Question: can you please help with question 6 I included question 3 since it is mention in question 6 3. You are on a shortgrass prairie

3. You are on a shortgrass prairie rangeland. Condition of the range is good, it is relatively flat, and water is well distributed, but not equally distributed. Production is 800 lb/acres, and desired use by livestock on this ranch is 35%. The ranch is 5000 acres, and you will be grazing for 6 months (May-October, for 182 days). Water is not equally distributed. 55% of the land is less than 1 mile from water, 35% of land is between 1-2 miles from water, and 10% is > 2 miles from water. A. How many 900 lb cows can you support for the 6 month grazing period? FIRST: How much forage is available? (area x production, corrected for desired use, then corrected for distance from water) SECOND: Calculate forage demand (Calculate how much a 900 lb cow eats in a day, then determine how much she needs in six months) THIRD: Calculate stocking rate (divide total forage by total use by a cow in 6 monts. Can't have fractions of cows, so round down.) 6. In the situation of Problem 3, the water is a stream with riparian functional at risk condition and a downward trend due to the concentration of the livestock along the creek where the utilization rate is 65%. A. Would you adjust stocking rate to fix this problem? B. If you would adjust stocking rate, by how much? C. If you would not adjust stocking rate, how would you fix the problem? 3. You are on a shortgrass prairie rangeland. Condition of the range is good, it is relatively flat, and water is well distributed, but not equally distributed. Production is 800 lb/acres, and desired use by livestock on this ranch is 35%. The ranch is 5000 acres, and you will be grazing for 6 months (May-October, for 182 days). Water is not equally distributed. 55% of the land is less than 1 mile from water, 35% of land is between 1-2 miles from water, and 10% is > 2 miles from water. A. How many 900 lb cows can you support for the 6 month grazing period? FIRST: How much forage is available? (area x production, corrected for desired use, then corrected for distance from water) SECOND: Calculate forage demand (Calculate how much a 900 lb cow eats in a day, then determine how much she needs in six months) THIRD: Calculate stocking rate (divide total forage by total use by a cow in 6 monts. Can't have fractions of cows, so round down.) 6. In the situation of Problem 3, the water is a stream with riparian functional at risk condition and a downward trend due to the concentration of the livestock along the creek where the utilization rate is 65%. A. Would you adjust stocking rate to fix this problem? B. If you would adjust stocking rate, by how much? C. If you would not adjust stocking rate, how would you fix the
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