Jornada Experimental Range (USDA-ARS) Pasture Shapefiles and Monthly Stocking Rates from 2021 to 2024 (Ongoing)

This data package contains two types of data for the Jornada Experimental Range (JER) from 2021 through 2024: 1) a shape file containing polygons and attribute tables that represent the pasture configurations on the Jornada Experimental Range and 2) monthly stocking data from these pastures. The livestock represented in the stocking data comprise three cattle breeds (Angus, Angus x Hereford, and Rarámuri Criollo) and horses. Stocking rates are expressed in animal unit month (AUM), which is based on metabolic weight and average amount of forage needed by each animal unit per month. This data package is a companion to and continuation of the historical pasture configuration and stocking data for JER from 1915 to 1952 provided in data package knb-lter-jrn.200043001. Both packages provide finer resolution AUM data than knb-lter-jrn.210412001, which presents the annual stocking data for the entire JER from 1916 to 2001. The stocking data in this package begins in January of 2021 up through December 2024 and will be updated annually. https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?scope=knb-lter-jrn&identifier=200043001 https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?scope=knb-lter-jrn&identifier=210412001