Completed Project Report


Helping Utah Ranchers Mitigate Drought Using Crop Insurance and Holistic Planning

  • Award Amount: $59,968
  • Regional Center: Western Extension Risk Management Education Center
  • Grant Program: 2021 Underserved Projects

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Project Overview

To date we have carried out several workshops around the state to help ranchers mitigate drought using a holistic approach. In 2022 we reached over 350 participants in Utah, Colorado and Wyoming. When managing grazing during and following drought, rangeland managers must carefully consider grazing timing and intensity to ensure that forage plants have the time to recover. As droughts intensify or become more frequent, as they are forecasted to do, managers will have to carefully evaluate grazing strategies to ensure proper care of rangelands. It’s important that the people most affected understand this dynamic—Utah State University Rangeland Extension has planned and presented drought grazing strategies at 15 workshops in the past two years, reaching around 775 livestock producers and land managers.

Number of Participants: 755

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