Dairy grazing vs beef grazing

[mstenta]

Feedback from Josh at Wolfe's Neck Farm:

I think there needs to be a separate module named Dairy Grazing. The current module is set for very low density grazing which is the opposite of the dairy grazing concepts. Under the productivity section of the paddocks page, there needs to be a column where we can enter Forage Density, Pregrazing Height and Postgrazing height. The end calculation would give us the Dry Matter per paddock.

In the herds page we need flexibility for the dry matter intake of the animals. Maybe there is another page where we can set assumptions for categories such as 3.5%Bodyweight for Lactating cows, 3% of bodyweight for Dry Cows.

Calculating-Paddock-Sizes-Dry-Matter-Intake-and-Acreage-Needed.pdf

I uploaded a PDF from our dairy consultant about calculating paddock size. The most pertinent page of the PDF will be the last one with information about the actual calculations that we run at the beginning of the grazing season