft Silverlight Microsoft Sync Framework Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 de MyFree Codec Li QuickTime Li RouterStats Lite de Rumen8 Default Programs O Check for Updates 2 Rumeng User Guide Administrative Tools gt Rumen8 v2 e SharePoint Help and Support Startup Le TortoiseGit Run di Unlocker e VideoLAN 4 Computer Network Control Panel Devices and Printers Shut down For Windows 8 users type Rumen 8 while in the Modern tiled interface and options to install run and read the Rumen8 User Guide will appear in the search window down the right of the screen 14 Search Everywhere v TA Rumen8 User Guide 4 7 Rumen v2 To pin an icon to the tile interface and the Desktop so you can start Rumen8 without typing its name in the future right click on the Rumen icon Select Pin to Start and or Pin to Taskbar to place the Rumen8 icon in these locations Search Everywhere v mM t Rumen8 User Guide 4 7 Rumen8 v2 Pin to Start Pin to Taskbar Uninstall Open in new window Run as administrator Open file location Finally left click on the Rumen 8 icon to start the
38. alt and ask you to uninstall it Do this in the Control Panel under the Programs Programs and Features and then Uninstall a program section and then restart the installation of the new version of Rumena8 Figure 4 Warning an earlier version of Rumeng8 is already installed QU x gt RichardM Downloads v Search Downloads pP Organize v Es Open Share with New folder Ez e e 4 E Name Date modified Type Size RE Desktop TA Install Rumen8 exe 10 06 2014 1 44 PM Application 1 847 KB Downloads 2 Dropbox Google Drive iCloud Photos x Another version of this product is already Recent Places lt installed Installation of this version cannot continue To configure or remove the existing version of this product use Documents Add Remove Programs on the Control om Git Panel RU Music i Pictures B Videos Windows Installer Libraries Homegrou wj Homegroup Application Size 1 80 MB re Install Rumen8 exe Date modified 10 06 2014 1 44 PM Date created 10 06 2014 1 44 PM If you have successfully started the installer then either the Rumen8 Setup Wizard or the PowerPacks10 installer will appear If you do not have PowerPacks10 installed previously a window will appear asking for you to accept the license agreement from Microsoft before installing the software Figure 5 The PowerPacks 10 license agreement window For the following components Microsoft Visual Basic Powe
39. ces Figure 49 The Advanced preferences tab Advanced Change Rumen8 home directory after restart Change home Show simple diet tab 4 Use local feed libraries Optimiser Waring light accuracy Percentage above or below ME MP DM NDF DMI requirement light shows green 2 2 2 NRC DMI Cancel Change the Rumen8 home directory after restart If you want to change where Rumen stores its files usually Documents yRumen8 then clicking the Change home button will cause Rumen8 to ask you where to place the Rumen8 directory again next time it is started If this is a new directory the default feed library and preferences files will be copied across If you wish to retain your existing library files you will have to copy them into the new location using Windows Explorer Show simple diet tab The Diet tab can be turned off by un ticking this box Useful if you only use the Diet Detail tab Use local feed libraries Tick this box if you would like Rumen8 to use local feed libraries if they are present when you load a previously saved diet 49 Optimiser The Optimiser tab will be available in the main window if this box is ticked This also makes available the optimiser preferences below it See Optimiser section of this document for more information on using the optimiser The Optimiser parameters Microsoft Excel setup for optimising Excel visible during optimi
40. de A new user guide for Rumen8 version 2 A new home on the Internet at http www rumen8 com au and support at Support rumen8s com au Getting Started System requirements Rumen8 requires the Microsoft Windows operating system to run This can be Windows XP Vista 7 8 or 8 1 It is recommended you have run Windows Update and installed all the updates recommended by Microsoft If you computer can run Windows adequately it will be sufficient to run Rumen8 Rumen8 requires the Microsoft NET Framework version 4 or higher to be installed If your computer has been fully updated this will be installed automatically for Windows XP For Windows Vista 7 and 8 version 4 5 of the NET Framework will be installed automatically and this is backward compatible with version 4 Rumen8 also requires the Microsoft PowerPacks10 software If this is not installed on your computer it will be installed automatically during the installation of Rumen8 if your computer has an Internet connection If your computer is offline the PowerPack10 software can be downloaded from the Rumen8 or Microsoft websites on another machine and then installed separately before installing Rumen8 Upgrading from Rumens version 1 Rumeng8 version 2 can be installed on a computer that already has Rumen8 version 1 installed and they will run independently of each other and will not share library files For a clean install it is recommended you uninstall Rumen8 version 1 befo
41. der the Metabolisible energy section and the remaining percentage of the metabolisible energy bar on the Diet tab Select a suitable pasture for your farm and time of year and as the next diet component Increase the quantity of this until the metabolisible energy provided by the diet is the same as the requirement of the cow You now have the diet that reflects the current situation with an estimate of the amount of pasture each cow is eating With this information you can explore alternative diets that include pasture assuming you will maintain the amount of pasture on offer for the herd in the future 23 Menu Commands The menu is along the top of the main window and has three choices File Cow and Help File menu Figure 23 The File menu Cow Help Open Ctrl O Save Ctri S Save As Edit feeds Copy diet Ctrl C Copy all diets Ctrl A Preferences 19 New Diet Rumen8 registered to Richard Morris o E R8 in Amount Wet Cost 54 Cost C MJ Concentrate Byproduct Margin Milk S cow 12 30 Milk yield adjustment Feed S cow 2 54 Margin S cow 9 76 30 0 Lid Open Save Save As Edit feeds Copy diet Copy all diets Preferences Exit Allows you to load a previously saved diet Save the current diet Only available if the diet has been previously saved and named using the Save As menu Name and then save the curr
42. disable the Optimiser macros that will prevent Rumen8 from optimising diets Select Tools gt Macro Security from the menus Set Macro security to Medium If you previously had security set to a higher level than medium you should confirm lowering it is advisable in the environment in which your computer operates Information about this can be found in the Excel help by searching on Macro Security Levels 62 Figure 68 Macro security in Excel 2003 E3 Microsoft Excel Optimise xls BH i Pie Edit View Insert Format Tools Data Window Help Type a question for help H B x 3 21 14 2 100 gt BE Arial 0 B Z als A 300 c Hir Oy AY 2 ih ja Ye Reply with Changes End Review B Rumen gt O Very High Only macros installed in trusted locations will be allowed Version 0 9 5 0 to run All other signed and unsigned macros are disabled Q High Only signed macros from trusted sources will be allowed to run Unsigned macros are automatically disabled Medium You can choose whether or not to run potentially unsafe macros Low not recommended You are not protected from potentially unsafe macros Use this setting only if you have virus scanning Constraint Active Component No Amount Name software installed or you have checked the safety of all documents ME 1 14 7 Grass annual rye you open MP 2 Barley grain NDF intake 3 0 0 Lupins grain DMI intake 4 42
