1.2. Gross Profit Analysis of Fed versus Pastured Dairy Cattle
1.3. Gross Profit Analysis—Comparing Enterprises
1.4. Gross Profit Analysis—Comparing Scenarios Based on Price
1.6. Biological Year of a Cow Herd
1.7. Alfalfa Production and Sales Plan
1.8. Fuel Use and Purchase Projections
1.9. Livestock Production Worksheet, One-Year Plan
1.10. Livestock Production Worksheet, Three-Year Plan
1.11. Wealth-Generating Expenses
1.13. Annual Income and Expense Plan
1.14. Planning Your Profit (No Debt)
1.15. Planning Your Profit (and Debt Servicing)
1.17. Worksheet Figures Transferred to Spreadsheet
1.18. Monitoring Planned versus Actual Figures
2.2. Animal-Days per Acre/Hectare of Grazing
2.3. Working Out the Animal-Days per Acre/Hectare the Land Yields
2.4. Recovery Time—Poor Growing Conditions
2.5. Recovery Time—Good Growing Conditions
2.6. Recovery and the Growth Curve
2.8. More Paddocks Mean More Recovery Time per Day of Grazing
2.9. Effects of Timing with Various Paddock Numbers
2.10. Paddock Number and Grazing Periods
2.11. Paddock Numbers and Stock Density
2.12. Estimating the Area Required to Feed One Cow for One Day
2.13. Longer Grazing Periods Mean Smaller Sample Areas
2.16. Balancing Nutrition in the Nongrowing Season
2.17. How Joining Herds Affects Grazing and Recovery Periods
2.19. Nutrition and Forage Cycles
2.20. Open-Ended and Closed Plans
2.23. Recording Standard Animal Units
2.24. Rating Relative Paddock Quality (Open-Ended Plan)
2.25. Rating Relative Paddock Quality (Closed Plan)
2.26. Figuring Grazing Periods (Open-Ended Plan)
2.28. Summary Livestock Results
3.1. Organisms Thrive at Certain Successional Levels
3.6. A Simple Water Cycle Test
3.7. Grass Types from Habitats That Reflect Water Cycle
3.11. Recent Capping (left) and Broken Capping (right)
3.12. How Overgrazing and Overbrowsing Affect Plant Form
3.14. A Routine Grazing Pattern
3.16. Basic Biological Monitoring Data
3.18. Basic Biological Monitoring Analysis
3.19. Comprehensive Biological Monitoring Data
3.20. Comprehensive Biological Monitoring Summary
3.21. Comprehensive Biological Monitoring Analysis
3.23. General Layout of a Transect
3.24. Locating a Point with a Plumb Bob
4.1. Topographic Map with No Fixed Features
4.2. Topographic Map Including Fixed Features
4.3. Measuring Acreage Using a Grid and Topographic Map
4.5. Grazing Cells and Herd Sizes
4.6. Radial Layouts on Convex and Concave Slopes
4.7. Planning on a Sketched Map
4.8. Which Facilities Would You Develop First?
4.11. Two Possible Plans for the Same Ranch
4.12. Paddock Subdivided with a Movable Fence
4.13. Cell Centers and Fence Patterns
4.15. Fencing to Protect a Dam or Small Pond
4.17. Attaching Free-Running Wires