Livestock Units & Stocking Rate
This lesson is part of the course
In this lesson
You convert six mobs of cattle and sheep into livestock units, find the peak and the year-average LU, measure the stocking rate per hectare and work out how many ewes would bring the farm to its target.
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Lessons in this course
- Livestock Units & Stocking Rate Locked
- Pasture Cover from Sward Height: a Calibration Line Locked
- Grazing Days: Available Grass, Residual & Daily Demand Locked
- Rotation Planning: Rest Period, Days per Paddock & Rotation Length Locked
- Growth vs Demand & the Feed Wedge Locked
- Surplus Cuts: Closing Paddocks for Silage Locked
- Water: Daily Needs, Trough Capacity & Refill Time Locked
- Capstone: Grazing Season Dashboard Locked