Jornada Experimental Range (USDA-ARS) Pasture Shapefiles and Monthly Stocking Rates from 2021 to 2024 (Ongoing)

This data package contains two types of data for the Jornada
Experimental Range (JER) from 2021 through 2024: 1) a shape file
containing polygons and attribute tables that represent the pasture
configurations on the Jornada Experimental Range and 2) monthly
stocking data from these pastures. The livestock represented in the
stocking data comprise three cattle breeds (Angus, Angus x Hereford,
and Rarámuri Criollo) and horses. Stocking rates are expressed in
animal unit month (AUM), which is based on metabolic weight and
average amount of forage needed by each animal unit per month.

This data package is a companion to and continuation of the
historical pasture configuration and stocking data for JER from 1915
to 1952 provided in data package knb-lter-jrn.200043001. Both
packages provide finer resolution AUM data than
knb-lter-jrn.210412001, which presents the annual stocking data for
the entire JER from 1916 to 2001. The stocking data in this package
begins in January of 2021 up through December 2024 and will be
updated annually.

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https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?scope=knb-lter-jrn&identifier=210412001