Precision ranching involves the use of technologies such as smart-sensors to allow for automated monitoring or task completion, and ultimately more precise and efficient management of animals and the…

Two special issues in the journal Climatic Change feature vulnerability assessments of agriculture and forestry across the Nation.

The weather can be crazy in the great plains and with the changing climate, it just keeps getting crazier.  For farmers and ranchers, any tool that we can utilize to help us get some idea of what…

Feral pigs, wild hogs, razorbacks, old world swine, wild boar… feral swine go by many names but they are all the same species as domesticated pigs found on farms: Sus scrofa. Feral swine are…

The nonprofit Asombro Institute for Science Education and the Southwest Sustainable Beef Project have released a fun, educational game for High School students: Solving the Beef. This game encourages…

Federal crop insurance provides a financial safety net for farmers against insured perils such as drought, heat, and freeze. In this white paper, we analyze publicly-available Federal crop insurance…

Two pager on supply chain options in SW Beef Production

The USDA Southwest Climate Hub and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) worked together to produce two drought vulnerability assessments at the Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) level based on…

A report describing the potential vulnerability of crops, forests and animal agriculture to climate-driven environmental changes (Sw and CA Hub regions)

Unlike poultry and swine, which are often housed in structures, cattle, goats and sheep are typically subject to outdoor conditions and susceptible to the elevated temperatures of a changing climate.