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Clipping Method to Estimate Stand Productivity 1. Clip the forage in 1 square yard of pasture. Clip at the height to which you would like to graze. (This varies with species.) 2. Weigh all of the forage collected. Record the total weight of the sample (for example, 2.07 lbs./sq. yd). 3. Determine the % forage […]