This visual shows how developing resources can lead to increased profit.

For grazing enterprises, the primary resource is forage. It may be profitable to increase this resource by leasing or purchasing additional land, or by developing your existing pasture resources through improvements such as fertilization, irrigation, seeding, intensive grazing management plans, virtual fencing, etc.

Depending on how you plan to get that additional grass, costs might fall under overheads, direct costs, and/or capital purchases. 

Ranch Vision determines your current grazing demands, which can help you gauge anticipated benefits to carrying capacity. For example, let’s say Julie Smith believes her ranch is at full carrying capacity. Her Grazing Demands report shows she is using 5000 GUM annually. She is planning a grass development project that she anticipates will increase forage availability by 20%. That means her project would increase her ranch’s carrying capacity to 6,000 GUM annually.

You can evaluate any new management plan, including expanding an enterprise (see Expand or Contract Enterprises) and incurring new costs, by using the Scenario Feature.