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Understanding Your Farm KPIs

A guide to reading, refreshing, and filtering the KPIs

 

Understanding Your KPI Panel

Your KPI strip is a 30-second health check for the whole farm. It compares This Week (the last seven days) with Last Week (the previous seven days) and shows the percentage change. Green arrows signal improvement; red arrows flag a decline.

 

 

When to press Refresh

  • After adding or editing grazings, pasture covers, herd data, or pasture readings.

  • After changing paddock filters (Herds, Tags, Irrigations, Usages, etc.).

  • Whenever you simply want to be sure the numbers are current.

The button triggers a “manual sync” so you don’t need to reload the whole page.

 

 

KPI definitions

Below is what each KPI measures, why it matters, and the plain-English maths behind it.

KPI

What it tells you

How we work it out (seven-day average)

Pasture Cover

Overall average pasture cover.

Average each paddock’s projected cover every day, then average those seven daily covers.

Pasture Growth Rate

How fast the farm is growing grass.

Average each paddock’s projected daily growth, then average the seven daily figures.

Grazing Allocation per Day

Typical area grazed each day.

For each day: total DM removed ÷ average DM/ha removed → hectares grazed. Then average the seven daily totals.

Time Since Last Grazed

Rest period for paddocks already grazed.

Record days since previous graze for every event each day, average across paddocks, then average the seven daily numbers.

Grazing Rotation

Days needed to regrow what’s just been grazed.

(Mean pre-graze cover – mean post-graze cover) ÷ mean growth rate.

Pre-Grazing Cover

Feed on paddocks as the herd enters.

Average the pre-graze cover of all events each day, then average the seven daily values.

Post-Grazing Cover

Residual left for regrowth and quality.

Same flow as pre-graze, but using post-graze cover.

Pasture Intake per Animal

DM eaten per head from pasture.

Sum DM eaten per head for all events each day, then average the seven daily sums.

 

Tips for interpretation

  1. Look at trends, not just numbers. A small weekly change can point to a larger seasonal shift.

  2. Pair KPIs. For example, low growth coupled with shorter rotation length may signal a feed deficit coming.

  3. Use filters wisely. Select specific herds or tags to see how a subset of paddocks performs before making grazing decisions.

 

 

By understanding the logic behind each metric—and knowing when to refresh or filter—you can trust the dashboard and act quickly to optimise grazing, feed budgeting, and overall farm performance.