Economically optimal private land grazing strategies for the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon
Issue Date
1991-01-01Keywords
private farmsecosystems
costs and returns
optimization
production costs
cost-benefit analysis
stocking rate
beef production
Oregon
range management
grazing
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Quigley, T. M., Tanaka, J. A., Sanderson, H. R., & Tiedemann, A. R. (1991). Economically optimal private land grazing strategies for the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon. Journal of Range Management, 44(1), 38-42.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/4002635Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
The Oregon Range Evaluation Project implemented 3 levels of grazing management intensities (strategies) on private land pastures in the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon. Prior to implementing each management strategy, a coordinated resource plan was prepared and a benefit-cost analysis on each practice and pasture was performed. The goal was to achieve the largest economic return from grazing for each strategy implemented. Returns above variable costs were used to select the optimal grazing strategy for the ecosystems represented. The commodity production strategy was found to be optimal in all ecosystems over a wide range of interest rates, management costs, and beef prices.Type
textArticle
Language
enISSN
0022-409Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.2307/4002635