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Various formulas are used for calculating grazing fees on public lands. Some examples are: For federal rangelands of the United States, the grazing fee "equals the $1.23 base established by the 1966 Western Livestock Grazing Survey multiplied by the result of the Forage Value Index (a derived index of the relative change in the previous year's average monthly rate per head for pasturing cattle ...
Animal unit months (AUMs) in a grazing area (calculated by multiplying the number of animal units by the number of months of grazing) provide a useful indicator of the amount of forage consumed. On public lands in various jurisdictions, authorized use of forage for grazing is commonly expressed in animal unit months.
[55] [56] The grazing fee for 2014 was set at $1.35 per AUM, the same level as for 2013. [55] Over time there has been a gradual decrease in the amount of grazing that takes place on BLM-managed land. [55] Grazing on public lands has declined from 18.2 million AUMs in 1954 to 7.9 million AUMs in 2013. [55] Mining.
Taylor Grazing Act of 1934; Long title: An Act to stop injury to the public grazing lands by preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration, to provide for their orderly use, improvement, and development, to stabilize the livestock industry dependent upon the public range, and for other purposes. Nicknames: Grazing Act of 1934: Enacted by
Grazing rights is the right of a user to allow their livestock to feed (graze) in a given area.. Grazing rights in action: Leyton Marshes in London, where historic grazing (and other) rights are still in place, although not always willingly acceded by the authorities A large sheep farm in Chile.
Livestock grazing comparison is a method of comparing the numbers and density of livestock grazing in agriculture. Various units of measurement are used, usually based on the grazing equivalent of one adult cow, or in some areas on that of one sheep. Many different schemes exist, giving various values to the grazing effect of different types of ...
Grazing permits (or licenses or leases) provide this official written permission to graze a specific number, kind, and class of livestock for a specified time period on defined federal rangeland. [1] References
Ranchers complain that grazing fees are too high [96] and that grazing regulations are too onerous despite environmentalist complaints that the opposite is true [97] and that promised improvements to grazing on federal lands do not occur. Miners complain of restricted access to claims, or to lands to prospect.