43. e When you double click on the Rumen8 install executable to run it a warning banner will appear across the centre of the screen T 4 YAT J A Ci J J z youre 1 WInGOwWS o UNKNOW SOIUWalre C le 2 10Der Wal JN 1ISUIC 1 V J3JIUU VV 5 O ULINO VV JIUIUWal c UCVEIUDG YM Windows protected your PC Windows SmartScreen prevented an unrecognised application from starting Running this application might put your PC at risk More info Simply click on the More info link and the option to run the installer anyway will appear Igure s run tne Installer anyway option exposed Sure 24 RUT UMC iri5tadlici any way opuor CXPOscea Windows protected your PC Windows SmartScreen prevented an unrecognised application from starting Running this application might put your PC at risk Publisher Unknown Publisher Application Install Rumen8 exe Click on the Run anyway button to continue installing Rumens8 Windows may ask for confirmation that you want to allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to this computer Figure 3 Windows user access control during Rumeng installation 4 User Account Control Program name Install Rumen8 exe Publisher Unknown File origin Downloaded from the Internet V Show details Change when these notifications appear Click Yes to continue the installation If you have an older version of Rumen8 version 2 installed the installation program will h
44. e 16 Selecting the Cow tab i9 New Diet Rumen8 registered to Richard Morr File Cow Help Diet Components Amount Wet Amount Wet None v 0 005 0 00 None None None Metabolisable Energy Metabolisable Protein Intake B Concentrate Byproduct Feed Costs Margin Cost SA Milk S cow A Milk yield adjustment Cost c MJ Feed S cow Margin S cow 30 0 L d Describe a cow Using the entry boxes describe the cow you wish to feed or the average cow that represents your herd You can adjust liveweight growth rate milk yield and components stage of lactation and number of days pregnant Less important parameters let you adjust the activity level of the cow if you have a large or hilly farm 18 Figure 17 The Cow tab ES New Diet Rumeng registered to Richard Morris e File Cow Help m Diet Components 0 00 0 00 0 005 0 005 0 005 Diet Diet Detail Cow Prices Costs Compare Live weight kg 600 Milk yield L d 30 0 Days in milk Live weight change kg d Milk fat m v 40 Days pregnant Milk protein m v 32 Total solids kg d Milk lactose m v 50 Fat protein kg d Distance walked md 2000 Height walked m d Time Standing h d Position changes no d Leave the defaults alone for now and click on the Diet tab so we can see changes to the cows diet as we add feeds
45. e the Files of type drop down to show all files Solver XLAM should now become visible Select it and press Open 10 The Solver reference should no longer be listed as missing Ensure it has a tick against it and click the Okay button to exit the window Figure 66 Solver is installed correctly for Visual Basic fn software IPWorks V6 FTP Control fn software IPWorks V6 SOAP Control C fn software IPWorks V6 WebForm Control C fn software IPWorks V6 XMLp Control VideoSoft vsOcx6 Controls _ AccessibilityCplAdmin 1 0 Type Library _ Acrobat Access 3 0 Type Library AcroRrokerl ih 4 SOLVER Location C Program Files Microsoft Office Office 12 LibraryXSOLVER SC Language English United States 61 11 Exit back to the spreadsheet using the File menu and the Close and Return to Microsoft Excel option 12 Excel setup for use with Rumen8 optimisation is now complete so exit from Excel saving the changes 13 Rumen8 defaults to not allow access to the optimiser so the final step is to tell it you have configured Excel correctly In the Rumen8 Preferences first enable the Optimiser tab by ticking the option and then the Excel Solver installed option should be also ticked Also tick the last Optimiser preference to tell Rumen8 you are using Excel 2007 not 2003 or earlier Figure 67 Setup the Rumeng8 preferences to use the optimiser
46. eed crushed Canolameal Carrot Fresh Citrus Pulp Clover red vegetative Cocksfoot grass Copra meal expeller extraction Cottonseed meal Fodder beet Grass annual rye early season Grass annual rye late season Grass annual rye mid season Grass perennial rye irrigated summer Grass perennial rye irrigated winter Hay lucerne Save Cancel Edit a Type Other non forage Source Prot FIM Comment ME 125 Lysine 402 Calcium E Cost SA 185 EP 024 Threonine 364 Phosphorus 4 Losses 2 DM 911 071 Methionine 18 Magnesium 2 Cost Wet 169 Cysteine 2 28 CostA L DM 189 Histidine 2 46 CostA L wet 172 Feed parameters in bold are required Update Cancel 47 Preferences Access to the preferences window is via the Preferences option in the File menu of the main Rumen8 window The settings you can adjust in Rumen8 are divided into General and Advanced tabs General preferences Figure 48 The General preferences tab General Advanced Milk yield units Milk component units Litres Kilograms Mass mass 0 Mass volume 415 energy and protein safety margin Maximum NDF intake as of liveweight 1 20 Gross energy in 1 kg dry matter 18 8 Fasting metabolism correction factor 1 10 Fixed addition to ME requirement 0 MP requirement correction 1 25 Excess protein removal cost 50 KJ gram Net energy for liveweight change MJ
47. ent diet If changes to the current diet have not been saved an will appear next to the diet name in the title bar Opens the Feed Editor to change feed parameters and the feeds available in the component drop down lists A more detailed explanation is given in the Feed Editor section Copy the current diet to the clipboard for later pasting into Excel or Word for example Copy the current diet and the three stored diets to the clipboard Open the preferences window to change the Rumeng8 settings A more detailed explanation is given in the Preferences section Close Rumen8 You will be prompted to save any unsaved feeds milk prices or diets 24 Cow menu Figure 24 The Cow menu 39 New Diet Rumens registered to Richard Morris Help NN Save cow details as default values Load cow defaults Use standard cow Dry cow off None Diet Detail Cow Prices Costs Compare Amount Wet 0 00 Metabolisable Energy 100 Metabolisable Protein Feed Costs Margin Cost t Milk S cow Cost c MJ Feed S cow Milk yield adjustment Margin S cow 9 76 30 0 Lid Save cow details as default values Save the current cow as the default cow that will be loaded Load cow defaults Use standard cow Dry cow off each time Rumen6 starts Replace the current cow with the default cow Replace the current cow with a pre defined generic cow in early
48. et 1 Barley grain 10 10 6 None 2 Grass annual rye early season 9 10 7 None Diet DietDetail Cow Prices Costs Compare Optimise Idle Save Constrain Constrain Minimum Maximum Constrain Minimum Maximum Y ME requirement NDF g kg 2805 4005 Starch g kg 1505 2505 4 MP min requireme eNDF g kg 05 10005 Sugar g kg 05 605 Intake max NDF NDF forage g kg o 1000 Fat g kg o 605 4 Intake kg CP g kg 1605 2205 Comp 1 kg E 0 05 0 05 Conc ByPr g kg 1005 500 5 Comp2 kg F 0 05 0 05 Conc ByPr kg Comp 3 kg You can add constraints to control the diet content of NDF eNDF NDF supplied by forage crude protein concentrate by products as g kg or total kg starch sugar and fat For each of these constraints you must specify the minimum and maximum levels that are acceptable The narrower the range the less likely a feasible diet can be found To make the constraint active click the box to the left of the constraint name to put a tick in it 42 The last three constraints Comp 1 2 and 3 refer to diet components 1 2 and 3 Using these you can specify the amount of three feeds in the diet The F button enables you to fix a component at the amount currently entered This is useful when the amount of pasture available has been previously determined and can be fixed with the remainder of the diet components able to be changed to optimise the
