Hill Pasture
Orchardgrass · grass-dominant mix · 9 ac
Conflict — action needed
Quality target conflict — resolve before cutting.
Quality targetConflict
Dairy goat, lactating + Horse, maintenance / easy-keeper
Dairy goat, lactating needs rich hay — RFQ 160+ (a floor). Easy-keeper horses need it kept ≤95 (a ceiling); rich hay can harm them.
One cutting can’t be both. Pick the priority animal, or split the field and send each cut to a different herd.
The three gates
Maturity
At target — heading. Standing RFQ ~105 (est.).
Ready
Weather
Dry window Mon–Wed · 3 days.
Ready
Moisture
Logged in the field once drydown starts.
Pending
The call
The weather and the crop are both ready — the dry window would work fine — but you haven’t settled who this hay is for. Lactating dairy goats and easy-keeper horses pull in opposite directions, and a single cutting lands at one quality, not two. Resolve the target and the gates clear immediately.
Timing to the orchardgrass in the mix — it drives your quality target, so it sets the maturity call.
10-day forecastDry window
Mon
Jul 6
82°
63°
62%
DRY
Tue
Jul 7
87°
59°
52%
DRY
Wed
Jul 8
84°
63°
61%
DRY
Thu
Jul 9
82°
67°
84%
Fri
Jul 10
80°
66°
86%
Sat
Jul 11
83°
67°
84%
Sun
Jul 12
86°
63°
68%
DRY
Mon
Jul 13
78°
61°
71%
DRY
Tue
Jul 14
88°
68°
83%
Wed
Jul 15
87°
64°
76%
Add maturity readingEdit field setup
Standing quality is estimated from your latest maturity reading and stand type — decision support, not a lab assay.