ROI Calculator · Pasture & payback
What does virtual fencing actually return?
STEP 01 · OPERATION
Where's your operation?
Country sets pricing, labour rates and pasture defaults.
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Farm size
ha
Productive grazing area only.
Number of animals
Minimum order varies by region.
Methodology
How this calculator works
The pasture model, the cost model, and what they deliberately leave out.
- 01Base stocking rate = (pasture growth × utilisation) ÷ annual feed demand per animal.
- 02Improved growth = base growth × (1 + production increase). Improved utilisation = base utilisation × (1 + utilisation improvement). Improved stocking rate = improved utilisable ÷ annual feed demand.
- 03Capacity mode: extra animals × animal weight × livestock price × 0.6 (carcass yield).
- 04Growth mode: average of production and utilisation improvement, applied to current growth rate (g/day), priced at liveweight $/kg over a 180-day finishing window for the finishing-animal sub-herd only.
- 05Annual data cost: animals × monthly connectivity charge × 12. Connectivity charges vary by country and network type.
- 06Subsidy reduces the initial hardware investment only, not ongoing data costs.
- 07Payback period = adjusted initial investment ÷ net annual savings (extra revenue − data cost). It does not account for time value of money or animal-health benefits.
- 08Pasture growth defaults are mid-range estimates per region. Override with your own measured numbers wherever possible.
The results generated by this calculator are estimates only and are provided for general illustrative purposes. They do not constitute a representation or guarantee as to the actual return on investment you will achieve.
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