Optimal Livestock Production Strategies on the Saval Ranch

摘要

The Saval Ranching Company is a privately owned enterprise located in northeastern Nevada near Elko. In May 1978, the Saval Ranching Company entered a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Land Management, Soil Conservation Service, US Forest Service, University of Nevada-Reno and the Agricultural Research Service to analyze the effects of livestock grazing management systems. The overall objective of the Saval Ranch Research and Evaluation Study was to evaluate the effects of livestock grazing management systems and necessary range improvement practices on livestock production, vegetation, fish, and wildlife and their habitats, watershed hydrology, water quality, economic factors and other resource values on the Saval Ranch allotment.