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Grass+ Section 3

Published 13 December 11

Assessing your Pasture

• How the grass plant grows - capture this for your benefit
• Using sward assessment to improve pasture productivity
• Developing the skills to understand pastures
• Measuring field cover to assess and monitor grazing
• Ensuring pasture quality

Objective:  To improve pasture productivity through regular assessments of sward growth and quality.

Challenge: Develop sward assessment skills. Increase grass intake by at least 0.5 tonne utilised DM/cow this year.

You are able to download the content of section 3 of the grass+ programme. The full programme is available via post from this link.