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Great Plains Grazing
United States
Приєднався 28 сер 2015
Nutrient Tracking Tool (NTT): Decision Support for Conservation Management
The Nutrient Tracking Tool (NTT) allows producers to evaluate how different conservation practices, like cover crops and reduced tillage, can improve water quality on their fields and farms. The tool’s results are based on site-specific conditions (such as soils, slope, and weather) and on-farm management practices. Users can compare environmental impacts (e.g. nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment losses) as well as estimated yields of various management scenarios. Results are presented in both tabular and graphical formats to allow them to make informed decisions on the types of conservation practices that can most benefit their operations. Underpinning the NTT Tool is the Agricultural Policy Environmental eXtender (APEX) model, the same model used for USDA’s Conservation Effects Assessment Program (CEAP) to assess environmental impacts at the national and regional scales. Currently, USDA- Office of Environmental Market is planning to use NTT as part of water quality trading program.
This webinar will describe NTT and the new components added as a result of the Great Plains Grazing project.
Two new components were:
1. Animal Production Life Cycle Analysis Tool (APLCAT): APLCAT estimates water use, energy use, nutrient balance, and greenhouse gas emissions (methane, N2O, and CO2) associated with beef cattle production. In addition to the model validation, multiple scenarios were tested to estimate various environmental improvement opportunities in beef cattle production.
2. Farm Economic Model (FEM): Routines within FEM are used to estimate costs and returns, based primarily on livestock and crop operations, ownership and characteristics of structures, facilities and equipment, financing terms, land areas and uses, livestock nutrition, and manure production and handling.
This webinar will describe NTT and the new components added as a result of the Great Plains Grazing project.
Two new components were:
1. Animal Production Life Cycle Analysis Tool (APLCAT): APLCAT estimates water use, energy use, nutrient balance, and greenhouse gas emissions (methane, N2O, and CO2) associated with beef cattle production. In addition to the model validation, multiple scenarios were tested to estimate various environmental improvement opportunities in beef cattle production.
2. Farm Economic Model (FEM): Routines within FEM are used to estimate costs and returns, based primarily on livestock and crop operations, ownership and characteristics of structures, facilities and equipment, financing terms, land areas and uses, livestock nutrition, and manure production and handling.
Переглядів: 149
Відео
Is Water Intake a Heritable Trait?
Переглядів 835 років тому
Water is an essential nutrient, but one that is often forgotten because it is not balanced for in a ration. While water may not be limiting in some environments, there are large portions of the U.S. where water availability and quality may be a limiting factor in production that could be alleviated through selection.
Impacts of Authentic Research Experiences for Teachers (ARET) on Agricultural Education
Переглядів 545 років тому
In K-12 education, agricultural studies are generally restricted to traditional extension programs (e.g., 4-H, FAA) and often absent in urban settings. As a result, an enormous number of students lack a fundamental understanding of the impact of agriculture on their lives. However, moving agriculture into general K-12 curriculum requires knowledgeable science educators. Teachers have not tradit...
Attitudes Toward Climate
Переглядів 356 років тому
Project collaborators surveyed producers and Extension educators in the southern Great Plains about their attitudes and beliefs regarding climate change as well as their ability to cope with changes in climate. Extension educators were asked about their interactions with constituents surrounding climate change, and challenges they face in engaging constituents on the topic of climate change. Pr...
Consumer Education Training
Переглядів 416 років тому
Collaborators conducted research with consumers to determine their knowledge of beef cattle production and the influence of the environmental footprint of agricultural practices on retail purchasing decisions. Based on this research they developed a consumer curriculum to provide information about beef production and how to reduce their environmental footprint. Pilot tests and evaluation of "Do...
Moving Forward
Переглядів 236 років тому
The Great Plains Grazing project will end July 31, 2019. As the project comes to a close collaborators reflect on the impact of the project. The accomplishments of the project include inter-institutional collaboration at the regional scale, understanding, monitoring and forecasting beef grazing production system dynamics, and the education and mentoring of the next generation of scientists in f...
