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Close-up of ripe grass seed heads in a pasture

Handy tools

Grazing rotation planner

How long will each pasture feed the herd, and will the pastures get the rest you want? Put in your pastures, stock and pasture cover to see days per pasture, rest and days a lap.

Your rotation

How many pastures (or cells) the herd moves through.

Days each pasture should rest before it is grazed again.

Grazing area of one pasture. 1 acre = 0.405 ha.

Your herd

Animals grazing together.

A rough average for the herd is fine.

Dry matter eaten a day. Use your own or your adviser’s figure.

Your pasture

Pasture on offer when the herd goes in (your estimate or pasture ruler/plate reading).

The residual you want left when the herd moves out.

Optional: your local growth rate now. 0 to skip.

Your rotation

5.3 daysin each pasture
37 daysrest each pasture gets
8pastures for 35 days’ rest

Each paddock feeds the mob for about 5.3 days, close to the 5 days per move that gives 35 days of rest. Your numbers roughly balance.

42days a lap
  • Grazing now
  • Resting - darkest is next in
Move every (for 35 days’ rest)
5 days
Feed on offer per pasture
3,300 kg DM
Herd eats a day
625 kg DM (12.5 kg a head)
Stock density while grazing
17 head/ha
Cover after 35 days’ rest
about 2,550 kg DM/ha

How we work it out

  • Feed per pasture: (cover going in − cover to leave) × pasture size, in kg of dry matter.
  • Days in each pasture: feed per pasture ÷ what the herd eats a day (head × liveweight × intake %).
  • Rest: while the herd is in one pasture the others rest, so rest = days in each pasture × (pastures − 1). Cover after the rest = cover left + growth rate × rest days.

A planning estimate from your own numbers, assuming pastures of a similar size and cover. Pasture grows at different speeds through the year, so walk the pastures and move stock on what you see, and ask your agronomist or adviser about the right covers and rest for your pasture and stock. Nothing you type is stored or sent anywhere. Short of feed? Try the feed budget calculator; for acres and other units use the farm unit converter.

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