The simulated difference in annual Gross Margin between the scenario and the standard (simulation years 6-10). This value can be found in your SimHerd report.

The difference in number of cow-years in the scenario compared to the standard.
With extra cows come extra costs (in addition to feeding costs which have been included in Gross Margin) like labor and energy costs. See below.

Extra costs per cow-year for labor (€500), energy (€140) and maintenance (€130) and other costs (€130). Source: Business Check Cattle 2012 (Danish Cattle Federation).

Other costs that increase (enter a positive figure) or decrease (negative figure). Other costs are e.g. service costs of an automatic milking system or costs of having heifers in a pension.

Increase in annual Gross Margin minus the change in annual costs. This amount is available for financing the investment.

This is the number of years used to calculate the annual depreciation of the investment.

Interest rate used to calculate the annual payment of interest.

Percentage of the investment amount that is used to insure and maintain the investment. Typically between 0 and 5%; depends on the type of investment.

The amount (or the price) of the investment must not exceed the amount shown in this cell.
This is the maximum amount that can be invested, given the productive life, interest, insurance and maintenance rate of the investment and the disposable amount for depreciation and payment of interest.
Study the sensitivity of this amount for different assumptions on productive life and interest rate.