Drought Early Warning and the Timing of Range Managers’ Drought Response
Table 5
Factors affecting perceived capacity to improve drought response.
Would have acted differently with information
Would have seen less impact if acted differently
SPEI
0.14 (241)
0.29 (239)
Timing of purchasing supplemental feed
−0.05 (109)
0.08 (109)
Timing of early grazing fall/winter pastures
−0.04 (109)
0.35 (108)
Timing of destocking
0.11 (92)
0.32 (93)
Timing of culling breeding herd
0.03 (68)
0.10 (68)
Use/influence on-farm monitoring
0.41 (236)
0.21 (235)
Use/influence own assessment of conditions
0.23 (235)
0.12 (235)
Use/influence local extension
0.23 (236)
0.05 (235)
Use/influence NWS
0.43 (237)
0.17 (236)
Use/influence U.S. Drought monitor
0.20 (235)
0.12 (234)
Use/influence USDA resources
0.04 (236)
−0.05 (235)
Use/influence TV/radio
0.04 (234)
0.10 (233)
Reporting coefficients listed in log-odds units, 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). ;.n varies, dependent upon variable n (listed in Table 1).
