Agricultural method and device

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for determining the responsiveness of an area of grazed forage to one or more nutrients, a pasture sensor for determining the responsiveness of an area of grazed forage to one or more nutrients and / or the use of the sensor and / or the method to generate a prescription for the application of one or more chemicals to the area of grazed forage. The present invention further or alternatively relates to a method of applying one or more nutrients to an area of grazed forage and / or a method of applying nitrogen fertiliser to an area of grazed forage. In particular, the invention makes use of excrement / urine patch(s) to determine the potential responsiveness of the area of grazed forage to the one or more nutrients.

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