This Manual Plate Meter is accurate, robust and easy to use for measuring grass covers in paddocks.
The hand-calibrated aluminium plate produces highly repeatable results for accuracy that’s second only to cutting, drying and weighing pasture samples, a method that’s impractical on-farm. The result is a series of accurate measurements of grass height that also accounts for any variation in pasture density.
Two simple counters total the meter readings taken and count the number of individual readings, allowing quick and easy calculation of an average reading for each paddock.
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As part of derogation, farmers must participate in grassland management requirements, including grass measuring and annual grass production recording. Applicants must complete a minimum of 20 grass measurements on PastureBase Ireland. Our Grass measuring equipment can help make this an easier and efficient process.
Grass Measuring – Maintaining a constant supply of high quality green leafy grass can be easily achieved by walking paddocks weekly and measuring the amount of grass on the farm. Poor grazing management leads to a fluctuation in pre-grazing yields, with problems of not enough or too much grass on the farm. We have a wide range of grass measuring equipment for sale including Jenquip Plate Meters and Grass Shears, Scales and Quadrants for cut and weigh measuring of grass. Measuring will help to maintain a constant supply of high-quality grass. The potential to achieve high levels of productivity from grazed grass gives Irish farmers a major competitive advantage over many of their European and global counterparts.