Remote Sensing, 2023 Systematic measurement of pasture biomass (kg DM/ha) is crucial for optimising pasture utilisation and increasing dairy farm profitability. On-farm pasture monitoring can be conducted using various sensors, but calibrations are necessary to convert the ...
Juan I. Gargiulo +6 more
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Estimation of pasture dry matter: comparative study between Rising Plate Meter and Grassmaster probe [PDF]
This study evaluated two expedient electronic sensors: a rising plate meter (RPM), and a “Grassmaster II” capacitance probe (GMII) to estimate pasture dry matter (DM, kg/ha).
J. Serrano +4 more
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POTENTIAL OF NON-CALIBRATED UAV-BASED RGB IMAGERY FOR FORAGE MONITORING: CASE STUDY AT THE RENGEN LONG-TERM GRASSLAND EXPERIMENT (RGE), GERMANY [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2019 Forage monitoring in grassland is an important task to support management decisions. Spatial data on (i) yield,(ii) quality, and (iii) floristic composition are of interest.
G. Bareth +4 more
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Animals, 2022 The quality of ryegrass–clover pasture was investigated between August (winter: start of calving) and November (spring: end of breeding) on pasture-based dairy farms (>85% of total feed from pasture) that had short (n = 2, Farms A and B; winter ~30 days,
Sagara N. Kumara +3 more
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Scientia Agricola, 2009 Indirect, non-destructive methods for estimating herbage mass on pasture may help growers to better estimate herbage mass and manage the grazing process.
Gustavo José Braga +5 more
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An evaluation of the rising plate meter to predict forage biomass in Ontario mixed species perennial pastures [PDF]
, 2023 The rising plate meter (RPM) is a tool used for pasture biomass (PB) estimation. The goal of this study was to determine if the RPM can be used to estimate pasture biomass in complex mixed-species perennial pastures of Ontario, and to establish an ...
Higgins, Courtney
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Estimating Plant Pasture Biomass and Quality from UAV Imaging across Queensland’s Rangelands
AgriEngineering, 2020 The aim of this research was to test recent developments in the use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)/drones to map both pasture quantity as biomass yield and pasture quality as the proportions of key pasture ...
Jason Barnetson +2 more
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Estimating Herbage Mass in Stargrass (\u3ci\u3eCynodon nlenfuensis\u3c/i\u3e var Nlenfuensis) Using Sward Surface Height and the Rising Plate Meter [PDF]
, 2022 Estimation of herbage mass is necessary both in research and farm management. Methods for such estimations should be inexpensive, rapid and reliable.
Oliveira, D. E. +4 more
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The use of compressed height to estimate the yield of a differently fertilized meadow
Plant, Soil and Environment, 2018 Monitoring of grassland dry matter yield (DMY) is important for the economy and ecosystem management, but it is a time-consuming process. Calculating the correlation between compressed height (CH) and DMY is a faster way to estimate DMY.
Ondřej CUDLÍN +3 more
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Practical use of the rising plate meter (RPM) on New Zealand dairy farms
Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association, 2001 Herbage mass and rising plate meter (RPM) height was estimated using the RPM as part of a farmlet trial, at No. 2 Dairy, Dexcel Hamilton. Herbage mass estimations were collected over a 3-year period, from pre- and post-grazing and weekly farm walk estimates.
J.A. Lile +7 more
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