Drought Early Warning and the Timing of Range Managers’ Drought Response
Table 4
Factors affecting drought impacts.
Loss of pasture hay yield
Loss of range productivity
Loss of range health or diversity
Loss of livestock gain or productivity
Loss of net income
Loss of cash reserves or savings
SPEI
−55.46 (188)
−32.96 (171)
−43.96 (111)
−13.24 (112)
−9.32 (175)
3.49 (119)
Timing of purchasing supplemental feed
1.31 (104)
1.74 (91)
1.03 (60)
−2.11 (60)
−0.70 (87)
−5.10 (59)
Timing of early grazing fall/winter pastures
3.21 (103)
0.87 (97)
1.87 (63)
−0.33 (63)
0.18 (91)
−2.80 (58)
Timing of destocking
1.56 (88)
3.49 (85)
4.78 (60)
−0.78 (58)
−0.03 (77)
−0.49 (51)
Timing of culling breeding herd
0.26 (71)
0.98 (60)
−0.58 (44)
−2.22 (45)
−1.28 (59)
0.73 (43)
Reporting coefficients, significance of test that coefficient is different from 0, and (n). For SPEI, the coefficient is determined without other covariates. For other predictors, coefficients are determined when controlling for SPEI. Data sources: 2016 survey, SPEI (droughtatlas.unl.edu). ;.
