Overview
Dry matter content indicates the proportion of plant material that is not water. It is a critical metric for:
- Harvest timing — Knowing when forage reaches optimal dry matter for silage or hay production.
- Feed quality — Dry matter directly affects nutritional density and livestock intake.
- Yield estimation — Combining dry matter with biomass gives total yield in dry weight.
Process Dry Matter
mutation {
processDryMatter(
polygonId: "abc123-def456-ghi789"
startDate: "2025-06-01"
endDate: "2025-08-31"
) {
Status
Message
Result {
requestId
}
}
}
Retrieve Dry Matter
query {
retrieveDryMatter(
polygonId: "abc123-def456-ghi789"
startDate: "2025-06-01"
endDate: "2025-08-31"
) {
colorlegend
tif
png
json
}
}
Response Format
Returns the same four output types as other analyses:
- colorlegend — Static reference image for the color scale.
- tif — GeoTIFF raster files for GIS processing.
- png — Visual PNG images for display.
- json — Statistical summaries per date.
Forage Grass Suite: Combine dry matter with Crude Protein and Biomass for a complete forage quality and quantity assessment.