Moisture
Volumetric soil moisture at 0–10 cm, with a configurable dryness-screening threshold.
Soil + grass outlook · United Kingdom
See below the surface.
Fieldcast brings soil moisture, soil temperature, grass growth and rainfall outlooks together—so grassland farmers can see the wider picture before planning the week.
Fieldcast · UK outlookLive tool
A wider view of the land
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14 daysstored forecast window
One outlook, four signals
Conditions that shape the week.
Browse a shared 14-day forecast window, compare conditions over time, and inspect local trends on the map.
Temperature
Surface conditions below the surface, shown alongside the moisture outlook.
Growth estimate
Stored model output in kg dry matter per hectare per day when a growth-enabled run is available.
Rainfall
Daily rainfall estimates where the stored run includes the required model fields.
Local context
Search a town or outward postcode district, or select a map cell to review its outlook.
Stored records
Production forecasts are stored with provider and run metadata; the interface labels freshness and source.
The useful caveat
A regional signal, not a field prescription.
- ↗Production uses NOAA GFS 0.5° weather data. The ~9 km H3 cells are a display grid; neighboring cells are not independent field forecasts.
- ↗Dry-cell highlighting is experimental screening—not an official drought warning or a validated measure of farm impact.
- ↗Grass growth has been checked against historical regional field-bulletin measurements. That is not the same as proving paddock-level accuracy or financial benefit.
- ↗Synthetic demo values are labelled as demo data; they are not weather observations or model output.
Built, checked, disclosed
Forecasting should earn trust.
Fieldcast is a working data product, with model limits documented alongside its outputs.
UK H3 map cells in the live national grid. The grid makes the forecast explorable; it does not create finer weather data.
Historical GrassCheck GB bulletins used in the model-validation work documented by the project. Comparisons are regional, not farm-by-farm.
Where it can go
The opportunity is to connect the outlook to a real farm decision. Field boundaries, pasture measurements, grazing and feed context could make the forecast more useful—but Fieldcast does not yet claim to provide an integrated paddock plan. The product needs farmer testing at the scale where decisions are made.