Bulletin No.
652
Document Type
Bulletin
Department
Department of Economics, Department of Plant Science
Description
Insufficient income to provide a satisfactory standard of family living is not uncommon among farmers and ranchers in South Dakota. The high cost of land rules out expansion for many. Consequently, they must look for ways to enhance income with their existing resources.
For some, more intensive pasture management is an opportunity to increase income from their beef cow operations. This bulletin (1) investigates the economic feasibility of several pasture improvement systems and (2) estimates the impact of various productivity levels on returns to labor and management.
Keywords
pasture grazing systems, native pasture grazing, short season pasture, full season pasture, interseeded pasture
Pages
12
Publication Date
6-1979
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
Language
en
Publisher
South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Shane, R. C.; Allen, H. R.; and Vigil, F. R., "Pasture Systems: Economic Alternatives" (1979). Research Bulletins of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (1887-2011). 657.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/agexperimentsta_bulletins/657