Where's the Beef? Predicting the Effects of Climate Change on Cattle Production in Western U.S. Rangelands

Sue Miller, Matt Reeves, Karen Bagne and John Tanaka

No 364782, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: Cattle production capacity on western rangelands is potentially vulnerable to climate change through impacts on the amount of forage, changes in vegetation type, heat stress, and year-to-year forage variability. The researchers in this study projected climate change effects to rangelands through 2100 and compared them to a present-day baseline to estimate vulnerability of cattle operations.

Keywords: Climate Change; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12
Date: 2017-10
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.364782

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