Pasture Carrying Capacity & AUM Grazing Calculator
Calculate Animal Unit Months (AUM), Animal Unit Equivalents (AUE) for cattle, sheep, horses, and goats, available forage dry matter, and pasture grazing carrying capacity days according to USDA NRCS standards.
Herd & Pasture Forage Parameters
Head
Acres
lb DM/ac
Dry matter standing biomass.
Pasture Carrying Capacity
160.3 TOTAL AUM
100 Days
Equivalent to approximately 3.3 Months of grazing for 40 head
Usable Forage Dry Matter
125,000 lbs
From 250,000 lbs standing biomass
Herd Daily Forage Demand
1,248 lbs / day
48.0 Total Animal Units (AU)
Stocking Rate Benchmarks
Stocking Rate per Animal Unit Month:
0.62 Acres / AUM
Total Herd Monthly Requirement:
48.0 AUM / month