Grassland & Forage
Grassland & Forage: Questions Answered
Straight answers to the questions people actually ask.
Including the awkward ones. If something is a genuine limitation of the module we would rather say so here than let it be discovered later.
Questions answered
What people ask about Grassland & Forage
Does this replace the software I already use?
Not necessarily. Agrivencia integrates with authoritative sources and mainstream packages rather than insisting on replacing them. Where an incumbent does one job well, the platform connects to it; where the job spans several systems and nobody does it, the platform does it.
Will it work where I have no signal?
Yes. Field capture in Grassland & Forage is offline first, storing locally and synchronising when a connection returns. Only around a fifth of UK farms report reliable signal across the whole holding, so this is a design assumption rather than a feature.
What happens when the scheme rules change?
Scheme rules are held as data rather than code, so a rate change, a cap change or a window closure is a content update that takes effect the same day. The platform also alerts you to what the change does to your own position.
Who owns the data I put in?
You do. The Farm Data Charter gives you a complete export in open formats at any time, and every instance of data sharing requires an explicit, revocable consent that is visible in your account.
Does it work if I farm across a border?
Yes, and that is one of the main reasons the platform exists. A business with land in more than one nation sees one reconciled view rather than two portals, with obligations and deadlines from both administrations in a single calendar.
Can my agronomist or land agent use it too?
Yes. You grant scoped, time-limited access per holding and per module, and you can revoke it in one click. Advisers never get a shared password or a blanket view.
What is the biggest limitation of this module?
Measurement fatigue. Mitigated by fast mobile capture and satellite fallback. We would rather state that plainly than let you discover it after signing.
Everything included
The full capability list, grouped
Record and plan3
- Grass cover measurement with plate meter, sward stick and satellite-derived biomass
- Rotational grazing planner with residency, rest period and pre- and post-grazing cover targets
- Feed wedge visualisation with surplus and deficit identification
Operate and monitor3
- Annual forage budget balancing growth curve against livestock demand
- Silage and haylage clamp management with dry matter, ME, protein and fermentation quality
- Reseed cost and payback model against measured production uplift
Comply and evidence3
- Herbal ley and multi-species sward planning with scheme action mapping
- Clover content assessment and nitrogen fixation credit
- Grazing infrastructure planning — paddocks, tracks, water points and fencing
Analyse and improve3
- Nutrient offtake and return modelling across the grazing platform
- Buffer feeding decision support linked to the livestock ration module
- Soil compaction and poaching risk mapping by field and by season
Detail
The short version
Grassland is the largest crop in the UK by area and the least measured. This module treats it as a managed crop: measured covers, planned rotations, budgeted forage, costed reseeds and silage analysed against the ration it has to fill. It links directly to the livestock modules so a forage deficit surfaces as a purchased feed cost before it becomes one.
Permanent pasture and temporary grassland dominate UK land use, and lowland grazing livestock is the single most numerous farm type in England at around 30,800 holdings. Herbal ley payment rates have moved sharply under the reset scheme offer, cut from £382 per hectare to £224, while moorland payments rose materially — a change that reverses the economics of several grassland decisions taken only two seasons ago.
Everything Grassland & Forage records is written into the same platform data spine as every other module, which is why a single entry can satisfy an operational need, a scheme evidence requirement, an assurance clause and a carbon activity line at once. That is the whole design premise: the work is already being done, and it is the recording of it that is duplicated.
How we handle evidence
Where these figures come from
Agrivencia grades every figure it publishes. Primary legislation, official statistics and audit reports are treated as authoritative. Levy body and professional body data is treated as reliable. Commercial trackers and trade press are treated as indicative and labelled as such. Where sources conflict, the conflict is shown rather than resolved silently.
- Authoritative Legislation, statutory instruments, official scheme rules, national audit and public accounts reporting, departmental annual reports and accredited official statistics.
- Reliable Parliamentary committee evidence, peer-reviewed research, independent economic institutes and levy body analysis.
- Supporting Professional bodies, land agents, certification schemes and industry associations.
- Indicative Commercial market trackers and trade press, used for corroboration only and always labelled.
Payment rates, caps and windows in UK farm support change frequently and sometimes without notice. Nothing on this platform is a substitute for the current published scheme rules or for professional advice.
Free download
Measured Grassland: Turning the Cheapest Feed Into the Most Reliable
A practical handbook, written for UK farm businesses, with the sources cited and the working shown. No sales call attached — the guide is the point.
See Grassland & Forage running on your own holding
Thirty minutes, using your parcels, your schemes and your enterprises rather than a sample farm. No obligation and no sales script — if it does not fit your business we will say so.
- Free tier available
- No card required
- Your data stays yours