Feed & Nutrition

Feed is usually the biggest cost on a dairy farm — and getting it wrong costs you twice, in wasted feed and in milk you never produced. KilimoDairy’s Ration Planner takes a cow’s breed, weight, days in milk and current production, and works out a balanced ration for her: which feeds, how much of each, and what it will cost you.

It doesn’t stop at milking cows. The Steam-Up Planner builds a week-by-week feeding plan for cows approaching calving, complete with a shopping list. The Calf Feeding guide walks you through every stage from colostrum on day one, through milk feeding, weaning, starter, grower and heifer development — with rations, goals, warnings and costs for each stage. A built-in Feed Library gives you nutrient values for common Kenyan feeds like Napier grass, Rhodes grass hay, Lucerne and dairy meal. And on the practical side, you can log feed purchases, track consumption by group, watch your stock levels, and get alerted before you run out.

What's included

• AI Ration Planner — enter a cow’s breed, weight, days in milk and yield, and get a balanced ration with feeds, quantities and cost
• Quick Feed Recommendations for any milking cow or heifer based on her stage and production
• Steam-Up Planner for cows approaching calving — a week-by-week transition feeding plan with a shopping list and daily schedule
• Calf Feeding Guide covering colostrum (day 1–3), milk feeding, weaning, starter, grower and heifer development — each with rations, goals, warnings and costs
• Feed Library with nutrient values for common Kenyan feeds: Napier grass, Rhodes grass hay, Lucerne/alfalfa, dairy meal, cottonseed cake and more
• Record feed purchases — supplier, quantity and cost
• Track daily feed consumption by group — milking herd, dry cows, calves and more
• Feed inventory with stock levels and low-stock alerts, so you reorder before you run out
• Monthly feed cost summary and feed cost per litre of milk produced
• Ready-made shopping lists with estimated costs for every feeding plan you generate