How do I find the buttons for the mapped pastures?
Select the pasture you would like to edit or take notes on to open the item summary.
Buttons
The following buttons that appear when you have opened the pasture’s item summary.
- Pencil (edit)
- Trash bin (delete)
- Unit of Measurement, across from the Forage Forecast
- Pasture Note
- Subdivide
- Adjust Subdivisions
- Retire Subdivisions
- Convert to Pastures
- Hat the Pasture
- View Soil Data
- Measure Fencing
Pencil (Edit Pasture)
When selected, you can rename the pasture, adjust the external boundaries of the pasture, enter the grass type for the selected pasture, and enter the percent of grazable acres.
Adjust Boundaries
The boundaries button refers to the exterior boundary of the select pasture. When it is selected, you will see the length of all sides of the pasture and its area in acres / hectares.
Adjusting exterior boundaries: Select the pasture you need to adjust > select the Pencil button > click on the fence post that you want to move and drag it to its new location > Save and Exit
Trash Bin (delete)
Select the pasture you want to delete, then click the trash bin in the upper right corner of the Item Summary.
Unit of Measurement
The available units of measurements are ADs, ADAs, AUMs, and DM lbs/acre.
To change the unit of measurement, click the drop down arrow and select the unit of measure you want to use.
Pasture Note
The pasture note button will redirect you to the Pastures Page, where you can add a note about the selected pasture and take inventory of the available grazing days and available dry matter.
Subdivide
Implementing the use of temporary fencing for adaptive multi paddock grazing on your ranch is a wonderful regenerative practice.
Creating subdivisions: Select the pasture you want to subdivide > click the subdivide button > begin drawing your subdivision lines (you should see a color change when you have successfully created a new subdivision) > name the subdivision > save
Best practice for subdivisions example: if you were to divide the pasture into four equal sections, draw the north - south boundary first, and then draw the east - west second using only two lines. This will ensure there are five intersecting points in the creation process.
Adjust Subdivisions
The adjust subdivisions button appears when you have created subdivisions for a pasture.
Adjusting Subdivisions: Select adjust subdivisions > click on the solid white dot to move the location of a fence post or click on a transparent white dot to add additional fence posts > save
Retire Subdivisions
The retire subdivisions button appears when there are subdivisions present.
Retiring Subdivisions: Select one of the subdivisions you want to retire > select retire subdivisions > confirm
Retiring subdivisions will retire all of the existing subdivisions within the selected pasture.
Convert to Pastures
The convert to pastures button only appears on a subdivided pasture that does not have any herd movements. You would want to use this button when you are adding in permanent pastures.
Converting to Pastures: Convert to pastures > rename the subdivisions to their new pasture names > save
Hay the Pasture
To record the date you hayed your pasture, or cut the grass in your pasture: select Hay the Pasture > select the date you hayed > save
View Soil Data (Available to US users only)
Select the pasture you want to view > Select View Soil Data > a new browser will open with the selected pasture boundaries displaying the USDA NRCS soil maps
Select the area of the pasture you want to view to learn more about the soil type
Measure Fencing
When selected, this will allow you to view the perimeter of the selected pasture, and measure a specific portion of the fence.
Example: Part of the fence is broken. Open PastureMap > Select Pasture > Measure Fencing > Locate spot of where the fence is broken drop the first point > Drop the second point at the end of the break > the orange line is the distance of the broken fence.
Disclaimer: PastureMap’s Measure Fencing tool does not account for terrain type or fence type, it strictly provides the distance between the two points.