Abstract
Planning is an important part of pasture and grazing management. Planning begins with inventorying and analyzing resources. The end product is a set of goals and a plan for reaching them. Resources and goals are interconnected. To know whether you are using your resources efficiently, you need goals. To determine whether you can reach your goals, you need to identify and inventory your resources.
A plan can be for a week, month, growing season, or year. A plan can be developed specifically for grazing management, animal management, or other aspects of the ranch operation.
In this chapter, we will discuss the planning process, including the steps involved, the type of information to include in a resource inventory, and how to write effective goals.