Estimating Pasture Forage Mass From Pasture Height

How do you decide when to move animals to new pasture? How long can they feed on a pasture before they should be moved again? The short answer is, It depends. It depends on the number and size of animals, pasture size, production goals, available alternative pastures, and the forage mass present in the pasture. In order to practice pasture budgeting, you need an estimate of forage mass measured as pounds of forage dry matter/acre