Stocking Rate
by Farm & Garden Calc in Markets & finance
Grazing carrying capacity in animal unit months from acres, forage yield, use percent and days, with an optional herd check.
https://agri-calc.x402tookit.com/stocking-rate- Price
- $0.02
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 57.9%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 528 ms
- 1.3 s slowest 5%
- Last check
- Failed
- 26 h ago, next any minute now
Reliability
Latest check failed 26 h ago: Expected HTTP 402, got 530
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How to call it
GET https://agri-calc.x402tookit.com/stocking-rate
Each call costs $0.02 in USDC on Polygon, paid with the request over x402.
Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.
Example request
From the listing.
GET https://agri-calc.x402tookit.com/stocking-rate?acres=100&animalWeightLb=1200&animals=20&forageLbDmPerAcre=2000&grazingDays=180Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
acres | number | Yes | Pasture acres |
animalWeightLb | number | No | Average animal live weight in lb (default 1000 = one animal unit) |
animals | number | No | Your head count, to check against capacity |
forageLbDmPerAcre | number | Yes | Forage dry matter produced per acre over the season, lb |
grazingDays | number | Yes | Days of grazing in the season |
lbDmPerAum | number | No | Forage dry matter per animal unit month (default 780 = 26 lb x 30 days) |
utilizationPct | number | No | Percent of forage that may be grazed, leaving the rest (default 50) |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
Example response, 29 lines
{
"acresNeededForHerd": 112.32,
"acresPerAnimalUnitForSeason": 4.68,
"animalUnitMonths": 128.2051,
"animalUnitsDemanded": 24,
"animalUnitsPerHead": 1.2,
"animalUnitsSupported": 21.3675,
"animals": 20,
"asOf": "2026-10-11T23:40:38.068Z",
"degraded": false,
"disclaimer": "Screening signal computed from the named public source. Not financial, legal or investment advice; provided as is. Verify at the source before acting.",
"grazingMonths": 6,
"headSupported": 17.8063,
"headSupportedWhole": 17,
"loadRatio": 1.1232,
"notChecked": [
"actual forage production this year (drought, species, grazing history)",
"forage quality, water, fencing and rotation plan",
"…2 more"
],
"reasons": [
"Usable forage = acres x yield x 50% = 100000 lb dry matter; one AUM takes 780 lb.",
"Your 20 head is 24 animal units against 21.37 supported; the herd needs about 112.3 acres."
],
"source": "computed locally (animal unit = 1000 lb; AUM = 780 lb forage dry matter by convention)",
"summary": "Supports about 21.37 animal units (17.8 head of 1200 lb) for 180 days. Herd of 20: over capacity (load 1.123).",
"usableForageLbDm": 100000,
"verdict": "OVERSTOCKED"
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.02.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://agri-calc.x402tookit.com/stocking-rate?acres=100&animalWeightLb=1200&animals=20&forageLbDmPerAcre=2000&grazingDays=180'
# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://agri-calc.x402tookit.com/stocking-rate?acres=100&animalWeightLb=1200&animals=20&forageLbDmPerAcre=2000&grazingDays=180' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: pay and call
// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
// Pays at most $0.02 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.02" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);
// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.02 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fagri-calc.x402tookit.com%2Fstocking-rate
const res = await pay("https://agri-calc.x402tookit.com/stocking-rate?acres=100&animalWeightLb=1200&animals=20&forageLbDmPerAcre=2000&grazingDays=180");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());Python: pay and call
# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client
# Pays at most $0.02 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.02"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.get("https://agri-calc.x402tookit.com/stocking-rate?acres=100&animalWeightLb=1200&animals=20&forageLbDmPerAcre=2000&grazingDays=180")
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
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Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 h ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 530 | 530 | 128 ms | - |
| 38 h ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 530 | 530 | 148 ms | - |
| 2 days ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 530 | 530 | 131 ms | - |
| 3 days ago | Passed | 402 | 481 ms | $0.02 |
| 3 days ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 530 | 530 | 97 ms | - |
Show 10 older checks
| 3 days ago | Passed | 402 | 569 ms | $0.02 |
| 4 days ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 530 | 530 | 137 ms | - |
| 4 days ago | Passed | 402 | 500 ms | $0.02 |
| 5 days ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 530 | 530 | 105 ms | - |
| 5 days ago | Passed | 402 | 486 ms | $0.02 |
| 5 days ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 530 | 530 | 180 ms | - |
| 5 days ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 530 | 530 | 185 ms | - |
| 5 days ago | Passed | 402 | 510 ms | $0.02 |
| 5 days ago | Passed | 402 | 551 ms | $0.02 |
| 6 days ago | Passed | 402 | 867 ms | $0.02 |