49. f Agriculture and Food Western Australia The Western Australian Government has now given Rumen8 to the Western Australian dairy industry Thanks must go to the Board of Western Dairy for seeing value in it and providing a home and funds for development of version 2 Thank you also to Neil Lane and David Beca from Interlact Australia who have provided a wealth of ideas for future development over the years There are still plenty left for Version 3 What s new in version 2 Compatibility with Windows Vista 7 8 and 8 1 Library files such as the feed cow and preferences are now kept under the user documents folder allowing easy access and backup e Supports multiple users on one computer with independent feed libraries and preferences New Diet tab that presents only the 6 most important diet parameters to the user to allow easier diet balancing for new users e New Prices tab that allows the user to modify component feed costs for the current diet without going into the feed editor New Costs tab that allows the user to enter 24 milk prices 12 as cents per litre and 12 as a payment for fat protein with a volume discount Switching between milk prices only takes two clicks e Online updating from within Rumena8 e Diets can be created for non lactating mature cows Cosmetic updates to reflect the user interface on later versions of Windows The user interface has been de cluttered to provide fewer distractions for new user
50. from Forage 7 None Analysis ToolPak 8 None Provides functions and interfaces for financial and Conc ByProd 96 9 None scientific data analysis Conc ByProd 10 None Starch Total 18 9 kg d Sugar Fat Cost 1 90 Component 1 Component 2 Result C Component 3 Read 63 6 Confirm Solver is correctly installed by selecting Solver from the Tools menu Figure 70 Confirm installation of Solver in Excel 2003 E3 Microsoft Excel Optimise xls c dE File Edit View Insert Format Tools Data Window Help Type a question for help B X ya ada iy 100 faria AA 1 o 35 ELE AER IN pa a 3 B Reply with Changes End Review fe SUM L16 L25 Rumen 8 Solver Parameters Tamas Set Target Cell SLS27 Version 0 9 5 0 D A 2 By Changing Cells P 33 P 42 Subject to the Constraints 8 31 lt N 31 Constraint Active Component No Amount m i po ME 1 14 7 8 33 lt N 33 MP 2 8 33 gt M 33 NDF intake 3 00 fru a Sa DMI intake 4 42 NDF 96 5 eNDF 6 NDF from Forage E CP 96 8 Conc ByProd 96 9 Conc ByProd 10 Starch Total 18 9 Sugar Fat Cost 1 90 Component 1 Component 2 Result MN Component 3 7 Exit from Solver by clicking on the Close button 8 Start the Visual Basic Editor by selecting Tools gt Macro gt Visual Basic Editor menu as shown below Figure 71 Start the Visual Basic editor in Excel 2003
51. in expressed as forgone weight change or milk production MJ d fasting metabolism the concentration of fat in the diet must fall within specified minimum and maximum values Fat g kg DM Fat Feed cow cow day FME MJ fermentable ME of the diet Height walked height change during walk each day LL NN ECL Intake kg kg the maximum DMI cannot exceed 10096 as determined by liveweight milk yield and week of lactation Intake max NDF ES the maximum DMI cannot exceed 100 as 70 feed cost Co et ga ga Abbreviation determined by NDF intake and liveweight efficiency of utilisation of ME for growth of the concepta efficiency of utilisation of ME for weight change when lactating efficiency of utilisation of ME for lactation efficiency of utilisation of ME for maintenance efficiency of utilisation of mobilised tissue for lactation MJ d level of feeding as a multiple of MJ of ME for maintenance D sha Th hg Teo a f percentage of predicted maximum intake currently provided by the diet based on N 2 ga Q Al A 3 A ae Limited by Live weight o Qa T NI Live weight change Losses Lys Meth Lysine Lysine Magnesium Magnesium Margin cow Max DM Intake 96 liveweight milk yield and stage of lactation Max MP cost ES Maximum ME cost to remove excess MP Max NDF DMI percentage of predicted maximum intake currently provided by the diet based
52. ing Rumen8 with another user on your machine leave the second setting as Everyone If you are the only user who will use Rumen8 on this computer change the setting to Just me If the installation is left on Everyone the Rumen 8 folder icon in the Start Menu will be present for all users Windows 7 and earlier When Rumen8 is started for the first time for a second user a new Rumen8 user folder will be created with independent library files feed library preferences milk prices and cow files Click on the Next button to confirm installation 12 Figure 9 The confirm installation window Confirm Installation The installer is ready to install Rumen on your computer Click Next to start the installation Click on the Next button to go ahead with the installation of Rumen8 Figure 10 The installation complete window Installation Complete Rumen8 has been successfully installed Click Close to exit Please use Windows Update to check for any critical updates to the NET Framework Cance Installation of Rumen8 is complete click on the Close button to exit the installer 13 Starting Rumenyg for the first time Rumeng8 can be started from the Start Menu of Windows XP Vista or 7 in the All programs list The Windows 7 start menu is shown in the figure below Options to Pin the Rumeng8 icon to the Taskbar Start menu or Send a shortcut to the Desktop can be
53. ion on the left of the windows and then set the Manage drop down list at the bottom of the window to Excel Add Ins and click the Go button A list of possible Add Ins appears in the new window so click on the checkbox alongside Solver Add In to install it Click Okay to install Solver and get back out to the spreadsheet Figure 60 Install the Solver Add In Excel Options PN View and manage Formulas Proofing Add ins Save Name Location Type Active Application Add ins Solver Add in CA cerOfficel 2Library SOLVER1SOLVER XLAM Excel Add in Team Foundation Add in E PrivateAssemblies TFSOfficeAdd in dil COM Add in Advanced Customize Addi 0 Inactive Application Add ins Analysis ToolPak ce Officel 2 Library Analysis ANALYS32 XLL_ Excel Add in Trust Center Analysis ToolPak VBA Officel2 Library Analysis ATPVBAEN XLAM Excel Add in Conditional Sum Wizard 0soft Office Officel2 Library SUMIF XLAM Excel Add in Resources Custom XML Data A estMicrosoft Office Officel2 OFFRHD DLL Document Inspector Euro Currency Tools Mu Office Officel 2 Library EUROTOOL XLAM Excel Add in Headers and Footers A estMicrosoft Office Officel2 OFFRHD DLL Document Inspector Hidden Rows and Columns s Microsoft Office Officel2 OFFRHD DLL Document Inspector Hidden Worksheets 1 esiMicrosoft Office Officel2 OFFRHD DLL Document Inspector Internet Assistant VBA 2 rosoft Office Officel2 Library HTML XLAM Exce
54. ith a good knowledge of Microsoft Windows and Excel 50 Warning light accuracy These parameters set the sensitivity of the traffic lights for the cows energy protein and intake on the main window and the green bars in the Diet tab The lights will show green if the diet provides an amount of energy protein or dry matter intake that is within this percentage of the cow s requirement The NDF and NRC DMI radio buttons determine which intake calculation method is used It is either based on maximum NDF intake as a percentage of liveweight set in the general preferences or by the methodology specified by NRC 2001 The NRC 2001 method is recommended for dairy cows 51 Keeping Rumen8 Updated Rumeng8 can check for updates if your computer is connected to the Internet Select Check for updates under the Help menu and if an update is available a small blue information icon will appear at the top right of the main window Figure 51 Blue arrow pointing to the information icon that means an update is available Sox 9 New Diet Rumeng registered to Richard Morris File Cow Help Diet Components Amount Wet 0 00 0 005 0 00 7 0 005 0 005 Margin Milk cow Milk yield adjustment Feed S cow i 300 X L d Clicking on the blue information icon will roll out a menu telling you the update will be installed the next time Rumena starts If you click on this text a dr
