@conference {JRN55355,
	title = {Testing of a LoRa-WAN digital ranching system on desert rangelands: Some practical experiences},
	booktitle = {2021 NMSU ACES BEEF, DAIRY AND LIVESTOCK UPDATE Presented by NMSU Cooperative Extension Service},
	year = {2022},
	month = {1/25/2022},
	abstract = {Precision livestock farming (PLF) is an emerging agricultural strategy that incorporates sensors and data analytics to inform management decisions (Neethirajan, 2017; Tedeschi et al., 2021). Though common in household and more intensive livestock and crop production systems, Internet of Things (IoT) tools are in earliest stages of development for extensive beef and sheep production systems on arid rangeland primarily due to limited infrastructure and lack of Wi-Fi, cellular (e.g. 3 and 4G), or satellite network access. Yet Long Range Wide Area Networks (Lora-WAN) could offer a high efficiency and low-cost solution to this hindrance as they promise near-real time long-range coverage (e.g. > 6 mi), a strong signal, long battery life, and customizable data collection units (e.g. widgets or sensors), compared to other conventional network types (Bocquier et al., 2014). Precision livestock technologies could provide New Mexican livestock producers novel tools for realtime monitoring of animal location and activity, asset tracking, and infrastructure monitoring in the face of a dwindling workforce and harsher climate (Spiegal et al., 2020).
This study aimed to test a PLF LoRa-WAN-based monitoring system across four pastures (12,000 ac) of Chihuahuan Desert rangeland. We report the installation protocol, maintenance, and practical applications associated with the system.},
	keywords = {beef cattle, digital agriculture, GPS-tracking, Precision grazing, Precision livestock farming, rain gauge sensor, water level sensor},
	url = {files/bibliography/21-059.pdf},
	author = {Matthew M. McIntosh and Andr{\'e}s F. Cibils and S. Nyamuryekung{\textquoteright}e and Richard E. Estell and Andrew Cox and Danielle Duni and S. A. Utsumi and Qixu Gong and Tony Waterhouse and J P Holland and Huiping Cao and LE Boucheron and H. Chen and S. Spiegal}
}
@article {JRN55265,
	title = {Snapshot of rancher perspectives on creative cattle management options},
	journal = {Rangelands},
	year = {2020},
	month = {11/2020},
	abstract = {A major challenge to successful management of livestock production in the western United States (U.S.) is coping with the extremely variable weather that dramatically affects forage availability.  In addition, temperatures have already increased across the western U.S. and will continue to do so, creating even more challenging environmental conditions for future cattle production in the semi-arid and arid west . The Sustainable Southwest Beef project is a new Coordinated Agricultural Project led by New Mexico State University poised to identify viable options for arid lands ranchers and the U.S. beef industry as environmental challenges continue. The 5-year project is being conducted by a diverse team of nearly 30 research, education and extension specialists, focusing on three creative management strategies: precision ranching, heritage breeds and alternative supply chain options. A group of ranchers from the western U.S. advises the team (Figure 1). The Sustainable Southwest Beef team introduced the project to roughly 125 ranchers, feedlot operators and others connected to the beef cattle industry at the 2020 Southwest Beef Symposium in Amarillo, Texas and collected initial rancher perceptions of the three creative management strategies.},
	keywords = {Beef production, climate change, Heritage cattle, precipitation, Precision livestock farming, Supply chain},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2020.09.004},
	url = {files/bibliography/20-033.pdf},
	author = {Emile H. Elias and Skye Aney and G. Duff and Craig Gifford and S. Spiegal and Andr{\'e}s F. Cibils and Jean Steiner and Richard E. Estell}
}
