Operated by AgriSearch and AFBI, the project monitors weekly grass growth and quality and provides seven and 14 day grass growth rate forecasts to support farmers in managing pasture surpluses and deficits throughout the growing season.
Regular grass growth monitoring has been identified as a key mechanism to facilitate improvements in grass utilisation, which in turn carries a financial benefit for farmers.
Historically GrassCheck has been based on grass plot data. This core data collection will be retained in 2017 however this year, the project is being expanded to bring in grass growth and quality data from 35 commercial dairy, beef and sheep farms across N.I.