Turning pasture to profit: are you hitting your residuals? | Ep. 137

How closely are you watching what’s left behind after the cows leave the paddock? Hayden Gaines, host farmer at Glentui in Northern Southland, joins DairyNZ Senior Farm Systems Specialist Ron Pellow to revisit the pasture decisions that got farmers talking at the Pasture to Profit event.

From Hayden’s “brutal” spring pasture allocation and 12 years of farm data to managing a sudden surplus, they explore what happens when residuals aren’t where you want them and what you can do next. You’ll also hear why what cows leave behind today matters at the next grazing, and how measurement, observation and adjustment come together on farm.