Central Grasslands Research Extension Center (North Dakota) patch-burning and grazing management
These data are the result of a four-year (2017-2020) study comparing rangeland forage and cattle responses across three grazing management practices in central North Dakota. In each season, cow-calf pairs grazed on n = 4 pastures for each grazing management practice: Patch burned, in which a 40-ac patch of 160-ac pastures were burned with prescribed fire each spring with no internal fences; Continuous, in which neither prescribed fire nor internal fences were used; and Rotational, in which 40-ac pastures were sub-divided into 4 paddocks each with no prescribed fire. The data were primarily managed by Megan Wanchuk in support of her Master's thesis: Wanchuk, MR. 2022. Patch-Burning Improves Forage Nutritive Value and Livestock Performance over Rotational and Continuous Grazing Strategies (Master's Thesis, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota).
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| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| accrualPeriodicity | R/P1M |
| bureauCode |
[ "005:18" ] |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "McGranahan, Devan A.", "hasEmail": "mailto:Devan.McGranahan@usda.gov" } |
| description | <p dir="ltr">These data are the result of a four-year (2017-2020) study comparing rangeland forage and cattle responses across three grazing management practices in central North Dakota. In each season, cow-calf pairs grazed on n = 4 pastures for each grazing management practice: <i>Patch burned</i>, in which a 40-ac patch of 160-ac pastures were burned with prescribed fire each spring with no internal fences; <i>Continuous</i>, in which neither prescribed fire nor internal fences were used; and <i>Rotational</i>, in which 40-ac pastures were sub-divided into 4 paddocks each with no prescribed fire. The data were primarily managed by Megan Wanchuk in support of her Master's thesis: </p><p dir="ltr">Wanchuk, MR. 2022. <i>Patch-Burning Improves Forage Nutritive Value and Livestock Performance over Rotational and Continuous Grazing Strategies</i> (Master's Thesis, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota).</p> |
| distribution |
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| identifier | 10.15482/USDA.ADC/25464097.v1 |
| keyword |
[ "Patch burn grazing", "Prescribed fire", "Pyric herbivory", "Rangeland Ecology", "Rangeland Management", "Rangeland fire ecology" ] |
| license | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ |
| modified | 2026-01-27 |
| programCode |
[ "005:040" ] |
| publisher |
{ "name": "Agricultural Research Service", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| temporal | 2017-05-01/2020-10-01 |
| title | Central Grasslands Research Extension Center (North Dakota) patch-burning and grazing management |
