Web User Guide

Why can't I convert subdivisions to pastures?

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

How to add new subdivisions in a pasture a herd is still grazing

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

How to update existing animals from a spreadsheet

You can update the animal IDs, sex, or calving date of animals in an existing herd.

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

How to import herd weights

Recording animal weights lets you track performance throughout the season.

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

How to add calves to a herd

This article describes how to add new calves to PastureMap

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

How to plan for splitting a herd or adding or removing animals in the future

You can plan for future changes in your herd, including splitting, adding animals, and removing animals.

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

How to record herds grazing in multiple pastures

Opening a gate, grazing multiple pastures, and the Sandhills calving system

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

How to fix incorrect historical grazing records

If you discover errors in your historical grazing records, you can correct them in several different ways.

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

What to do if you can't adjust subdivisions

Sometimes the app does not allow you to adjust subdivisions. This article describes how to fix this problem.

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

How to change the owner of a ranch

This article describes how to transfer ownership of the PastureMap account to someone else on your team.

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

How to sort animals from an existing herd into a new herd

Sometimes you may want to pull animals out of an existing herd and graze them separately.

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

How to edit planned move dates

Planned move dates are set by planned grazing days. Edit planned grazing days to change your planned move dates.

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

How to project animal weights based on average daily gain

PastureMap tracks your animal weights and can help you see if you are on track to meat your target average daily gain (ADG) goals.

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

How to view and adjust historical and planned herd move trails on the map

PastureMap shows you where your herds have been and where you plan to move them. This article describes how to show and hide these trails.

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

Forage Forecast Automatic Estimates

Automatic forage estimates help you plan your season faster

Written by CK Wisniewski
Updated over a week ago

Best practices for keeping track of cow-calf pairs during calving season

How to keep moms and calves in PastureMap so that they can move together without weight gain anomalies.

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

How is forage forecast calculated?

Use Forage Forecast to estimate stocking rates, plan grazing days, and adjust your plan during the season.

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

Measuring pasture productivity using ADAs

Learn how to track your grazing productivity and make better stocking decisions using Animal Days per Acre (ADAs)

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

Uploading soil data to PastureMap

How to import soil data such as soil carbon measurements and bulk density and view changes over time on the map.

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

How do you record temporarily splitting a herd between multiple pastures?

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

How to move a herd that's not grazing into a pasture

If you have a herd that is not currently grazing, you can move it into a pasture from the Herds tab.

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

How to delete a planned or overdue move

Written by George Lee
Updated over a week ago

Revive culled / sold animals

Culled an animal by accident? Make a culled or sold animal active again in your herd.

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Pastures: Adding, Viewing, Deleting

Learn how to draw, upload and delete pastures.

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Locate and View Pastures

Learn how to: locate a pasture on the map, view pasture size and records for a specific pasture.

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

KML Upload Troubleshooting

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Pasture Subdivision

Learn how to: create, adjust & retire pasture subdivisions, as well as convert subdivisions to permanent pastures

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Pasture Tools: Fencing, Topography & Ruler

Learn how to: measure fencing, use the ruler, and view the topographic map

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Color Code Pastures & Labeling

Learn how to use color coded displays for Rest Days, ADAs, Grazing Days, or Forage

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Pasture Inventory

Learn how to record, edit, and delete pasture inventories.

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Haying Pastures

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Herds: Adding, Editing, and Viewing

Learn how to: add, move, and delete a herd; find a herd on the map and view herd history

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Animals: Adding, Editing & Viewing

Learn how to: add animals, move animals between herds, and edit animal information

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Animal Records

Learn how to: add weight records, birthdates, calving dates, and animal notes

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Import animals from an Excel file

You can create new herds and add animals by importing CattleMax records or an Excel file.

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Exporting Records from CattleMax

How to export your CattleMax data to import into PastureMap

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Mark an animal as dead, slaughtered, culled, or selling

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Herd Moves: Create, Edit, Delete, and Plan

Learn how to move a herd, edit herd moves, delete incorrect moves, and plan moves.

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

View animals no longer grazing

How to view animals that are no longer grazing on your property because they were sold, died, culled, or moved to another grazing property

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Stocking Calculations

Learn how to use the stocking calculator to plan herd moves

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Add Historical Moves

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Moving Multiple Herds Together

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Retire a herd for the season

How to retire a herd for the season if they are sold, culled, or moved off your property.

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Start a new grazing season

Start a new grazing season so you can store last year's records and start keeping records for this grazing season.

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Checklist for Ending a Season

Answer why and when you should start a new season as well as questions to ask before doing so.

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Organize Grazing Chart by Cells

The grazing chart now allows users to group pastures into cells. View your grazing plan and metrics for specific cells.

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Objects: Add, Find & Move on Web Map

Learn how to: add, edit, delete, and find objects

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Object Types & Uses

Learn about the different objects available in PastureMap and suggested uses

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Soil Tools

Learn how to view soil data

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Rainfall Tools

Learn how to: add rainfall data from a NOAA Weather Station or CSV, and edit rainfall data.

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

PastureMap Account, Ranch & Subscription Settings

Account, ranch, and subscription settings: updating your subscription, calculation preferences and units, update password & ranch info

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Add team members and consultants

Share access to your PastureMap account with team members, ranch staff, and consultants

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Pricing & Contacting PastureMap

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Export Herd Data

Export your herd data into an Excel spreadsheet

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Export grazing records

How to export grazing records into a grazing report for the season, in an Excel spreadsheet.

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago

Print And Export Pastures

Learn how to: print maps and export as KMLs or shapefiles

Written by Christine Su
Updated over a week ago