The Saskatchewan Forage Council in partnership with Ducks Unlimited, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada are currently undertaking an ADOPT (Agriculture Demonstration of Practices and Technologies), which will demonstrate the use of the grazing response index on Saskatchewan pastures.
The Grazing Response Index (GRI) is a relatively new, easy-to-use pasture monitoring tool designed to assist pasture managers to understand how plants and their native rangelands respond to grazing. AAFC’s 4-page factsheet discusses the strengths of GRI and explains in detail how to use the tool and interpret the results for optimized grazing management. An additional 2-page insert walks the reader through a GRI assessment and includes a blank GRI assessment worksheet.
