14 January 2023
PastureBase Week – The ultimate PastureBase preparation for grazing 2023
Join the Grass10 and PastureBase Ireland team for a week of informative webinars on using and getting the best use from PastureBase. PastureBase Week will consist of a 1 hour webinar at 1pm each day from Monday, 16th – Friday, 20th January.
See topics for each day below
Monday, 16th January | 1pm
Registering, Setting up paddocks & farm mapping
Starting off the week, Monday’s session will be for people who are new to PastureBase Ireland. We will begin by showing you how to get registered on PastureBase Ireland. We then will move on to setting up the different paddocks on your grazing block and creating a farm map.
Tuesday, 17th January | 1pm
Completing a grass walk & key terminology
On Tuesday, we will begin by completing a grass walk both on the desktop version and also on the PastureBase app. Once this is completed we will help you to understand the key terminology that is on the weekly wedge.
Wednesday, 18th January | 1pm
Projected Planner & making decisions off your grass wedge
Moving on to Wednesday, we start getting into more detail with your PastureBase grass wedge. Firstly we will look at the projected planner which helps you to run scenarios for your farm throughout the grazing season. We then will look at the other tools and targets for the different times of the year which will help to make better decisions when it comes to grazing management on your farm.
Thursday, 19th January | 1pm
Rotation planners, grass budget & soil sampling
On Thursday, we will show you how rotation planners help to plan certain areas to graze at different times of the year. The grass budget is also a very popular tool that aids in planning out grazing, particularly in the spring and autumn of the year. We will also introduce you to the soil sampling recording area on PastureBase which will lead us into the area of nutrient management in Friday’s session.
Friday 20th January | 1pm
Fertiliser and slurry recording & clover management
Lastly on Friday, we will look at nutrient management side of PastureBase Ireland which is becoming increasingly important as we move into an era of lower N use. We will start with showing you how to record slurry, chemical fertiliser, FYM and dairy washings on both the desktop and the app. We will then show you how to view the different reports to view total applications throughout a given year.
To finish we will look at the area of clover management where we will show you how to record different levels of clover in paddocks so as to leave it easier for N management throughout the year