2025 Grazing Season Update
June 18th
Hello, CARMers!
Yesterday, as I pulled this together, a crazy storm rolled over CPER and it POURED. We have puddles and ponds in most places, particularly the west half of the station.
Let’s dive into the details
Here’s the CARM allocation:
Highlights of Happenings
| Rainfall_Total | |
|---|---|
| Jun | 1.83 |
| YTD | 6.67 |
Cumulative Rainfall (in)
Rainfall Distribution
Livestock
Crude Protein:
701x:
The cattle are using every inch of their pastures!
CARM 1 - HighHawk & Slayton
CARM 2 - CenterCreek & PrairieRidge
CARM 3 - OwlCreek & SaltTree
CPER Viewer Longspur Habitat
Last Date Recorded
[1] "2025-06-14"| Last_Week | This_Week | Trigger_Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CenterCreek | 595 | 630 | 80/20 |
| HighHawk | 766 | 804 | No change |
| OwlCreek | 562 | 609 | 80/20 |
Reminder: We had to do some extrapolation to determine where the livestock should be, due to NASA tools being down and, at that time, the calculations determined that 100% of the steers should be on the short pastures (HighHawk, CenterCreek, OwlCreek).
The table above is showing the remote-sensing values populated by NASA tools for June 11th and Jun 14th. If we followed the biomass values exclusively then we’d need to pull a some cattle off CenterCreek and OwlCreek. However, Augustine, Derner, and Johnston discussed the boots-on-the-ground view and given the amount of moisture that fell this week, voted to wait one week before moving the livestock. (In short, we think it’s growing faster than they can consume it).
Up & Coming
Fecal sampling June 17th
28-Day Weigh June 26th
Desktop Field View
On behalf of the USDA-ARS Rangeland Resources and Systems Research Unit, we thank you all for your continued participation in this project.
Happy Trails,
CPER Crew