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Aims Persistent land use change throughout the North American Great Plains increases the need to maintain and improve ecosystem service delivery from remaining rangelands to meet production and conservation goals. Vegetation structure is an ecosystem property influenced by management that has site selection and use implications for wildlife and livestock.
Open AccessArticle by Wun S. Chao 1,*, James V. Anderson 1, Xuehui Li 2, Russ W. Gesch 3, Marisol T. Berti 2 and David P. Horvath 1 1 USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND 58102, USA 2 Plant Sciences Department, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA 3 USDA-ARS, North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory, Morris, MN 56267, USA * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Despite recent moisture in some areas, widespread drought conditions persist across North Dakota. Reductions in forage production are expected to impact not only range and pasture, but these reductions also will reduce the potential of a hay crop by at least 50% in terms of biomass production this year.
DEVILS LAKE - Winter-killed alfalfa may be a widespread problem this year in North Dakota and northern Minnesota because of drought conditions. The northern Plains has been experiencing severe drought since 2020, with alfalfa plants stressed due to a shortage of water. The lack of snow cover and almost two weeks with temperatures below 0 F in February likely has caused alfalfa winter-kill.
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