Pasture Feed Budgeting Essentials text (comprises of 2 PDF booklets)

Pasture Feed Budgeting Essentials booklets

A practical guide to pasture feed budgeting for managers of pasture and grazing livestock

Compiled and written by Roger Martyn, owner of Grazetech and a former farm consultant with more than 20 years' experience specialising in pasture-based farm consulting and pasture measurement technology.

Pasture Feed Budgeting Essentials provides a practical, structured introduction to understanding pasture feed supply, forecasting future availability and making better-informed grazing management decisions.

The material is presented in two complementary PDF booklets, designed to help readers learn the essentials without being overwhelmed by detail, while providing opportunities to explore the subject in greater depth. Both booklets are downloadable PDFs that you can save to your computers or print as you wish.

Booklet One: Pasture Feed Budgeting — Required Reading

This 152-page booklet, including appendices, provides a straightforward, structured and deliberately concise introduction to pasture feed budgeting. It focuses on the essential principles and practical steps involved in full forecast pasture feed budgeting. Worked examples in every chapter demonstrate how the principles are applied, while a short quiz at the end of each chapter helps reinforce understanding.

Booklet Two: Pasture Feed Budgeting Essentials — Background Reading

This 162-page companion booklet, including the same appendices, provides a deeper exploration of selected aspects of pasture feed budgeting, ruminant nutrition, plant biology and pasture management. Its six chapters examine the underlying principles and finer points in greater detail, allowing readers to extend their understanding as their interest and needs dictate.

Together, the two booklets provide a learning resource that combines a clear, practical introduction with the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of the science and principles underpinning effective pasture feed budgeting.