MEASURING YIELDS OF GREEN LEAF BLADE IN PASTURES BY VISUAL ESTIMATIONTECHNIQUES

The paper outlines a method for directly estimating specific pasture a ttributes associated with pasture quality and stability, such as leaf blade, legume and litter yield, percent bare ground and green cover, b y visual techniques. These estimates can be performed independently of calibrated, visual estimation techniques used for determining total y ield and species composition, such as BOTANAL, although normally they would be done in conjunction with them. Advantages of and limitations to the procedure are discussed.