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Range and Natural Resources Research
at Central Grasslands Research Extension Center

• Research Surveys
• Posters
• Using Remote Sensing to Manage North Dakota's Rangelands
• Modeling to Aid Production Agriculture: Introduction to a Grassland Ecosystem Study in the Missouri Coteau of North Dakota

CRP Research

• An Economic Analysis of Grazing, Haying and Cropping Marginal Highly Erodible Crop Land in Southcentral North Dakota 
• Grazing And Haying CRP Lands
• Conservation Reserve Program Hay Quality in North Dakota in 2002

Grazing Intensity Research

• Grazing Intensity Research in the Missouri Coteau of North Dakota 

• The Effect of Grazing Intensity on Soil Bulk Density
• The Effect of Grazing Intensity on Rangeland Hydrology
• Conserving Soil Water Through Grazing Management
• The Effect of Grazing Intensity on Soil Water and Rangeland Productivity in South-Central North Dakota
• The Effects of Grazing Management on Plant Community Composition and Structure, Soil Hydrology, and Root Morphology and Decomposition in the Missouri Coteau Region

Range and Natural Resources Research

• Quantifying Plant Water Use in the Native Coteau Rangelands of North Dakota
• Interaction of Simulated Drought and Grazing on Mixed Grass Prairie

• Basic Plant and Soil Process Measurements for Range Ecosystem Modeling and Management—Updates for 2005

• Evaluation of Ecosystem Services Provided by the Coteau Rangeland of North Dakota

• Grazing Effects on the Mixed-Grass Prairie Seed Bank in the Coteau Region of North Dakota

• Monitoring Rangeland Health

• Plant Responses to Different Grazing Intensities in the Missouri Coteau of North Dakota

• Doing the Math: Calculating a Sustainable Stocking Rate
• Big Bluestem for High Quality Summer Forage 
• Fertilization of Heavily and Moderately Grazed Mixed-Grass Prairie With Slow-Release Phosphorus and Urea 
• Seasonal Changes in Forage Quality 

Carbon Sequestration

• Rangeland Soil Carbon Sequestration: The Contribution of Plant Roots

Swath Grazing

• Swath Grazing vs Native Range Grazing for Wintering Beef Cows in South-Central North Dakota
• Effects of Swathed Forage Type on Intake and Total Tract Digestion
• Comparing Three Forage Types for Use in Swath Grazing: Effects on Cow Performance, Ruminal Fermentation, and Digestibility

Switchgrass

• Switchgrass: On-farm Biomass Yields in the Northern Great Plains
• Evaluation of perennial Herbaceous Biomass Energy Crops in North Dakota
• Evaluation of Selected Perennial Grasses for Biofuel Production in Central and Western North Dakota