Download New Zealand dairy pasture quality

This project aims to: 1. To provide robust, mean monthly dairy pasture quality (metabolisable energy (ME) and crude protein (CP)) estimates for South Island provinces. 2. To provide a sub-sample of individually GPS co-ordinated pasture samples with accompanying estimates of ME and CP to LandCare NZ satellite sensing research team for use in the development of a novel pasture quality estimation method using satellite imagery. 3. To facilitate the development of novel pasture assessment methods via remote sensing. This was to be done by hosting the meeting of the LandCare NZ representative and the CSIRO ‘Pastures from space’ representative here in NZ.