55. l Add in Invisible Content es Microsoft Office Officel2 OFFRHD DLL Document Inspector Lookup Wizard Oft Office Officel2 Library LOOKUP XLAM Excel Add in Microsoft Actions Pane 3 XML Expansion Pack Document Related Add ins No Document Related Add ins Disabled Application Add ins No Disabled Application Add ins Add in Solver Add in Publisher Location C Program Files Microsoft Office Officel 2 Library SOLVER SOLVER XLAM Description Tool for optimization and equation solving Manage Excel Add ins MENO 58 Figure 61 Install the Solver Add In Analysis ToolPak Analysis ToolPak VBA Conditional Sum Wizard Euro Currency Tools Internet Assistant VBA Lookup Wizard Si Solver Add in Tool for optimization and equation solving 5 Confirm Solver is correctly installed by selecting Solver from the Data ribbon Exit from Solver by clicking on the Close button Figure 62 Check Solver is install and working correctly Eg Data Validation Ta La Connections K Clear EE ZE m ag Ew oy oen au aa BP e YE f Properties Z Reapply Hi Consolidate From Other Existing Refresh ee zi Sort Filter Textto Remove Group Ungroup Subtotal Sources Connections Ally Edit Links W advanced Columns Duplicates ES What If Analysis A Data Tools Sort amp Filter What if analysis too optimal value of a tz changing values in pr loto E dF j calculate the ta
56. l from Rumen8 support Click the Register button and all the feed components will become available Figure 15 Entering registration details B New mz zx 3 New Diet Rumen8 unregistered trial version a File Cow Help o Diet Components Amount Wet Amount Wet 1 None 0 005 6 None 0 005 2 None 0 005 7 None 0 00 3 None Registration 4 None i 5 None Enter registration name case sensitive John Smith Enter registration number 1234567890ABCDE Metabolisable Rumeng is not registered Register Okay Metabolisable F Intake Concentrate Byproduct Feed Costs Margin Cost A Milk S cow Milk yield adjustment Cost c MJ Feed S cow Margin S cow 30 0 Lid Removing your Rumens registration If you plan to give you computer to someone else before uninstalling Rumen8 go to the Registration option under the Help menu and click the Deregister button Your name and registration code will be removed from the machine and Rumen8 will revert to trial mode 17 Quick Start Guide Start Rumen8 and the main screen will open If you are unsure what something within Rumen8 is hover your mouse over it and for most objects a tooltip will appear providing a more detailed explanation Click on the Cow tab to show the cow description The Cow tab is highlighted with a blue arrow in the figure below Figur
57. l that we have found accurate enough over many years using it on farms and Research Stations Many more sophisticated models of dairy cow nutrition exist but they require a higher level of user knowledge less readily available and more expensive feed analysis and more time to use We have found Rumen8 provides a good balance between ease and speed of use and performance that is good enough for the pasture dominated dairy diets common in Australia Dairy Australia have independently evaluated Rumen8 version 1 against a range of nutrition models in use in Australia at the time and it performed admirably You can read the report yourself as it is available from the Rumen8 and Dairy Australia web sites A review of 11 applied dairy nutrition models used in Australia 2009 The nutrition model in Rumen8 version 2 is unchanged from version 1 What Rumens8 doesn t do Like most nutrition programs Rumen8 works on a linear response to feeding This means it assumes the same response to a kilogram of grain whether it is the first kilogram or the tenth kilogram fed to the cow Due to this Rumen8 can be misleading when asking questions such as What happens if I feed another kilogram of grain as it presents the average response for the first diet and then the average response for the second diet that includes the additional feed Rumen8 cannot be used to predict the response was to just the last kilogram of additional feed As a general rule we would suggest
58. mmunication with an older version of Microsoft Excel it uses the Solver add on and setup is difficult However if you have a good knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Windows and would like to try Setting it up the steps for Excel 2007 are listed below Even if you are using a later version of Excel it is possible to also install an older version to be used by the Rumen8 alongside your current version The Optimiser in Rumen8 requires Microsoft Excel to be installed It has been tested with Excel version 8 9 10 11 and 12 included in Office 97 2000 2002 XP 2003 and 2007 respectively Installation instructions for Excel 2007 1 Open the Optimise xlsm spreadsheet in the Rumen8 libraries folder in Excel 2007 Figure 56 Open the Optimise xlsm spread sheet r mw EDS Owe d p Libraries Documents Rumen8 Libraries EES lt Organize v x Open v Share with Print E mail New folder j Hi e XC Favorites Documents library RE Desktop Libraries Je Downloads 2 Dropbox A Google Drive xl COW CSV 23 07 2012 2 17 PM Microsoft Excel C Cloud Photos L feed csv 18 06 2014 11 36 AM Microsoft Excel C El milkprices csv 4 05 2014 12 04 PM Microsoft Excel C Optimise xls 6 03 2008 2 08 PM Microsoft Excel 97 Arrange by Folder v Name Date modified Type Size El Recent Places Gg Libraries El Optimisexdsm N 22 10 2009 8 47 PM Microsoft Excel M ze Documents ray prefs csv 12 06
59. moment to read the license agreement now If you accept the terms below click Agree then Next Otherwise click Cancel Terms and Conditions While all reasonable efforts have been taken to ensure the accuracy of the Rumeng8 application use of the information it provides is at one s own risk To the fullest extent permitted by Australian law Western Dairy and Dairy Australia disclaims all liability for any losses costs damages and the like sustained or incurred as a result of the use of or reliance upon the information provided including liability stemming from reliance upon any part which may contain inadvertent errors whether typographical or Do Not Agree Agree Read the Terms and Conditions and if you agree with them click on the I Agree button and then the Next button to choose the installation folder 11 Figure 8 The installation folder window Select Installation Folder Dairy Australia Your Levy at Work The installer will install Aumen8 to the following folder To install in this folder click Next To install to a different folder enter it below or click Browse Folder C Program Files Western Dairy Inc Rumens Install Rumen8 for yourself or for anyone who uses this computer Everyone 5 Just me Use the Browse button to change the installation folder if required The default folder will be suitable for almost everyone If you will be shar
60. ndow is where you add feeds to your diet and specify the quantity fed each day In the figure below it is highlighted within a blue rectangle Figure 26 The Diet Components section of the main window i pamm X9 New Diet Rumen registered to Richard Morri ro File Cow Help Diet Components Amount Wet Amount Wet None 0 005 0 00 None None None None Diet DietDetail Cow Prices Costs Compare Metabolisable Energy s Starch Metabolisable Protein Concentrate Byproduct Feed Costs Margin Cost t Milk S cow Milk yield adjustment Cost c MJ Feed S cow Margin S cow 30 0 Lid Clicking on the down arrowhead to the right of the drop down lists you can choose any of the feeds available from the feed library Once a feed has been selected the Amount entry box becomes active and you can either type the kilograms to be fed in directly or click on the up and down buttons to vary the existing amount By default the quantity of feed is expressed on a dry matter basis but if your weight is a fresh or wet weight click on the Wet checkbox to the right of the feed amount This tells Rumen8 your feed weight is as fed to the cow and it will use the dry matter content in the feed library to convert this to dry matter before it is used in calculations Up to ten feeds can be added t
