The Jornada

06/04/2026

Want a picture of how your forage is doing this year?

The Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP) just updated its Herbaceous Production Report, a tool for monitoring forage conditions across your ranch and the surrounding county.

With RAP, you can: 📍 See how your area’s grass and forb production compares to normal 🌦️ Track how drought or good moisture is affecting growth through the season 📅 Look at cumulative or 16‑day production to spot trends early 📊 Compare this year to the past decade or long‑term averages 📥 Download maps or data if you want to share with your grazing association, agency partners, or neighbors.

RAP uses satellite imagery and on‑the‑ground measurements to give you a reliable, big‑picture view of forage production - helping you make grazing decisions.

Take a look: https://rangelands.app/

05/07/2026

04/27/2026

The RAP Production Report is now live! This tool allows users to explore at the national and county levels how current production compares to historical herbaceous production.

The Rangeland Analysis Platform combines satellite imagery with thousands of on-the-ground vegetation measurements collected by BLM, NPS, and NRCS. The power of cloud computing and machine learning technology allows the platform to easily map vegetation across the United States.

04/13/2026

Reducing the water footprint of finishing beef cattle through feed selection"
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2026.110138

03/30/2026

"A scalable, end-to-end IoT and remote sensing platform for precision rangeland and livestock management" https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168169926002103?via%3Dihub

05/20/2025

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04/17/2025

The study demonstrates the potential of manureshed-based manure management to reduce nutrient loads. Reducing national water degradation: Development and application of a manureshed-identification framework - ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308521X25000897?dgcid=coauthor

11/07/2024

What we’ve learned from applications of virtual fencing and precision ranch technologies for at the Jornada Experimental Range, from our range project manager Lara Macon

A look at the application of virtual fence and the precision ranching dashboard on the Jornada Experimental RangeLara Macon-Range Technicianhttps://jornada.n...

10/29/2024

Native mammalian herbivores have significant impacts on perennial grasses as shrub cover increases during climate-driven state transition https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.4460 New research from