The feed wedge, explained
A feed wedge is your farm's paddocks ranked by pasture cover, drawn as a simple bar chart. It is the fastest way to see where the feed is — and where the problems are.
Reading the wedge
Each bar is a paddock, tallest to shortest. The line across the wedge is your target — the cover each paddock should be at when stock enter it. Paddocks above the line are ahead of target; paddocks below are behind.
A wedge where everything sits close to the target line means the round length is right. A wedge that bulges at the top means growth is beating demand. A wedge that sags means demand is beating growth and the deficit is coming.
Acting on what it shows
When the top of the wedge runs ahead, you have options while they are still cheap: skip a paddock for silage, speed the round up, or hold supplement back. When the bottom runs short, extend the round with supplement or nitrogen before the average cover falls away.
The wedge also sets grazing order directly — tallest first, with an eye on quality. Grazing the highest covers on time keeps pasture in the vegetative, high-quality part of its growth curve.
Building one without a spreadsheet
Traditionally the wedge meant a farm walk, a notebook, and an evening in Excel. On the Pasture Ai Farm Walk plan, each paddock photo assessment feeds the wedge automatically — walk the round and the wedge, average cover and growth rate are waiting when you get back to the ute.