2025 Grazing Season Update
Sept 3rd
Hello, CARMers!
It’s the last week of the season and the steers are feeling exploritory these cool mornings (see image at the end).
We moved subsets of CARM 2 & 3 last Thursday and we’ve been cleaning up the chaos since, good times.
We’ll be gathering the steers this weekend and weighing them next 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 | |
|---|---|
| Sep | 0.0 |
| YTD | 9.4 |
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 | 7.10 - 7.52 | 7.19 |
| CARM 2 - CenterCreek & PrairieRidge | 6.72 - 7.12 | 7.23 |
| CARM 3 - OwlCreek & SaltTree | 6.53 - 7.11 | 7.07 |
| TRM | 6.67 - 7.20 | 6.95 - 7.33 |
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.
CARM 1 - HighHawk & Slayton
| This Week | Last Week |
|---|---|
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CARM 2 - PrairieRidge
| This Week | Last Week |
|---|---|
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CenterCreek - This Week (moved here last Thursday)
CARM 3 - SaltTree (steers busted into 19N)
| This Week | Last Week |
|---|---|
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OwlCreek - This Week (moved here Thursday)
Gains
Grazing Management:
CPER Viewer Longspur Habitat
Last Date Recorded
[1] "2025-09-02"| Last_Week | This_Week | Trigger_Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CenterCreek | 371 | 371 | No change |
| HighHawk | 433 | 433 | No change |
| OwlCreek | 435 | 435 | No change |
The table above is showing the remote-sensing values populated by CPERViewer.
| Management.Decisions | |
|---|---|
| 2025-08-25 | August 18 image values. Steers move 8/28 109 (14) to CC, 89 (11) to OC |
| 2025-09-02 | August 18 image values. Steers staying where they're at. |
Up & Coming
- Fall Gather
- Shipping Week!
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