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Animal nutrition is key when it comes to success in animal production projects. That is why it is essential to understand it and learn how to make ration.

SysnovaFeed

SysnovaFeed is a free and open source software for making least cost animal ration. Open source means it is free and you can download the source code from GitHub and customize it to make your own version.

Pros:

1. Free and open source.
2. Create a least cost rations.
3. Create rations for poultry, ruminants and other types of animals.
4. Ability to change ingredients prices.
5. Add and remove custom ingredients.
6. Generate reports.
7. Can run on Mac, Windows and Linux.
8. User guide.

Cons:

1. Not easy to use.
2. Crashes sometimes.

AFOS

Animal Feed Formulation Software (AFOS for short), is a least cost ration formulation software. There are two versions of the software one is Professional and not free and the other one is a free edition.

Pros:

1. Free version available.
2. Clean user interface.
3. Create least cost rations.
4. Create rations for different types of animals.

Cons:

1. Many features are deactivated in the free version.
2. Crashes sometimes.
3. Run only on windows.
4. Cloud version is available but not free and price of the service is not clear.

FAO Ration Formulation Tool for Dairy Cows

The FAO Ration Formulation Tool (download from here) help you quickly prepare a least cost ration for dairy cows using locally available resources. It has been specifically designed for technicians looking for a simple, easy and fast tool to quickly hack ration to be used.

Pros:

1. Easy to use.
2. Free to download.
3. Create least cost rations

Cons:

1. Requires MS Excel
2. Requires VBA to be activated.
3. Not easy to setup for the fist time.
4. Only works for dairy cows.