Resource Allocation in a Sierra-Nevada Foothill Reef Cow-Calf Operation Through Linear Programming

摘要

Using a Sierra-Nevada foothill beef cow-calf operation as a case study, two methods of developing the production coefficients needed to develop a profit maximizing linear programming model were compared. One method, called the grazing record method, used existing grazing records and historical stocking rates as a data base for deriving production coefficients. The other method, called the forage production method, used estimates of seasonal forage production from the literature augmented by the results of a dynamic simulation model (ELMAGE) to derive needed production coefficients.