Resources · Producers · The Grazing Calculator

Let the grass do the talking.

Map a pasture and the Grazing Calculator pulls satellite-measured forage production, turns it into carrying capacity, and tells you whether a lease pencils out.

The ground

Draw a polygon with the tool on the map, or upload a boundary.

Production analysis

Forage layer

Perennial leaves out cheatgrass and other annuals — the more conservative base for lease capacity. Baseline window Averages across years so one drought or boom year doesn't set the number.

Already know your numbers? You can skip this and type your own expected AUMs (or lbs/acre) into the next card by hand.

Capacity & herd

Harvest efficiency % Lbs per AUM

Available AUMs (from analysis — or enter your own)Set by the analysis when you run it — but type your own number here any time and the verdict updates.

Head count Class

Animal units / head Months on grass

Season available (months)

Price

Asking price Unit

Your target $/AUM (0 to ignore)

Verdict

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Cost / head / day

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Total for stay

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Stocking fit

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Production data: Rangeland Analysis Platform, USDA-ARS — use it alongside your own eyes on the ground, not in place of them. The live RAP call runs straight from this page; if your network blocks it, you can always type the lbs/acre or AUMs in by hand.

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