Date of Award:

5-1981

Document Type:

Thesis

Degree Name:

Master of Science (MS)

Department:

Applied Economics

Department name when degree awarded

Agricultural Economics

Committee Chair(s)

E. Bruce Godfrey

Committee

E. Bruce Godfrey

Committee

John Keith

Committee

Darwin Nielsen

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to select an area in Utah that was predominantly livestock oriented which used federal lands for livestock grazing, and to develop model ranches exemplifying the typical live-stock operation in the area. These model ranches were then used in a Budget Generator Program (BG) and a Linear Programming framework (LP) to simulate reductions of 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% reductions of BLM land usage. The results were then used to determine income changes, herd size changes, and resource usage in the models as the reductions took place.

The area chosen was Wayne County, Utah because of the dependence of the livestock operators on BLM land for livestock grazing in the winter. Also because the area was predominantly livestock oriented. A group of ranchers from southern Idaho was also included because of their usage of the BLM land in Wayne County.

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