Pastures Overview

The Pastures feature in Cattle360 lets you manage your land, track which animals are in each pasture, record crops and maintenance, and view pasture boundaries on a map.

What Are Pastures?

A pasture represents a defined area of land on your operation. Each pasture can track:

• Location and boundaries — Draw pasture boundaries on a map with coordinate data.
• Acreage — Record the size of the pasture.
• Pasture type — Classify the type of pasture (e.g., improved, native, hay meadow).
• County — Automatically determined from the pasture’s coordinates.
• Animal assignments — Track which animals are currently in the pasture and their movement history.
• Crops — Record crop types and amounts planted or planned.
• Maintenance — Log maintenance activities with dates, costs, and notes.
• Grazing history — Automatically tracked turn-in/turn-out cycles, rest days, and stocking density. See The Grazing Tab.

Where Pastures Appear

• Pastures screen — View all pastures with animal counts and map previews.
• Map View — See every mapped pasture together on one satellite map. See Viewing All Pastures on the Map.
• Rotations — Cycle a herd through a sequence of pastures and get notified when it’s time to move. See Creating a Grazing Rotation.
• Animal records — Each animal shows its current pasture assignment.
• Smart group criteria — Pasture assignments can be used as filters for smart groups.

Getting Started

1. Create a pasture — Add a new pasture with a name, type, and acreage.
2. Map the boundaries — Draw the pasture on the map to define its location.
3. Assign animals — Move animals to the pasture to start tracking their location.