What to expect?

This comprehensive workshop will equip farmers with the skills to optimise pasture management, improve business resilience, and enhance profitability while reducing their carbon footprint.  Participants will learn how to design a grazing platform, measure and manage pasture for optimal productivity with minimal labour.
 

Who is this workshop for?

Ideal for farmers looking to cut input costs through improved pasture utilisation, and enhance farm efficiency with better grazing management, infrastructure, and decision-making tools.

Content

• Reduce input costs while maintaining production through improved grazing and pasture management.

• Learn to measure pasture and use pasture management software for informed decision-making.

• Master rising plate meters, grazing wedges, and seasonal rotation planners.

• Design a paddock grazing system using digital mapping tools.

• Calculate feed demand and create feed budgets for different stock classes.

• Understand best practices for electric fencing, including installation, materials, and cost considerations.

• Gain hands-on experience setting up and removing permanent and temporary electric fencing.

• Explore flexible water systems, including solar pumps, mobile troughs, and hydrants.

Tutors

Rhys Williams - Precision Grazing Ltd
Rhys brings hands-on knowledge of designing and managing grazing systems at home and on farms across Wales.He has practised a range of grazing management techniques and can share his insights of the outcomes and the interaction between animals, plants and the soil.

Sarah Morgan - Precision Grazing Ltd
Sarah Morgan works closely with farmers to improve pasture utilisation, optimise stocking rates, and enhance business resilience through better grazing strategies. With a hands-on approach, Sarah specialises in integrating practical grazing infrastructure, including fencing and water systems, to create efficient grazing platforms.

Example agenda- 

Day 1:
12pm Arrival and lunch
1pm Theory and practical tasks
5pm Finish & check-in to accommodation
6pm Dinner & guest speaker/farm visit and overnight stay

Day 2:
8:30am Travel to farm
9am Practical Sessions
12pm Finish & travel home

Dates & locations

Three separate MasterGrass workshops will be held across Wales (North / Mid / South) on the following dates, you only need to attend one. Locations will be confirmed after the applications have been assessed to locate as centrally as possible.