Livestock Management During Drought in the Northern Great Plains. II. Evaluation of Alternative Strategies for Cow-Calf Enterprises

Kruse, R.E.; Tess, M. W.; Heitschmidt, R. K.

doi:10.15232/s1080-7446(15)30968-2

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“…Our approach was to develop practical early predictors of forage production as affected by emerging drought. Early prediction is prerequisite to providing livestock managers with the opportunity to make meaningful management changes that minimize the negative effects of drought on rangelands as well as beef enterprises (Kruse et al, 2007). Our results suggest that forage production can be predicted with some confidence from spring (April through June) precipitation at both Miles City, MT, and Lethbridge, Alberta.…”

Section: Manyberries Substation Lethbridge Abmentioning

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Livestock Management During Drought in the Northern Great Plains. I. A Practical Predictor of Annual Forage Production

Kruse

Tess

Heitschmidt

2007

The Professional Animal Scientist

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This research addressed the hypothesis that spring precipitation data can be used to detect agricultural drought early in the growing season. The Rangetek range model was used to simulate yearly forage data based on historical precipitation and temperature records from the USDA-ARS Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory (Miles City, MT) and the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Manyberries Substation (Lethbridge, AB, Canada). Monthly total precipitation and monthly average maximum and 1 Research was conducted under a cooperative agreement between USDA Agriculture Research Service and the Montana Agriculture Experiment Station. Mention of a proprietary product does not constitute a guarantee or warranty of the product by USDA, Montana Agriculture Experiment Station, or the authors and does not imply its approval to the exclusion of other products that may also be suitable. The USDA-ARS Northern Plains Area is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and all agency services are available without discrimination.

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Section: Manyberries Substation Lethbridge Abmentioning

confidence: 77%

“…As a result, we hypothesized that high-impact variables would most likely be from a fairly short period of time (e.g., spring) rather than an entire frost-free growing season. Successfully meeting this objective was prerequisite to developing the cow-calf drought management strategies presented in a companion paper (Kruse et al, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%