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Grazing Management for the Future: “Eternal Optimists”

“In agriculture, you’re the eternal optimists, always hoping for just a little more rain or a little cooler weather. Every year the grass starts at a different time. There was one year that it was super early, and everything was blooming. On the other end of it, sometimes winter doesn’t come until the end of February.” Nick Schultz, Rancher, Winnett, MT On any livestock operation, timing is essential: In spring you make a plan for the upcoming grazing season, including pasture rotations, and hope and place your bet that Mother Nature will cooperate when you need her to. Two ranches in Montana, Gran Prairie and Joe King and Son’s, have taken part in the Outcome-Based Grazing Authorization (OBGA) effort as an alternative to a traditional grazing authorization. Where historically they moved their herd through a prescribed pasture rotation with specific predetermined dates, their OBGA has built-in flexibility that allows them to change their pasture rotations based on weather, water, and seasonal vegetation availability. The OBGA allows them to modify livestock management according to the resources and manage in response to ecological conditions—for the benefit of landscape health, wildlife habitat, and their business. ____________________ The Outcome-Based Grazing program enables ranchers to collaborate more closely with the BLM on the design of their public land grazing authorizations. With this program, grazing authorizations are designed with built-in flexibilities tied to the terms and conditions of their grazing authorization. These flexibilities allow ranchers to adapt to changing conditions. The ability to adjust management on an as-needed time frame can benefit both the land health that wildlife relies on, and the sustainability of grazing operations. Check out the rest of the OBGA Program series to learn how ranchers have utilized flexibilities in their Outcome-Based Grazing Authorizations! https://www.partnersinthesage.com/blo...