61. nt The milk yield is expressed as total solids and fat plus protein kilograms per day based on the input milk yield and components Less important parameters let you adjust the activity level of the cow if you have a large or hilly farm Liveweight Mean liveweight kg of the herd of interest at the time of interest If unknown use the following as a guide North American Holstein cows are 600 650 kg live weight Australian Friesian cows are 550 600 kg live weight Cross bred cows 450 500 kg live weight Jersey cows 375 425 kg Heifers 10 20 less than their mature counterparts Cows that are weighed on farm are the best guide For culled cows that are sold over the hooks dairy cows typically dress out at 40 45 of live weight For example a 200 225 kg dressed weight equates to 500 kg live weight Note that cull cows are or should be older cows so these may not be representative of the average liveweight of the herd Liveweight change This is the estimate of the amount of liveweight that is being lost across the herd kg cow day Some typical figures are shown below 35 Figure 36 Estimates of liveweight change during a lactation ee 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 Dry mea o o oz e e 00s ons os oa os on Days in milk Days in milk DIM is also required to estimate feed intake potential as stage of lactation influences the amount of feed a cow can consume Feed intake kg
62. o a diet To see the details of a selected feed click on the component number and the detail window will open Click anywhere within the body of the window or the close button at the top right of the window to close the detail window 27 Figure 27 The Diet Component detail window File Cow Help n pn x Barley grain DM g kg Fat g kg Lysine g kg 4 02 Histidine g kg ME MJ kg Ash g kg Threonine g kg 3 64 Calcium g kg CP g kg aN Methionine g kg 1 80 Phosphorus g kg NDF g kg bN Cysteine g kg 2 28 Magnesium g kg eNDF g kg cN Type Other non forage Starch g kg ADIN g kg Source Prot FIM Sugar g kg Cost AL t DM Comment oe j 3 Intake Concentrate Byproduct Feed Costs Margin Cost SA Milk S cow Milk yield adjustment Cost c MJ Feed S cow Margin S cow 300 Lid As feeds are added or quantities are adjusted Rumen8 updates the diet performance in the lower half of the window 28 Diet The first tab in the bottom section of the main window provides an overview of the current diet performance It is highlighted within a blue rectangle in the figure below Figure 28 The Diet tab n 9 New Diet Rumen8 unregistered trial version File Cow Help Diet Components Amount Wet Amount Wet 1 Barley grain 10 105 6 None E Grass annual rye early season 9 10 7 None Diet Diet Detail
63. on NDF intake and liveweight Mc MJ d ME requirement for growth of concepta microbial crude protein metabolisable energy supplied and required MJ kd DM metabolisable energy ME requirement the diet must provide the ME required for maintenance and production Methionine ionine i total methionine in the diet Methionine g kg DM Methionine MJ d ME requirement for liveweight change when lactating 71 ga Abbreviation Milk cow Milk fat Milk lactose Milk protein Milk yield Min MP cost Mmp ES ae MP balance MP min requirement MP required MPb MPc MPd MPg MPI MPm MPmp MTP NDF NDF NDF NDF kg NDF forage NDF frge NFC Phosphorus Phosphorus Position changes Units cow day m v m v m v MJ d MJ d MJ d g d g d g d g d g d g d ga CL g kg g kg DM DMI ga g kg DMI DMI g kg g kg DM no d Description milk income percentage of milk that is fat percentage of milk that is lactose percentage of milk that is true protein daily milk production Minimum ME cost to remove excess MP ME requirement for milk production ME requirement for maintenance ME requirement for maintenance and production metabolisable protein metabolisable protein balance the diet must provide an MP supply at least that required for maintenance and production the amount of metabolisable protein required for the production level
64. onent 1 0 Type Library IAS RADIUS Protocol 1 0 Type Library Priority VideoSoft VSFlex 6 0 Controls OLEDB Acrobat Access 2 0 Type Library Had AcrolEHelper 1 0 Type Library pu ulel Active DS Type Library Modulei Module Active Messaging Object Library Active Setun Control I ihrarv Alphabetic Categorized l li F GEW Module 1 X General X Declarations X v MISSING SOLVER XLA Location C Program Files Microsoft Office 2000 Office Library Solver Language Standard 10 Visual Basic needs to know where to find the Solver add in Click the Browse button and navigate to the directory in which Microsoft Office has installed the solver files This is usually C Program Files Microsoft Office Office Library Solver At the bottom of the dialog box change the Files of type drop down to show all files Solver XLA should now become visible Select it and press Open 65 Figure 73 Locate the Solver xla file in Excel 2003 a Microsoft Visual Basic Optimise xls Module1 Code a Elgg amp File Edit View Insert Format Debug Run Tools Add Ins Window Help la x CEM 5 0S KS d o n m MMB incas Project VBAProject x Generay y _ lDeclarations EDI Ei VBAProject Optimise xl 3 Microsoft Excel Objects References VBAProject BB Sheet1 Diet de ThisWorkbook Available References 29 Modules 8 Module1 References Visual Ba
65. op down menu gives you the choice to install the update now or view the changes in the new version Figure 52 Installing an update or viewing changes Ay New Diet Rumen registered to Richard Morris Sox File Cow Help 9 Update will be installed on next start Amount Wet Install update now 0 00 View changes in version 2 0 0 11 S Diet Components 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 005 0 005 E 0 005 0 005 0 005 Diet DietDetail Cow Prices Costs Compare Metabolisable Energy Metabolisable Protein Feed Costs Margin Cost 4 Milk S cow Milk yield adjustment Cost C MJ Feed S cow Margin S cow 30 0 4 L d 52 When Rumen8 is restarted it will download the files required update your installation of Rumen8 and then start the new version The blue information icon will be replaced by a green tick which when clicked will confirm you have updated to the new version If you check for updates and there is not one available a green tick will appear at the top of the main window and if you click on it it will confirm you already have the latest version of Rumena Figure 53 You have the latest version of Rumeng8 New Diet Rumen8 unregistered trial version File Cow Help Diet C J You already have the latest version let componen Amount Wet Amount Wet 1 None 0 00 None 0 00 None 0 00 None 0 00 None None None
66. ow day if milking numbers are stable this should be the last 5 10 days average Yield should include all milk including milk that is being fed to calves and other milk not suitable for human consumption Distance walked This influences the amount of energy required for maintenance Cows grazing a large farm 300 Ha with centrally located dairy will on average walk 3500 metres to and from the dairy plus distance walked while grazing 1000 metres 36 Cows grazing a medium sized farm 150 Ha with centrally located dairy will on average walk 2500 metres to and from the dairy plus distance walked while grazing 750 metres Cows grazing a smaller sized farm 75 Ha with centrally located dairy will on average walk 1750 metres to and from the dairy plus distance walked while grazing 500 metres Height walked This influences the amount of energy required for maintenance Note that walking 1 vertical meter requires the same energy as walking 10 horizontal meters Flat farms 0 metres Gently undulating farms 1 5 metres Rolling farms 10 15 metres Steep farms 30 metres Time standing Leave at 14 hours unless you have access to a better estimate Position changes The number of times a cow gets up or down during the day Leave at 10 unless you have access to a better estimate 37 Prices The price of milk is used to calculate milk income and then margin A total of 24 milk prices can be entered as t
