Profit maximizing combinations of livestock enterprises, plant control practices, and grazing management systems for ranches in the southern High Plains were examined. A typical ranch and a multi-period linear programming model were used to determine the combinations and timing of improvement practices and enterprises to maximize discounted net income with different investement capital constraints, cattle prices, and discount rates. All solutions included chemical control of sand shinnery oak (Quercus havardii) and a rotation grazing system. Timing of improvements and net income were affected by size of investment capital constraint. This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from OJS platform August 2020
Scholarly peer-reviewed articles published by the Society for Range Management. Access articles on a rolling-window basis from vol. 1, 1948 up to 5 years from the current year. Formerly Journal of Range Management (JRM). More recent content is available by subscription from SRM.