Practical Pasture Management for New Zealand FarmersKeep It Simple and Make It Work for Everyone
Pasture Coach is pastoral farm management software with an annual cloud subscription and an in-field data entry app. Easily share pasture data with farm staff, sharemilkers, partners, and rural advisors.
Full Feature Overview
Designed from the ground up for New Zealand dairy and pastoral farming, Pasture Coach combines mathematical precision with robust field reliability.
Classic Feed Wedge
Instant visual graph of your entire farm's pasture cover. Paddock bars are ordered from highest to lowest cover against your grazing demand line, revealing immediate pasture deficits or harvestable surpluses.
Grazing Window Line
Configurable target pre-graze (e.g. 2,800 kg DM/ha) and target residual (e.g. 1,500 kg DM/ha) lines. Helps pasture managers keep cows on leafy, high-ME pasture and maintain rapid regrowth rates.
Rotation & Break Calculator
Calculates daily herd allocation (ha/cow/day), break feed dimensions (width × depth), and rotation round length based on herd size, pasture intake, and supplemental silage/grain levels.
In-Field Bluetooth Plate Meter
Direct Web Bluetooth pairing with electronic plate meters (such as the Jenquip EC20). Enjoy audio drop click feedback, full offline persistence when outside cell coverage, and seamless background sync.
Paddock Yields & Growth Diary
Tracks total cumulative dry matter yields (kg DM/ha/year) for every individual paddock. Identify your farm's top-producing paddocks and pinpoint under-performing paddocks for drainage or pasture renewal.
Regional Data Benchmarks
Weekly community pasture cover and growth rate comparisons across 8 New Zealand agricultural regions (Northland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Manawatu, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland).
Team Sharing & Advisory Access
Easily invite farm staff, sharemilkers, equity partners, and farm advisors with customizable permissions (Full Farm Admin vs Read-Only Consultant). No extra license fee for invited third-party users.
Automated IRD Tax Invoicing
Flat annual subscription: $225.00 NZD incl. GST ($195.65 excl. GST) per farm. Instant automated New Zealand IRD-compliant GST Tax Invoices generated immediately for your farm bookkeeping records.
Regional Growth for the Last 7 Days
Average pasture cover and daily growth rates calculated across contributing commercial dairy and pastoral farms.
| Region | Pasture Growth | Average Cover |
|---|---|---|
| Northland | 32 kg DM/ha/day | 2240 kg DM/ha |
| Waikato | 38 kg DM/ha/day | 2350 kg DM/ha |
| Bay of Plenty | 35 kg DM/ha/day | 2310 kg DM/ha |
| Taranaki | 34 kg DM/ha/day | 2280 kg DM/ha |
| Manawatu | 36 kg DM/ha/day | 2310 kg DM/ha |
| Canterbury | 29 kg DM/ha/day | 2150 kg DM/ha |
| Otago | 24 kg DM/ha/day | 2080 kg DM/ha |
| Southland | 22 kg DM/ha/day | 2020 kg DM/ha |
What is Pasture Coach?
Once your farm is setup with paddocks and areas, regular pasture cover walks are entered. Calculated growth rates can be accepted or rejected if there is a long gap between walks.
Pasture growth rates and average covers are reported in both clear tables and visual graphs — the fundamental pasture management data you need.
Pasture Coach goes beyond basic reporting with tools to record individual paddock yields, annual pasture production, and decision-support tools like the Feed Wedge Predictor and Herd Rotation Calculator.
Try Before You Buy
Set up your farm, map your paddocks, and enter two full farm walks. There is no obligation to purchase an annual license until you enter your third set of pasture cover data.
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