67. rPacks 10 0 Please read the following license agreement Press the page down key to see the rest of the agreement MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC POWER PACKS between Microsoft Corporation or based 3 View EULA for printing Do you accept the terms of the pending License Agreement If you choose Dont Accept install will close To install you must accept this agreement Accept DomtAccept Click the Accept button and the software will download and install If your computer is not connected to the Internet the PowerPacks10 installer can be downloaded from the Rumen8 or Microsoft websites Once that is installed the Rumen8 Setup Wizard window will appear and you can install Rumeng itself 10 Figure 6 The Rumeng8 setup wizard Welcome to the Rumen8 Setup Wizard A valia Your Levy at Work The installer will guide you through the steps required to install Rumen on your computer WARNING This computer program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized duplication or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil or criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law Cancel Click on the Next button to continue to the license agreement window Figure 7 The Rumeng8 license agreement window License Agreement PL y Dairy Australia Your Levy at Work Please take a
68. re application running on Microsoft Windows computers that allows farmers and consultants to easily manage dairy cow diets to increase production and reduce costs It was originally developed by the staff of the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia as an in house tool for managing the dairy herds on the Vasse Research Station near Busselton Western Australia An emphasis on ease of use sets it apart from many other nutrition packages and it is this that makes it ideal for creating or checking cow diets on the dairy computer by farm managers owners and consultants Version 1 of Rumen8 was released free to the dairy industry and is used in Australia on research farms by consultants and farm managers Its nutrition model is suitable for the pasture dominated diets common across Australia Rumen8 was given to the Western Australian dairy industry by the Department of Agriculture and Food in 2014 The new owners Western Dairy have provided funds to update it ensuring compatibility with contemporary versions of Windows and the addition of sought after functions to make the process of managing dairy diets even easier What does Rumen8 do Rumeng8 allows the user to design a diet from up to 10 feeds and ensure a cows dietary needs are met Multiple feeds can be stored and compared and if milk and feed prices are entered the difference between feed price and return from milk calculated Rumen8 uses a relatively simple nutrition mode
69. re installing the new version If you do this first copy your version 1 library files feed csv prefs csv and cow csv from the application directory to somewhere safe such as the Desktop The default location of the application directory is C Program Files Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia Rumens8 Diet files feed library files feed csv and cow files cow csv are the same format and interchangeable This means they can be copied from your version 1 installation without change to the new library folder at Documents Rumeng81 Libraries However the preferences library file prefs csv has changed and that means the version 1 prefs csv file is not compatible with Rumen8 version 2 Given the small number of preference settings I d suggest the first time you run Rumen8 version 2 check each parameter in the preferences to ensure the defaults settings are the same as you have been using in Rumen8 version 1 Installation The Rumen8 setup file can been downloaded from the Downloads page of the Rumen8 website at http www rumen8 com au Once the executable file has been downloaded to your Downloads folder the default download location double click on the file in Windows Explorer to commence the installation process Microsoft has added another layer of security to try and protect their users from malicious downloads The Rumen8 download will trigger a warning because it is from a software developer they do not recognis
70. rget 3 SOLVER XLAM Press F1 for more Rumen8 Version 0 9 5 0 Constraint Active Component No Amount Name ME Grass annual rye mid season MP Barley grain NDF intake 0 0 Lupins grain DMI intake 42 Wheat grain NDF 96 None eNDF 96 None NDF from Forage None CP 96 None Conc ByProd 96 None Conc ByProd None Starch 96 18 9 kg d Sugar Fat 96 1 90 Component 1 Component 2 Result LY Component 3 OOnN DME WH 6 Ifthe Developer ribbon menu is not present go back into Excel Options and the Popular group of options and turn on Show Developer tab in the Ribbon 59 Figure 63 Turn on the Developer menu in the Ribbon D 7 Formulas Proofing Top options for working with Excel Save Show Mini Toolbar on selection Enable Live Preview Show Developer tab in the Ribbon N Customize Color scheme Blue Advanced Add Ins ScreenTip style Show feature descriptions in ScreenTips Trust Center Create lists for use in sorts and fill sequences Edit Custom Lists Resources When creating new workbooks Use this font Body Font z Font size ai e Default view for new sheets Normal View M Include this many sheets 13 Personalize your copy of Microsoft Office User name Windows User Choose the languages you want to use with Microsoft Office Language Settings 7 Start the Visual Basic Editor by selecting Visual Basic
71. rotein NDF kg 5317 Sugar l Calcium g kg 34 Cost c MJ 1 10 eNDF 13 5 Starch j Magnesium 25 NDF frg 685 Fat Lysine g 945 Milk cow 12 30 NDF frg lw 0 61 RDP CP 72 Methione g 347 Feed cow 254 Milk yield adjustment NFC 462 ERDPCP 67 Lys Meth 27 Margin cow 9 76 300 Lid Intake The intake section shows the dry weight of the current diet and the percentage of maximum intake this weight represents for two methods of calculating intake potential It is recommended you refer to the NRC DMI as this is more reliable than determining intake potential by calculating NDF intake as a percentage of liveweight The traffic light is red when the diet is less than the cow can eat green when it is the maximum the cow can eat and blue when it exceeds the cow s ability to eat it The blue tick below the Max NRC DMI96 value appears when the 5 safety margin for ME and MP is turned on in the preferences The sensitivity of the traffic lights can be adjusted in the preferences 32 Figure 32 Diet parameters on the Diet Detail tab File Cow Help Diet Components Amount Wet Barley grain m 10 10 Grass annual rye early season X 9 104 O None 0 00 o 000 amp j O 0 00 O Metabolisable Energy Metabolisable Crude Protein 6 Dry Matter Intake E Total MJ 231 Density MJ kg 120 Total MP g 2228 C
72. rs are entered you will be unable to save the feed If you unsure what the parameters are or the units hover your mouse over the name and a tooltip will appear with the full name and measurement units Abbreviations are also listed at the end of this document If you enter an invalid value into the entry box for any of the parameters the parameter name will turn red You can hover the mouse over the parameter name and a tooltip will appear telling you the acceptable range Once you have entered all the feed parameters you have or have edited an existing feed click on the Update button to save your changes and return to feed selection at the top of the window If you wish to abandon any changes you have made click the Cancel button At this stage the changes have not been saved to disk This will happen when the Save button is clicked 45 Figure 45 Entering parameters for an individual feed Edit feed library C Users RichardM Documents Rumen Total number of feeds 42 Number of feeds selected 30 A V Grass perennial rye irrigated winte I Hay lucerne Edit Name Type Othernon forage Source Prot FIM Comment ME i Lysine 4 02 Calcium Cost SA 185 CP Threonine 3 64 Phosphorus Losses 2 DM Methionine 1 8 Magnesium Cost Wet 169 NDF Cysteine 2 28 CostA L DM 189 Histidine 2 46 CostA L wet 172 Feed parameters in bold are required Update Cancel Local feed libraries advanced user
