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Pasture management is the cornerstone of profit for every New Zealand dairy farm. As farms become larger and systems more varied, the challenge is to make pasture management decisions easier, accurate and less stressful. |
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The answer for many farms will be the implementation and use of the
pasture feed wedge. A pasture feed wedge gives a visual picture of
the current pasture situation by ranking the paddocks average
pasture cover.
Example feed wedge:
This feed wedge shows that:
- Paddock five is at the pre-grazing target
- The farm is hitting its post-grazing residual target
- There is a group of paddocks in the middle of the wedge that are above the target line.
The critical grazing decision: Does this farm have a genuine surplus of pasture; should the silage contractor be booked?
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