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Prescribed Grazing Management Plan (528)

CRP Grassland

Conservation Practice Job Sheet 528

March 2017

Definition: A grazing management plan is a written plan that outlines how livestock will be managed within a defined land unit to meet a desired goal. The plan summarizes the existingland capacity including forage production and diversity, range condition, grazing rotations and proper grazing use.

The following items are required

  1. Background and Site Information:

Landowner Information:
Name:
Address:
Location:
History of Operation: / (prior use, prior grazing strategies, livestock types, stocking rates. etc.)
  1. Plan Maps Including:
  1. Soils delineations
  2. Ecological Site Descriptions delineations
  1. Ranch Condition:
  1. Attach completed Range HealthWorksheet on major Ecological Site Descriptions(ESD) within each Tract:(ESDs and Reference Sheets are found in FOTG section II)

Tract Summary of Range Health:

None to Slight Slight to Moderate Moderate Moderate to Extreme Extreme

Record rating and comments for number 12 Structural Functional Groups and number 15 Production:

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  1. Prescribe Grazing Schedule (Management Action):Implement the grazing schedule according to table below. The grazing schedule below must coordinate and include management actions described in the 645 Wildlife Habitat Management Plan, when the 645 is required.

Type of enterprise (Cow/Calf, Stock, or Combination, Stock and Wildlife): / Kind and Estimated Number of Wildlife:
Year: / Year: / Year:
Grazing units &
kinds of forage / Acres / Total AUM’s
Available / Month / Month / Month
J / F / M / A / M / J / J / A / S / O / N / D / J / F / M / A / M / J / J / A / S / O / N / D / J / F / M / A / M / J / J / A / S / O / N / D
Period of Grazing: Shown by Cross Hatching
  1. Proper Grazing Use (Management Action):Implement the grazing use according to table below. Key grazing sites should be identified on each tract. (In Lesser Prairie Chicken Action Areas (CHATs), minimum stubble heights for bunch grasses are 10 inches, minimum stubble heights for short or mid grasses are 6 inches).

Grazing
Unit / Acres / Species
of
Grazing
Animal / Season
of
Use / Location of Key Grazing Area / Key Plant(s) For
Judging Proper
Grazing Use / Planned Use of
Key Species at
End of Grazing
Period / Estimated Use of Key Species by Weight
Initials of Conservationist Assisting with Application
Remarks: / Dates of Application Checks

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  1. Contingency Plans (recommended):
  1. Contingency plans for winter, drought, fire, flood, and bio-security, etc. are recommended.

Contingency plan is:
  1. Yearly evaluation of the grazing management plan(Management Action):

Document observations, data, and modifications needed in the plan to make adjustments to meet the plan objectives.

  1. Maintenance (Management Action):

Control weeds, insects, or pests as the need arises to maintain the approved cover and prevent undesirable vegetation and pests. Apply appropriate maintenance practices such as mowing, spraying, or prescribed burning in a logical and practical manner. Maintenance must be conducted outside of the primary nesting season; March 1 to July 1.

  1. Revise Plan:

Edit plan and begin implementing new plan.

Other Comments:

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Planner SignatureDate

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Producer SignatureDate

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