Pasture Management Tools

The following documents require Acrobat Reader or Microsoft Excel.

• Guide to Pasture Condition Scoring - Developed by GLTI in May 2001, the guide is used to inform landowners as well as professionals of the 10 indicators of pasture condition and the 6 causative factors affecting plant vigor with a procedure to assess each indicator. (PDF, 391 KB)
• Protocols for Pasture Condition Score for CSP (PDF, 73 KB)
• Iowa Forage and Livestock Balance Worksheet April 4, 2007 (XLS, 4.4 MB) 
  • User Instructions for Forage/Balance Livestock Worksheet (PDF)
  • User Instructions for Developing a Prescribed Grazing System Plan (PDF)
• National Range and Pasture Handbook
• Pasture Condition Score Sheet - A tool to record the condition of the indicators and evaluate the pasture. This goes with the Guide to Pasture Condition Scoring. (PDF, 56 KB)
• Pasture Conditioning Score Fact Sheet (PDF, 260 KB)
• Midwest Pasture Condition Score Sheet (PDF, 89 KB)
  

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