Lesson Plan 7:
Stocking Rate Calculations

Ascending Levels of Intellectual Demand

(ranchers can be contacted through your local Extension Office)

Interview a rancher. Develop questions that seek to discover the grazing practices s/he uses, how s/he determines his/her stock rate, and what kind of wildlife use his/her lands.

Interview three or more ranchers and compare & contrast their grazing practices, stock rate determinations, and the multiple uses of their lands.

Interview three or more ranchers all from different states and compare & contrast the similarities and differences of grazing practices based on location/geographic region/climate.