There are two key areas of opportunity to improve overall pasture and crop eaten on your farm:
- Growing more pasture (or crop) and
- Utilising more of what you are growing.
Grazing management - which costs nothing - is the easiest solution to optimising both areas.
Grow more
Eat more
Grazing management
The three key factors to focus on at every grazing are:
- grazing pasture at the target pre-graze covers
- grazing to the targeted residual
- having the correct stocking rate
To achieve this requires regular assessment of pasture. See Leaf stage for more information.
The opportunity to grow and harvest more pasture is present on every farm. The performance of paddocks can vary widely – often the top paddock can grow double that of the lowest paddock on the farm. Key aspects to focus on are: