Grazing and PEAQ Sticks Available
The Grazing Stick is a 3 feet long, 4 sided yard stick. Printed on the sides of the stick are calculations to determine pastuer area carrying capacity and available grazing days. The stick contains charts for grazing efficiency, optimum grazing periods and forage intake rates by livestock species. Additional information includes estimated pounds of dry matter per acre per inch of growth and the percent of dry matter in a harvested plant at various stages of growth for different species of grass.
The Alfalfa PEAQ Stick is a 4 feet long stick based on the Predictive Equations of Alfalfa Quality (PEAQ) technique that estimates pre-harvest quality in a field. The PEAQ method was developed at the University of Wisconsin and has been used in Illinois for many years. Realtive feed value (RFV) can be estimated based on the alfalfa height and maturity. The three different maturity stages that will be on the Alfalfa PEAQ Stick are late vegetative, bud, and flower stage. For more information visit the Illini PEAQ website at http://peaq.traill.uiuc.edu//.
