Sustainable Solar Grazing: Livestock + Whiplash on a 14-Acre Solar Site

Growth (in/day)0.05

Mow height (in)6

Robot passes

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Tallest spot

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Site average

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Robot

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Sheep

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Site map

3 in or less ~7.5 in 12 in+ Robot Paddock with sheep Torque rod: no crossingNo sheep, robot mows: open ground and 5 ft each side of torque rods

Acre grid

Each square is 1 acre, numbered along the rows from paddock 1 to paddock 10. The sheep move 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 9, 6, 7, 8, then back to 1. The number is the average grass height in inches.

Robot mowing in this acre Overlaps the sheep's paddock