73. s Rumeng8 allows you to place local feed libraries in the folder with previously saved diets This means a small group of feeds specific to a particular property or scenario can be saved alongside the related diet files Currently Rumen8 does not allow you to save the default feed library as a local feed library You must manually copy a feed library into the folder with a diet file using the Windows Explorer If there is enough demand for this feature it will be added in a later version If local feed libraries are turned on in the preferences and a feed csv file is present in the folder when you open a diet file Rumen8 will automatically load the local feed library A blue rectangle with LFL inside it will appear at the top right of the tabs in the main window to remind you a local feed library is being used 46 Figure 46 The local feed library flag in the main window File Cow Help Diet Components Silage ryegrass clover average v Hoaaa as Concentrate Byproduct a Margin Cost 54 202 Milk S cow 12 30 Milk yield adjustment Cost c MJ 1 85 Feed cow 4 25 Margin S cow 8 05 30 0 L d If you have a local feed library loaded the LFL flag will also appear in the feed editor window and the path to the feed library will be shown in the title bar of the window Figure 47 The local feed library flag in the feed editor window Barley grain Brewers Grain Canola whole s
74. s e The feed library editor now displays feed parameters as the user moves through them and can be enlarged to view more of large feed libraries Multiple feeds can be selected and unselected in the feed library editor Feed names must now be unique within a library e Local feed libraries can be used in folders with saved diets so smaller feed libraries can be created that are farm specific e Total excess protein is now calculated not just excess ERDP The maximum number of feeds has been doubled to 2000 Improved error and file handling so error messages particularly with the library files are more specific and easier to understand The Optimiser tab is hidden by default as it is no longer a supported function Library files are checked on start and if they have been deleted or corrupted RumenG offers to re copy the default libraries 5 safety margin now applies to protein not just energy Added the calculation of NDF from forage as a percentage of live weight Bug fixed that may have resulted in incorrect ADIN calculation in some situations Bug fixed where reverting a feed to the pre editing parameters set aN to 0 Bug fixed where ME requirement for growth was under estimated if the cow was losing weight The Cow tab now calculates milk solids from yield and components entered by the user User settings are now stored in the application settings file not the registry Version 2 of Rumen8 requires a new registration co
75. s annual rye early season 9 105 7 None 3 None 8 None 4 None 9 None 5 None 10 e Diet Diet Detail Cow Prices Costs Compare Component Cost t Wet Losses CostDM CostA L DM CostA LL Wet Diet Performance 1 Barley grain 185 2 185 189 172 2 Grass annual r 70 0 70 70 8 Cost t 132 3 None z Cost c MJ 1 10 4 None d Milk S cow 156 tone Feed cow 2 54 Margin cow 0 98 6 None None For each of the current diet feed components you may change the cost on a dry or wet basis and the losses that occur before the cow eats it The final cost is expressed on a dry matter basis and then after losses for both dry and wet weights Diet performance is repeated on the right of the tab so for a balanced diet you can see the impact of different feed prices on feed cost and margin If you make changes to the feed costs an will appear alongside the Costs title of the tab This will remain until you save the changes using the Save Feeds button at the bottom right of the tab If you make changes to the feed costs change your mind and wish to return to the current library values click the Revert Feeds button and the last saved feed prices will be returned 40 Compare The Compare tab allows you to build a diet and then save it for comparison with other diets Think of it as three slots where you can put away a diet while you experiment with other feeds in the
76. sic For Applications Microsoft Excel 9 0 Object Library OLE Automation Microsoft Office 9 0 Object Library Microsoft Forms 2 0 Object Librar MISSING SOLVER XLA IAS Helper COM Component 1 0 Type Library IAS RADIUS Protocol 1 0 Type Library VideoSoft VSFlex 6 0 Controls OLEDB Acrobat Access 2 0 Type Library AcrolEHelper 1 0 Type Library Active DS Type Library Modulei Module Active Messaging Object Library Active Setiin Contra Alphabetic Categorized C lll Add Reference GELDI Module 1 MISSING SOLVER XL Look in e Solver rx E3 X SOLVER32 DLL 18 SOLVER XLA zu O ISIS lt lt Properties Module1 Filename SOL VER XLA Files of type E Cancel 11 The Solver reference should no longer be listed as missing Figure 74 Solver is now configured for use by Visual Basic in Excel 2003 a Microsoft Visual Basic Optimise xls Module1 Code a Elgg 8 Eile Edit View Insert Format Debug Run Tools Add Ins Window Help la x JB 52 EE X 05 amp amp o n aM MABV Ol non Project VBAProject x Ca a ia E VBAProject Optimise xl References VBAProject fo Microsoft Excel Objects ThisWorkbook 3 Modules Module1 References Visual Basic For Applications Microsoft Excel 9 0 Object Library OLE Automation Microsoft Office 9 0 Object Library
77. ss clover average Silage ryegrass clover good Silage ryegrass clover poor Silage whole crop wheat a Straw barley S cow Milk yield adjustment Straw oaten ana E i d cow Margin cow 30 0 Ky Ld Straw wheat gin E Ud Triticale grain Urea I 0 s 0000 Move down to the component 2 drop down list and select Annual ryegrass early season The window should now look like the figure below Figure 20 Two diet components chosen 19 New Diet Rumen registered to Richard Morris OA X File Cow Help Diet Components Amount Wet ooo E js EJ Metabolisable Energy E Metabolisable Protein A Y Feed Costs Margin Cost SA Milk S cow Milk yield adjustment Cost c MJ Feed S cow Margin S cow 300 Lid 20 Finally let s feed our cow Increase the amount of barley grain and ryegrass fed using the Amount entry box to the right of their name Enter 7 kilograms of barley grain and 10 kilograms of ryegrass The window should now look similar to the figure below Figure 21 Feeding our cow ES New Diet Rumen8 registered to Richard Morris ni Andar da File Cow Help Diet Components Amount Wet L Barley grain 7 00 Grass annual rye early season x 10 0074 E None v Yv None 5j None v Diet Diet Detail Cow Prices Costs
78. tarch 0 5 Magnesium 25 6 4 21 5 L milk NDF frg 619 Fat 42 Lysine g 1044 Milk cow 1230 NDF frg lw 067 RDP CP 62 Methione g 243 Feed cow 298 Milk yield adjustment NFC 277 ERDP CP 58 Lys Meth 43 Margin cow 9 32 300 Ud The Excess protein section shows the effect of having too much protein in the diet There is a metabolic cost to remove the additional protein and this is expressed as forgone milk production or liveweight growth The calculation of this can be adjusted in the preferences 34 Cow The Cow tab is used to describe the cow or the herd average that we are designing the diet for Figure 35 The Cow tab 5 B Rene torno eget ihr vor CU NN NR ee ci _ File Cow Help Diet Components Amount Wet None 0 00 None 00 None 00 None 00 None D 00 Diet Diet Detail Cow Prices Costs Compare Live weight kg 600 Milk yield L d Days in milk Live weight change kg d 0 0 Milk fat m v Days pregnant Milk protein m v Total solids kg d Milk lactose m v i Fat protein kg d Distance walked m d 2999 Height walked m d Time Standing h d 14 Position changes no d Using the entry boxes to adjust liveweight growth rate milk yield and components stage of lactation and number of days pregna