Climate Variability in the Southern Great Plains
Переглядів 1006 років тому
Project collaborators conducted research on the climate of the Southern Great Plains. Their research documented increasing variability in precipitation throughout the region. The team is working to develop fact sheets, tools, and webinars to help producers make data-based decisions. More information can be found at www.greatplainsgrazing.org/
Promoting Sustainability in the Beef Industry
Переглядів 286 років тому
Our long-term goal is twofold: (1) to better understand vulnerability and enhance resilience of Southern Great Plains (SGP) beef-grazing systems in a world of increased climate variability, dynamic land-use, and fluctuating markets through introduction of diversified forages, improved management, multiple marketing options, strategic drought planning, and improved decision support systems for e...
Resiliency in Grazing Systems
Переглядів 616 років тому
Sustainability of cow-calf and stocker cattle production systems and ecosystem services is essential for the regional economy and society at large.
Tracking GHG Emissions in Beef Production
Переглядів 786 років тому
Research was conducted to document the magnitude of methane emissions from grazing cattle, better understand the factors that influence those emissions, and test way to reduce methane emissions from grazing cattle. For more information visit www.greatplainsgrazing.org/
Great Plains Grazing Project Overview
Переглядів 1726 років тому
Beef produced on pasture and rangeland forages and dual-purpose winter wheat in the Southern Great Plains (SGP: Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas) provides a significant portion of the nation’s red meat; constitutes the largest land use and agricultural enterprise in the region; and is subject to a widely variable climate. Our goals are to (1) better understand vulnerability and enhance resilience of ...
Environmental footprints of beef cattle production in the United States
Переглядів 1346 років тому
Consumers are increasingly interested in where their food comes from and want to know that it reached their plate in a sustainable manner. As part of the Beef Industry Sustainability Assessment, a nationwide characterization of regional beef production practices was conducted by collecting information on cattle production practices through voluntary surveys and on-site visits in 7 cattle-produc...
Composting Animal Mortalities
Переглядів 1266 років тому
Rendering is a common practice for disposing of dead livestock, but isn’t always an option for every animal or for every producer. Burial is an option, but it takes up space that you probably won’t want to dig back into someday. Composting is an inexpensive practice that when done correctly disposes of the body, kills pathogens, isn’t messy, and allows for a producer to recycle plant nutrients ...
Limit Feeding During Drought
Переглядів 5906 років тому
In years when hay and forage production is low due to drought hay prices often escalate, and in severe cases forage of any kind may be hard to obtain. Limit Feeding can be a cost effective strategy to retain the cow herd nucleus during these periods. Depending on the price of grain, nutrients to maintain and grow cattle may be cheaper to purchase through concentrate feeds rather than roughage. ...
Beef Cattle Supplementation: Win-win solutions for sustainability in grazing systems
Переглядів 1846 років тому
Sustainability in grazing systems is the nexus of simultaneous improvements in profit, social capital, and environmental impact. Our research investigates ways to use supplements to increase food production while reducing enteric methane emissions, and increase profit for ranchers. This seminar will discuss preliminary data from a few experiments to show that, in general, supplementation that i...
New Insights into Flash Droughts Across the United States
Переглядів 1716 років тому
New Insights into Flash Droughts Across the United States
Grazing Cover Crops in Oklahoma: A Case Study
Переглядів 6347 років тому
Grazing Cover Crops in Oklahoma: A Case Study
Calving and Breeding Season Management
Переглядів 3207 років тому
Calving and Breeding Season Management
Building Better Soils with Cover Crops
Переглядів 7177 років тому
Building Better Soils with Cover Crops
Grazing Cropping Systems in Oklahoma
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Grazing Cropping Systems in Oklahoma
Multi-Species Cover Crop Mixtures - Cathryn Davis
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Multi-Species Cover Crop Mixtures - Cathryn Davis
Precision Nutrient Managemeng in Forage Systems
Переглядів 1317 років тому
Precision Nutrient Managemeng in Forage Systems
Improving Wheat Grazing Management Using Canopeo
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Improving Wheat Grazing Management Using Canopeo
"Does Climate Change Your Plate?" Consumer Curriculum Webinar
Переглядів 648 років тому
"Does Climate Change Your Plate?" Consumer Curriculum Webinar
Understanding the Lifecycle Analysis of Beef Cattle - Dr. Narayanan Kannan
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Understanding the Lifecycle Analysis of Beef Cattle - Dr. Narayanan Kannan
Economic Analysis of Beef Cattle Grazing - Dr. Edward Osei
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Economic Analysis of Beef Cattle Grazing - Dr. Edward Osei
Understanding Carbon Dioxide Release From the Ecosystem - Dr. Pradeep Wagle
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Understanding Carbon Dioxide Release From the Ecosystem - Dr. Pradeep Wagle
Development of Consumer Lessons on Understanding Beef Nutrition
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Development of Consumer Lessons on Understanding Beef Nutrition
Wish your audio wasn't so bad! Just cant watch it 😢
Can you provide the link of the peer-reviewed paper in the comment section?
