Stocking Rate Problems HOMEWORK - DUE BEGINNING OF NEXT CLASS (tear out or turn in on separate sheet of paper) 1. A pasture is 2200 acres and receives 14" of precipitation annually. Nine hundred acres are a thin silty range site in good condition. One thousand acres are silty range sites in fair condition, and 300 acres are overflow sites in poor condition. (Hint: use the range condition guide) A) What is the suggested initial stocking rate for this pasture? (number of AUMs) 3 Amloc. 900 = 270 .2 AJMAL 1000 = 200 B) If the grazing season is 6 months, how many Au could graze this pasture? 15 pomoc 300=US NSIS.6= 3090 C) How many 1200 lb cows should graze this pasture for 6 months? ISIS AUM ) 2. Situation: o 17 inches precipitation zone orange condition is fair o graze year long o grazable forage production in an average year is 1850 lbs/acre o PUF = .50 o you have 5,000 acres o your range is in the foothills of Montana Question: How many 1200 lb. cows should you have in your base herd? Question: How many 180 lb. sheep could you have in place of the cows? Question: If this range was grazed for only 6 months, how many 1200 lb cows could graze? How many 180 lb sheep? Stocking Rate Problems HOMEWORK - DUE BEGINNING OF NEXT CLASS (tear out or turn in on separate sheet of paper) 1. A pasture is 2200 acres and receives 14" of precipitation annually. Nine hundred acres are a thin silty range site in good condition. One thousand acres are silty range sites in fair condition, and 300 acres are overflow sites in poor condition. (Hint: use the range condition guide) A) What is the suggested initial stocking rate for this pasture? (number of AUMs) 3 Amloc. 900 = 270 .2 AJMAL 1000 = 200 B) If the grazing season is 6 months, how many Au could graze this pasture? 15 pomoc 300=US NSIS.6= 3090 C) How many 1200 lb cows should graze this pasture for 6 months? ISIS AUM ) 2. Situation: o 17 inches precipitation zone orange condition is fair o graze year long o grazable forage production in an average year is 1850 lbs/acre o PUF = .50 o you have 5,000 acres o your range is in the foothills of Montana Question: How many 1200 lb. cows should you have in your base herd? Question: How many 180 lb. sheep could you have in place of the cows? Question: If this range was grazed for only 6 months, how many 1200 lb cows could graze? How many 180 lb sheep