Grass budgeting
Grass growth and animal requirement vary throughout the growing season causing fluctuations in supply and demand for grazing stock.
This makes it essential to regularly assess how much grass is available for grazing stock and prepare grass budgets through the season.
Budgeting combines current grass covers with projected grass growth rates. It is a planning tool identifying periods of potential grass surpluses or shortages for a group or groups of grazing livestock. This matching of supply to demand helps ensure a high utilisation of quality grass from grazing swards
