GrassGro screenshots
Rural Science, Agriculture, Agricultural Economics and Natural Resources and Environmental Science graduates require an understanding of the use of Decision Support Tools (DST) and of interactions within natural and managed ecosystems. Complex interactions among climate, soils, plants, livestock, markets and risk in managed and natural ecosystems can be difficult concepts to learn, understand and appreciate without these tools.
In 1999-2000, the GrassGro Teaching Project involved the "Development and adoption of the GrassGro decision support program to facilitate integrative teaching across years in applied science and management degrees". This approach has continued to the present day.
The startup screen for GrassGro 3 is shown below ...
An example output screenshot ... rainfall over years
Supplement fed over years ... and distribution of annual rainfall ...
Pasture supply (percentiles) ... and pasture composition ...
