01/01/1970

10/15/2024

DJ Augustine, JP Ritten, DL Hoover, JD Derner. 2024.  Does Drought Intensify the Effects of Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs on Livestock Production and Net Revenue in Semiarid Rangelands? Rangeland Ecology & Management

JD Derner, JP Ritten, T Baldwin, T Jorns, M Mortenson, DJ Augustine. 2024. Flexible Stocking: Livestock Production and Economic Responses in Mixed-Grass Prairie Rangeland Ecology & Management

ND DeLay, DF Mooney, J Ritten. 2024. Climate and Consolidation in the US Beef Cow Sector Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1-20

M Hart, J Ritten, BA Mealor. 2024. A ranching economic analysis of ventenata (Ventenata dubia) control in northeast Wyoming. Invasive Plant Science and Management 16 (1), 56-63

Thayer, Anastasia W., Justin R. Benavidez, and David P. Anderson. "Exploring the Impact of Fed Cattle Grade on Transaction Type." Journal of the ASFMRA 2024 (2024): 141-146.

Thayer, Anastasia W., Nikolas Berg, Matthew Fischer, Dillon Feuz. " Feeder Cattle Basis in the Western United States Over the Last Decade." submitted.

Ramos-Coronado, L., Miller, M., Angadi, S., Lauriault, L. M., Marsalis, M. A., Evaluating the economic merit of guar as a forage replacement crop during drought-induced water restrictions. Submitted to: Agronomy.

Gonell-Trail, S., Miller, M., Ward, F. A. (2024) Economic performance of range livestock grazing for adapting to drought and climate stressed forage. Rangeland Ecology & Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2024.02.003

AT Maher, NEQ Ashwell, JA Tanaka, JP Ritten, KA Maczko. 2023. Financial barriers and opportunities for conservation adoption on US rangelands: A region-wide, ranch-level economic assessment of NRCS-sponsored Greater Sage-grouse habitat …. Journal of Environmental Management 329, 116420

Tanaka, JA, KA Maczko, and JL Windh. (Accepted w/ revisions) Economics of lesser prairie chicken conservation. Rangeland Ecology and Management

Acharya, B. (M.S. thesis, 2024) Economic Impacts of Grazing Management Practices in Riparian Areas. Advised by K. Lee, J. Windh, and A. Maas.

12/15/2025

Raynor, E.J., Shadbolt, A.M., Johnston, M.K., Augustine, D., Derner, J., Ritten, J.P., Delay, N.D., Carvalho, P.H., Vargas, J., Place, S.E. and Stackhouse-Lawson, K.R. 2025. Incorporating virtual fencing to manage yearling steers on extensive rangelands: spatial behavior, growth performance, and enteric methane emissions. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, In Press. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2025.1637190 (CO)

 

Derner, Justin D., David J. Augustine, Gonzalo Irisarri, John P. Ritten, Edward J. Raynor. 2025. Does Initial Body Size Influence Weight Gain of Stocker Steers During the Growing Season in Semiarid Western Great Plains Rangeland? Rangeland Ecology and Management, 103, 196-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2025.08.009 (CO)

 

Gandolfo, Inéz Mesa, Justin D. Derner, R. Mark Enns, Larry A. Kuehn, Melissa Johnston, Sean P. