http://hdl.handle.net/10125/10372 Sun, 26 May 2013 03:04:05 GMT 2013-05-26T03:04:05Z http://hdl.handle.net/10125/12369 Evaluating forage production and nutrient conditions relevant to managing stocking rate is described, and an example of estimating stocking rate is given. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/12369 2007-06-01T00:00:00Z Thorne, Mark; Stevenson, MH http://hdl.handle.net/10125/12368 Sources of risk in raising livestock can be mitigated by development plans for grazing management, drought, biosecurity, weed management, and pasture and livestock pests. Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/12368 2009-03-01T00:00:00Z Thorne, Mark S; Cox, Linda J; Fukumoto, Glen K http://hdl.handle.net/10125/12367 Established in the early 1980s, this weed has become widespread on Maui and Hawaii. Pyrrolizidine alkaloid poisoning of animals results from its consumption. Analysis of alkaloid components in weed samples is given. Weed management techniques and their uses and limitations are reviewed. Adaptive management, a cycle of steps or events that facilitates planning, implementation of actions, monitoring of outcomes, and making adjustments to changing situations, is described. Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/12367 2005-10-01T00:00:00Z Thorne, Mark S; Powley, John S; Fukumoto, Glen K http://hdl.handle.net/10125/12366 Factors affecting foraging behavior, their adjustment, and range improvement are important components of a range management plan. Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/12366 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Thorne, Mark S; Fukumoto, Glen K; Stevenson, MH http://hdl.handle.net/10125/12365 The establishment of a minimum grazing lease rate in Hawai‘i is important for several reasons. First, it provides a means to adjust lease rate values according to fluctuations in livestock markets, or the rancher’s ability to pay, and agricultural land use values. Second, it provides a statewide standard that can easily be applied by state, federal, and private land management entities, and this will help to eliminate the large discrepancies that currently exist in statewide lease rates. Third, a minimum grazing lease rate provides a means for ranchers and land management entities to objectively determine the value of the land unit for grazing and the value of grazing for that land unit. Ranchers have a greater incentive to pay a higher lease rate if more services are provided or if the quality of the grazing unit is higher. On the other hand, land management entities must make decisions about the overall management of the land unit. They are more likely to choose grazing as a land management practice if the price or the services they receive provides a greater benefit than other alternative means of management. Calculation examples and a worksheet are provided. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/12365 2007-06-01T00:00:00Z Thorne, Mark; Cox, Linda J; Stevenson, MH