Gains per acre are highest when stocking rate is heavy.

You have a 160-acre pasture with a recommended stocking rate of 0.75 AUM/acre. How many 1,200-lb cow-calf pairs do you need to achieve this stocking rate with a 5.5 month grazing season?

Cattle breed influences, to some degree, how far cattle travel from water, the topography they can traverse, and their ability to tolerate climate extremes.

Explain one reason why managers set stocking rates below carrying capacity in rangelands.

ungulate diets.png Which of the two herbivores would be expected to have the greatest competition for forage resources, based on annual diet composition?

Prairie rose ___________ in response to grazing pressure and is _____________ food for cattle.

Screenshot 2025-11-17 161403.png Which animal consumes the most forage on a daily basis?

Match livestock-wildlife interactions with examples.

Hereford cattle are better equipped to graze on slopes compared to tarentaise cattle.

In the range model, as a site moves from early successional to climax, how does range condition change?