Pasture Management Agronomic Biomass Allocation

Rotational Grazing Paddock & Forage Sizer

Calculate daily paddock size, total pasture requirements, and stocking rate density for beef cattle, dairy herds, and sheep flocks based on forage dry matter yield.

Herd & Pasture Parameters

Herd Size (Head Count): 60 Head

Avg. Animal Weight (kg): 550 kg 60kg sheep, 450kg steer, 600kg cow

Available Forage (kg DM/ha)

Pasture Rest Cycle (Days): 28 Days Regrowth rest period before re-entry

Daily Paddock Size

0.75 Ha

1.85 Acres / Day Move

Total Paddocks Needed

29 Paddocks

1-Day Shift System

Herd Daily Forage Demand

825 kg DM

2.5% Body Weight Intake

Total Land Block Required

21.8 Hectares

53.8 Acres Total Grazing Block

🛰️ Eliminating Polywire Labor with Virtual Fencing & Satellite NDVI

Intensive 1-day or 12-hour rotational grazing historically requires hours of rolling out polywire reels and shifting step-in posts. Virtual fencing (Nofence / Vence) paired with satellite pasture biomass mapping revolutionizes pasture utilization:

Automated Boundary Shifting: Set automated timers on your smartphone to expand grazing fronts at 6:00 AM without setting foot in the pasture.
Precision Exclusion Zones: Draw virtual exclusion polygons around riparian streams, boggy depressions, or eroding hillslopes with zero physical fence posts.
Satellite Biomass Integration: Sentinel-2 and drone NDVI telemetry feed directly into paddock sizing apps to dynamically adjust paddock size based on real-time grass growth rates.