Rangeland Management http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/pasture-rangeland/rangeland-management RSS Feed for Rangeland Management en-us Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:11:01 GMT Early action helps avoid losing forage to grasshopper damage http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/pasture-rangeland/rangeland-management/Early-Action-Helps-Avoid-Losing-Forage-to-Grasshopper-Damage-204714441.html Prolonged drought brings dry conditions and the potential for a surge of grasshopper populations that can hurt pastures, rangeland and hay production. Mobile app aids prescribed burn management http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/pasture-rangeland/rangeland-management/Mobile-app-aids-prescribed-burn-management-202319921.html Prescribed fire is a powerful tool that can be used to achieve manage­ment goals and manipulate vegeta­tion. Grants to help farms & ranches build resilience to drought http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/pasture-rangeland/rangeland-management/Grants-to-help-farms--ranches-build-resilience-to-drought-201480631.html The USDA remains focused on carrying out its mission, despite a time of significant budget uncertainty. Farmers, ranchers mitigate impacts of drought with good planning http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/pasture-rangeland/rangeland-management/Farmers-ranchers-mitigate-impacts-of-drought-with-good-planning-198968881.html USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service is helping to mitigate impacts of drought across the nation. With good drought plans and conservation systems, farmers and ranchers are better equipped to manage dry and other extreme weather. NRCS offers science, conservation action to areas facing drought http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/pasture-rangeland/rangeland-management/NRCS-offers-science-conservation-action-to-areas-facing-drought-195346671.html The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service water and climate and other experts are predicting drought conditions in the West and places across the nation, marking a possible two-year drought in many states. Careful management aids drought survival http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/pasture-rangeland/rangeland-management/Careful-management-aids-drought-survival-187752861.html The U.S. Drought Monitor released on Nov. 20, 2012, shows the majority of Oklahoma and Texas in severe to extreme drought with northern Oklahoma and the Panhandle in exceptional drought. Grazing grass too short kills off root systems http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/pasture-rangeland/rangeland-management/Grazing-grass-too-short-kills-off-root-systems-185445092.html In the prolonged summer drought, farmers noticed that grass stayed green longer in their hayfields than in their pastures. Webinars for ranch advisors to focus on drought planning http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/pasture-rangeland/rangeland-management/Webinars-for-ranch-advisors-to-focus-on-drought-planning-184283711.html A spring webinar series will provide drought planning techniques and technologies to advisors seeking to help Great Plains ranchers manage through drought. Restoring rangeland after fire http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/pasture-rangeland/rangeland-management/Restoring-rangeland-after-fire-181590351.html Dwayne Elmore examines rangeland forage regrowth after fire. Drought losses in Oklahoma top $400 million for 2012 http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/pasture-rangeland/rangeland-management/Drought-losses-in-Oklahoma-top-400-million-for-2012-181411941.html Oklahoma absorbed more than $400 million in losses in 2012 due to the ongoing drought, according to estimates by researchers at Oklahoma State University.