Simple shortcut could help farms boost their profits from grassland

A NEW study has suggested that British livestock farmers could save time and money by adopting a simplified method of measuring grass growth, without compromising the quality of the data they rely on to manage their herds.

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Researchers at the North Wyke Farm Platform in Devon tested a streamlined approach to monitoring pasture, known as a 'pasture walk,' which involves measuring herbage mass along a single diagonal line across a field rather than the traditional W-shaped transect.