Karlen Family Partnership Ranch

8/22/2002


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Karlen Family Partnership Ranch

Continuous grazing

Started with 160 Hereford x Angus cow calf pairs on 482 acres

PPT Slide

482 acres of rangeland

Shallow West Site

Forage (long & short term)

Clipping (.96 sq. ft circle) or yard stick to calculate lbs dry matter per acre

When acres for that specific area are known, a poly wire fence is strung for three days

30% to 50% of DM per acre is available to be consumed in three days

Water is moved in two 110 gallon tanks every three days

Two Rotations

Crude Protein

Grasshopper Sparrow

Email: jjessop@sdconservation.org

Home Page: http://www.sdconservation.org/grassland/managing/gmd/karlen/