Resources for Best Management Practices

Climate Smart Agriculture, an initiative by the CSU Office of Engagement, provides information to improve the resiliency of farms and ranches in a changing climate.

Grazing System Best Management Practices
• Strategic/Whole Ranch Planning
  • shifting toward adaptive grazing management
  • range/pasture monitoring
• Tactical
  • reduce forage demand
  • increase forage supply
  • windrows/swathing
• Operational
  • wet meadow restoration
  • annual forages/cover crops

Cropping Systems Best Management Practices
• Sustain Soil and Water Functions
  • tillage practices
  • diversified crop rotations
• Reduce Existing Stressors
  • weed management
• Reduce Vulnerability and Risk
  • create a strategic drought contingency plan
• Alter Management for the Future
  • adjust timing and seasonality