Rangeland Drought Management for Texans: Planning: The Key to Sustainability Before and After Drought

Type
Publication
Date of Publication
December 7, 2021
Price
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Overview

The actions ranchers should take to weather a drought are described in this publication.

This publication outlines the steps that ranchers should take to survive a drought. Those steps include developing a plan for each enterprise of the operation, ranking strategic ranch goals, planning for resource flow, implementing and monitoring the plan, and evaluating and adjusting it when the drought is over. (4 pages)

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