Curriculum · Module 03
The Grazing Ledger
This is the module the rest of the course calculates from. You convert every animal on the place into one feed-demand currency, read the DALRRD capacity map with the four limits the department itself states, compute grazing days against a real overstocked example, and learn a veld condition method you will still be repeating in five years.
- 12 LSU, SSU, GU, BU — and the Frame-Size Trap Settles how to convert every animal on the farm into one feed-demand currency, and why two 450 kg cows can differ by 21% in intake. Convert a mixed herd and flock into a single LSU totalExplain why frame size changes the LSU value of a cow of identical massState which conversion factors South Africa has no authoritative source for 12 min
- 13 The Capacity Map and the Legal LSU Table Settles what the DALRRD grazing capacity map is, the four limits it states about itself, and how CARA turns it into an obligation. Read your own farm's long-term grazing capacity value and state its four stated limitsApply the CARA Regulation 11 formula and Table 2 factors to your own stockDecide when a one-year exception permit is the correct route 13 min
- 14 Grazing Days, Density and the Elsenburg Overstock Reveal Settles the four confused terms and the calculation the whole course is built on, using a real example that is over four times overstocked. Distinguish grazing capacity, stocking rate, stocking density and stock days per hectareCompute the grazing-day balance for your own farmDetect the terminology reversal between the SA regenerative community and CARA 12 min
- 15 Veld Condition Assessment You Will Actually Repeat Settles a scoring method a working farmer can repeat every year, and what a score change means before the grass looks different. Score a camp using the Ecological Index Method against a benchmarkChoose between step-point and wheel-point for your own situationSay why one year's score on its own is noise 13 min