Description
PastureBase Ireland to be a web-based and mobile grassland-management solution designed to support dairy, beef and sheep farms with measuring, monitoring and benchmarking grass growth and utilisation to improve feed self-sufficiency, resource efficiency and rural farm productivity in Ireland. The solution provides decision-support tools for grazing rotation, fertiliser/slurry planning and fodder budgeting within a national grassland database.
Technology
The solution to be delivered via a desktop/web-based application and an offline-capable mobile app for recording paddock covers, events, fertiliser/slurry applications and livestock data; synchronisation with a central cloud database enables analytics, benchmarking and national grass growth updates.
Target
The solution to be intended for Irish dairy, beef and sheep farmers and farm advisors seeking pasture-based decision support, benchmarking and seasonal planning aligned with national grass growth data.
Business model
Impact
The solution to be enabling quantification of paddock- and farm-level dry-matter production (kg DM/ha), daily national grass growth updates, and improved grazing and fertiliser planning through tools such as grass wedges, rotation planners and nitrogen planners, supporting resource efficiency and sustainable livestock feeding.
Partners
Duna-R Ltd; Timac Agro Hungaria Ltd; SeaForest Ltd; AgroVIR Ltd; I Gazda; Ro-Sys Software Ltd
Four Betters
Better production
Better environment
