# FCR Savings Calculator — How Much Do You Gain When FCR Improves?

> Enter your current and target FCR to see your annual feed saving in tonnes and money. Calculate the big impact of a small FCR improvement.

- URL: https://demo.fcrsoft.com/en/tools/fcr-savings-calculator
- Language: en
- Updated: 2026-10-03
- Publisher: FCRSOFT (https://fcrsoft.com)

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# FCR Savings Calculator

For example, cutting FCR from 1.70 to 1.60 on 500 tonnes of production saves 50 tonnes of feed.
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## Calculator

Currency

Annual production : 500 t
Current FCR : 1.7
Target FCR : 1.6
Feed price : 1.3 USD /kg

This calculator runs in your browser; the data you enter is not stored.

## Results

Current feed requirement
850
t

Target feed requirement
800
t

Feed saving
50.0
t

Estimated saving
65,000 USD

Reduction in feed
5.9 %

**Track Your FCR Automatically**Reaching the target FCR saves **65,000 USD**. FCRSOFT flags the cages that push FCR up as soon as the drift starts.
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## How is it calculated?

- Feed saving = Production × (Current FCR − Target FCR)

- Saving amount = Feed saving × Feed price

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## FCRSOFT does this for you automatically

You don’t need to do the calculations and checks on this page by hand every day. FCRSOFT derives them all automatically from the records entered in the field.

- FCR and biomass are updated per cage with every feeding and weighing record.

- FCR values above target are flagged in the panel.

- Economic and biological FCR reports are ready by batch and period.

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