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The Grass Measuring Thread
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11-01-2017 10:43AM#1
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Went on about 8/10 walks-there was a group of 3 of us. 1 lad had been measuring years. I have a lad does most of my walks for me now but will go with him an odd time as he has the quadrant etc and I will do a walk myself if he gets delayed in coming to do one. 1 of the lads that I used to walk with had a great way , he would first of all say is the cover over 1000, then say is it over 500 and narrow it down to what it is, great for starting off .Really its just putting a proper figure on what we have been looking at for years, like a skinned field has 50/100 cover and one that should possibly be taken out for bales has over 2000 and all the rest are in betweenDid it take you long to learn and can you eyeball a cover now?
Just getting the figure reasonably right is the hard part to get right 0 -
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Went on about 8/10 walks-there was a group of 3 of us. 1 lad had been measuring years. I have a lad does most of my walks for me now but will go with him an odd time as he has the quadrant etc and I will do a walk myself if he gets delayed in coming to do one. 1 of the lads that I used to walk with had a great way , he would first of all say is the cover over 1000, then say is it over 500 and narrow it down to what it is, great for starting off .Really its just putting a proper figure on what we have been looking at for years, like a skinned field has 50/100 cover and one that should possibly be taken out for bales has over 2000 and all the rest are in between Just getting the figure reasonably right is the hard part to get right
Teagasc had a really simple sheet that worked off bands e.g. 0-500, 500-1000 etc.
There was a description to accompany each band . Short grass , light graze etc.
Very simple way of starting off and as you say you start questioning yourself within the band's eventually and getting quiet accurate.
If someone has one they might put it up and used along with pasturebase measuring would be a doddle .0 -
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