79. the total ME provided by the diet required by the cow and the subsequent balance To the right is the energy density of the diet Two lights are present in the top row of the energy section The oval C light is lit when Rumen8 is adding a constant amount to the cows ME requirement This is a preferences setting The traffic light to the right is red when ME from the diet is insufficient green when it meets the cows requirement and blue when it exceeds the cows needs Clicking on the title Metabolisible Energy will bring up the detail window that provides more information about the energy model used by Rumen8 Click anywhere within the body of the window or the close button at the top right of the window to close the detail window 30 Figure 30 The Metabolisible Energy detail window r Balance MJ NDF NDF kg eNDF NDF frg NDF frg lw NFC 27 7 5 317 13 5 63 5 0 61 46 2 Con By kg Sugar Starch Fat RDP CP ERDP CP 10 1 67 Detail MJ d Em 484 Mm 66 6 El 92 6 MI Ec Mc Mg Mmp MP balance g Phosphorus 4 5 Calcium g kg 3 4 Magnesium 25 Lysine g 94 5 Methione g 34 7 Lys Meth 27 Other MJ d F 40 2 A 8 2 E 3 47 Cl 1 04 Max NRC DMI Cost t 132 Excess protein Cost c MJ 110 Milk cow 12 30 Feed cow 254 Milk yield adjustment Margin cow 9 76 300 Lid Protein This sec
80. tion shows the total MP provided by the diet required by the cow and the subsequent balance To the right is the diet s crude protein content Crude protein is not used by Rumen8 and is only provided for reference Two lights are present in the top row of the protein section The oval C light is lit when Rumen8 is applying a correction factor to the cows MP requirement This is a preferences setting The traffic light to the right is red when MP from the diet is insufficient green when it meets the cow s requirement and blue when it exceeds the cows needs Clicking on the title Metabolisible Crude Protein will bring up the detail window that provides more information about the protein model used by Rumen8a8 Click anywhere within the body of the window or the close button at the top right of the window to close the detail window 31 Figure 31 The Metabolisible Protein detail window i9 New Diet Rumen registered to Richard Morris sT Fle Cow Help Metabolisible Protein Detail Supply CP g 3386 QDP g 833 ERDP g MP g 2228 L 3 47 SDP g 1601 MCP g Limited by ERDP r fraction hr 0 09 FME MJ 209 9 MTP g Excs protein 8 RDP g 2434 y g 2354 DMTP g Min MP cost 0 UDP g 952 DUP g Max MP cost 0 Required MPm g d 279 MPd gid 14 MPg g d MPmp g d 2221 MPb g d 265 MPI gid 1412 MPc g d Balance MJ MP balance g Max NRC DMI NDF 277 Con By kg Phosphorus 45 Cost t 132 Excess p
81. ts Change Rumen8 home directory after restart Use local feed libraries Y Show simple diet tab V Diet Diet Detail Optimiser Y Microsoft Excel setup for optimising Excel saves diet after optimisation Metabolisable E Excel visible during optimisation Optimiser set up for Excel 2007 Warning light accuracy Percentage above or below ME MP DM NDFDMI requirement light shows green 2 2 NRC DMI Metabolisable P Se 3 J Cost 1 Cost c MJ Feed S cow yield adjustment L d Now when you return to the main Rumen8 window a new tab called Optimiser will be available References Rumen8 is based on the AFRC 1993 feeding standard and the calculation of cow intake is from NRC 2001 Rumen8 version 1 has been independently evaluated by Dairy Australia Grains2Milk project and the report can be downloaded from the Rumen8 and Dairy Australia websites AFRC 1993 Energy and Protein Requirements of Ruminants An advisory manual prepared by the AFRC Technical Committee on Responses to Nutrients CAB International Walingford UK Little S King R Lean I Rabiee A and Breinhild K 2009 A review of 11 applied dairy nutrition models used in Australia Summary Report Grains2Milk project Dairy Australia NRC 2001 National Research Council Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle Seventh Revised Edition 2001 Washington DC
82. ues Starch Starch Starch starch in the diet sugar the concentration of sugar in the diet must fall within specified minimum and maximum values Sugar sugar in the diet Threonine Threonine Time standing time cow spends standing each day Total kg total dry matter in the diet Total MJ total metabolisable energy supplied from the diet Total MP g total metabolisable protein in the diet Type name other forage grass silage other silage distillery product other non forage undegradable dietary protein potential microbial protein yield in the rumen from FME J y
83. wo sets of 12 prices One set of twelve prices is entered as payment by volume and the other set as payment for components Which set of prices is used by Rumen8 is determined by the Payment box to the right of the tab Click on the Components button to use the 12 payment prices entered as payment for fat plus protein minus a volume discount or the Volume button to select the 12 volume prices entered as cents per litre Figure 37 The Prices tab as cents per litre fa H 49 New Diet Rumen8 unregistered trial version al File Cow Help Diet Components t Amount Wet Amount Wet Barley grain X 10 10 7 0 00 H Grass annual rye early season X 9 10 E i 0007 None Jj LookjO s ooo None 0 00 E 000 None 0 00 E 0 00 Diet Diet Detail Cow Prices Costs Compare Milk Payment Price Equivilent cpl by TS S kg by TS S kg Components dia 0 00 O 8 0 00 Volume 0 00 6 9 0 00 0 00 10 0 00 0 00 11 0 00 Revert Prices 0 00 612 0 00 Save Prices Figure 38 The Prices tab as payment for fat protein volume discount E New Diet Rumen8 unregistered trial version a aix File Cow Help Diet Components Amount Wet 1 Barley grain x 10 105 El Grass annual rye early season X 9 104 E None Cg None 0 00 3 None 0 00 Diet Diet Detail Cow Prices Costs Compare
84. x to the left of their name will be visible in the diet component drop down lists of the main Rumen8 window This allows you to have a large feed library but only make a subset of feeds applicable to the current situation visible when designing diets The currently highlighted feed has its parameters displayed in the bottom edit section of the window The 9 buttons do the following All Make all feeds in the library visible in the main Rumen8 window None Make none of the feeds visible 44 Invert Invert the current feed selection so ticked feeds are unselected and un ticked feeds are selected Edit Edit the parameters of the currently selected feed in the lower part of the window Add Copy Add anew feed to the library that is a copy of the currently selected feed Add New Add a new blank feed to the library Delete Remove the currently selected feed from the library Save Save the changes to the feed library and exit to the main Rumen8 window Cancel Exit to the main Rumen8 windows losing all the changes made to the feed library Feed parameters To edit an individual feed highlight it in the feed list and click the Edit button The entry boxes in the Edit section of the window will become active and allow you to change any of the feed parameters As a minimum nine parameters are required for a feed to be accepted as valid These are a unique name feed type ME CP DM Fat aN bN and cN Until valid values for these paramete
85. zation Excel saves diet after optimization Optimiser set up for Excel 2007 Tick this box if you have correctly set up the optimiser in Excel Tick this to see Excel load and optimise the diet Usually left un ticked Tick this to make Excel save the optimiser spreadsheet after optimizing the diet Usually left un ticked Tick this if you have Excel 2007 available for Rumen8 to use If this is not ticked Rumen8 assumes you have Excel 1997 2000 2002 XP or 2003 installed Figure 50 The Optimiser parameters in Preferences Preferences General Advanced Change Rumen8 home directory after restart 4 Show simple diet tab Use local feed libraries Optimiser v Warning light accuracy Percentage above or below ME MP requirement light shows green 2 2 Change home Y Microsoft Excel setup for optimising Excel saves diet after optimisation Excel visible during optimisation Y Optimiser set up for Excel 2007 10 NDF DMI O NRC DMI Cancel The Optimiser has not been tested but may work with Microsoft Excel version 2010 or 2013 Compatibility with these versions may be added in a later upgrade to Rumen8 Multiple versions of Excel can be installed so if you are currently using Excel 2013 you could install Excel 2007 to make use of the Rumen8 optimiser Installation instructions are given later in this document Note The Rumen8 optimiser is unsupported and is recommended only for users w

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