2025 Grazing Season Update
August 20th
Hello, CARMers!
Tomorrow, we’re taking the last 28-day weights of the season and I’ll get those out as soon as I can, but even more important news, we got RAIN this weekend!!
Lately, it’s felt like there’s a dome over CPER so much appreciation for the change this week.
Review any of the previous updates here.
Let’s dive into the details
Here’s the CARM allocation:
Highlights of Happenings
Station Rainfall:
| Rainfall_Total | |
|---|---|
| Aug | 0.80 |
| YTD | 9.09 |
Cumulative Rainfall (in)
Rainfall Distribution
Station Biomass:
TRM Biomass:
CARM Biomass
| CARM Rep | Longspur Zone | Prairie Dog Zone | Short | Tall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CARM 1 HighHawk & Slayton |
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CARM 2 CenterCreek & PrairieRidge |
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CARM 3 OwlCreek & SaltTree |
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Livestock
Crude Protien:
via CPERViewer
| Reps | Short | Tall |
|---|---|---|
| CARM 1 - HighHawk & Slayton | 7.22 - 7.57 | 7.28 |
| CARM 2 - CenterCreek & PrairieRidge | 6.83 - 7.29 | 7.63 |
| CARM 3 - OwlCreek & SaltTree | 6.64 - 7.12 | 7.12 |
| TRM | 6.75 - 7.32 | 6.98 - 7.37 |
Fecal Sampling Results:
| Herd | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARM | 11.54 | 10.96 | 10.51 | 9.81 | 9.68 | 9.51 |
| TRM | 11.68 | 10.85 | 10.16 | 9.71 | 9.97 | 10.19 |
701x: Where the steers were the last 7 days.
Between last week and this week, the 701x company pushed out a sesign update to their dashboard heatmaps.
I’ve added in “Last Week - New Style” and kept “Last Week - Old Style” to hopefully ease the adjustment!
CARM 1 - HighHawk & Slayton
| This Week | Last Week - New Style | Last Week - Old Style |
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CARM 2 - PrairieRidge
| This Week | Last Week - New Style | Last Week - Old Style |
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CARM 3 - SaltTree
| This Week | Last Week - New Style | Last Week - Old Style |
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Gains
Grazing Management:
CPER Viewer Longspur Habitat
Last Date Recorded
[1] "2025-08-19"| Last_Week | This_Week | Trigger_Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CenterCreek | 276 | 318 | No change |
| HighHawk | 376 | 421 | No change |
| OwlCreek | 307 | 345 | No change |
The table above is showing the remote-sensing values populated by CPERViewer.
| Management.Decisions | |
|---|---|
| 2025-08-13 | Aug 5th image and values recorded today, still waiting on NASA to update again. Crew conducted a boots-on-the-ground survey and team decided to stay another week. |
| 2025-08-19 | Aug 15th image and values recorded today, this is the latest update from NASA. Crew decided to stay another week. |
Up & Coming
- 28-Day Weigh August 21st
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