What utter bollocks !
Great Video! Forgive me for chiming in, I would appreciate your thoughts. Have you heard the talk about - Taparton Energetic Limbs Takeover (just google it)? It is a great one of a kind guide for preparing yourself for a mega drought without the normal expense. Ive heard some unbelievable things about it and my best friend Jordan got excellent success with it.
crystal clear
Clear as mud ... understood
maybe a better way, see videos by or about Gabe Brown
One example of using UHSD as a tool would be to deliberately graze an area shorter the day before a good freeze, move the herd, then the next morning while the ground is heaved open, overseed something like white clover or alfalfa (tiny seed), put the herd back on for a half hour to trample the seed in, and then give that ground a long enough recovery for the seeded crop to be well established
Mr. Savory uses the term 'misunderstood' for the tool of rest for areas over-rested, such as no grazing at all for 3, 10, or even 75 years. All ungulates were removed by managers who thought grazing animals did all the damage, which they can be mistakenly forced to do when they're hungry, but the lack of animals led to desertification as well
I have some questions. do you have an email.
The presenter, Jason Warren, can be reached at jason.warren@okstate.edu
Check out Jimmy Emmons on youtube. He is experienced in cropping and grazing in Oklahoma. Having high residue is essential. You just have to know how to deal with it.
Great presentation. Would the lower weaning rate in the South have anything to do with having more Bos indicus influenced cattle?
Yes more Bos indicus influence could contribute to lower weaning rate in the South although Bos indicus influence has declined in recent years. Increased heat stress and parasite exposure are other possibilities…and ironically, Bos indicus cattle are more resistant to heat stress and parasites.
Excellent information and a good, easy to follow presentation. I'm in a different region (South east US), but I have found that I get very little above ground growth from my cool season clovers for the first 4 full months; but I get an explosion of biomass during the second half of February and all of March and even into early April (until seed shatter in mid April). On a 74 day research cycle (or even 90 days), could it be that the clover did not yet have time to express itself fully?
Yes that definitely could be the case. And it would have been really neat if we had re-clipped the exact same spot every time. We clipped different areas each sampling period. I so wanted to clip new areas plus go back and re-clip those same spots, because it's highly possible that after the first cutting the clovers might have taken off and grown more biomass. It's one of the things we intend to do the next time we do a project like this.
Studying compaction in "awful" soils isn't really going to help. The compaction concerns are on good crop soils that are generally lighter and more prone to compaction. The way they conducted a compaction study on poor soils (read that as high clay soil) is almost intentionally misleading.
Did they ever do the webinar on toxic cover crops?
Informative video. I am planning to use the Capopeo app for field experiments in my work at The Ohio State University and this video was helpful. Thanks for posting it!
Thank you Peter! We invite you learn more about the research from our project at www.greatplainsgrazing.org!
Thanks for sharing :)
This video is part of the Great Plains Grazing Enterprise Flexibility series. To learn more, visit www.greatplainsgrazing.org.
This video is part of the Great Plains Grazing Enterprise Flexibility series. To learn more, visit www.greatplainsgrazing.org.
Awesome video :)
Great vid :) keep em coming