How to Use Grazing Charts
RCS Chief of Delivery David demonstrates how to fill out the various features of grazing charts, how to read and utilise them and how to effectively change the way you feed your stock.
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Introducing your instructor
First up - get your audio sorted
How to make the most of your learning
Some Important Information
Start with the end in mind
The WHY behind a grazing chart
How a paper grazing chart is laid out
What’s the difference between LSU and DSE?
Introduction to LSU
Introduction to DSE
LSU and DSE Tables Download
What is a Stock Day?
How many grazing charts do I set up?
What information do I need?
Overview of what goes where
How to enter grazing information
Entering half day grazes
Entering second graze and cumulative totals
Entering long graze periods (multiple months)
Grazing multiple paddocks together – how to enter
How to fill in this area (MaiaGrazing)
What information do you now have?
How do you use this information?
How is this different to paddock calculations?
What information do I need?
Rolling 12mth Rainfall
Rolling Stock Days for 12 Months - LSU
Rolling Stock Days for 12 Months - DSE
Calculating historical stock days
Getting to this in MaiaGrazing
How do you use this information?
My Carrying Capacity per 100mm
Calc BM CC SDH per 100mm- LSU
Calc BM CC SDH per 100mm- DSE
Using the Graze Period Calculator - SR to CC - LSU
Do I change my BM CC in different rainfall years
When do I change my carrying capacity?
What to do on Black Soils
Have you made a calculator error?
How many units have I run in the past year?
Congratulations on Completing How to Use Grazing Charts
Next Steps in Your Learning
How did we go with this course?