Advanced pasture management through innovative robotic pasture maintenance

Abstract

The results of the i-LEED project should demonstrate an advanced pasture management combining a pasture care and management robot with the i-LEED software in order to provide significantly improved pasture regrowth, biomass quality and consequently better feeding of the grazing cattle. The information from the barn and the pasture complementing one another will lead to a more balanced and demand driven feed supply to the cattle, particularly affecting the improved amount of valuable milk components of the dairy cattle. Besides the positive effects for the pasture and cattle, the required working time for pasture care and management should decrease. Furthermore, less greenhouse gas emissions are expected due to avoiding of open and compacted soil, as well as better nutrient distribution and a higher productivity.