A survey of Alberta beef producers was conducted at sites overlapping with a province-wide network of permanent biodiversity monitoring plots to characterize focal pastures and their management, including estimates of stocking rates. Overall, greater stocking rates were reported in the boreal compared with the parkland and grassland natural regions, coinciding with an increased reliance on tame forage on relatively small land areas of largely deeded land. Higher stocking rates were also associated with earlier starting dates of grazing in the season, higher mean annual precipitation, and lower mean annual temperature.
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3 June 2019
Survey of cattle and pasture management practices on focal pastures in Alberta
Tan Bao,
Cameron N. Carlyle,
Edward W. Bork,
Marcus Becker,
Mike J. Alexander,
Craig DeMaere,
Danielle Maia de Souza,
Dan Farr,
Tim A. McAllister,
Carrie Selin,
Marian Weber,
James F. Cahill
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cattle
pasture management
stocking rate
