Farm Tech

PasturePlan

‘Mangatu Blocks’

Location: Pakihi, Motu, near Matawai

Farm size: 2,000 ha.

Topography: Easy to steep.

Rainfall: 2,500 mm/yr.

Climate: Summer wet.

Soil type: n/a.

Fertiliser regime: n/a.

Stock numbers: 20,000 su. 12,000 ewes, 400 cows and 3,000 hoggets.

Carrying capacity: n/a.

Plot descriptions: n/a.

Detailed description: n/a.

Farmer's comments: "I class it as another tool and an advantage of planning feed budgets. I can see the new technology being quite widely used in the next two to five years. It will become commonplace as farmers realise the potential of monitoring." (Ian Macdonald, stock manager.)

Results published: Gisborne Herald.

Local Meat & Wool Innovation contact: Lew Willoughby, tel 06-835 1888, cell 025-434 417, lew.willoughby@mwipro.co.nz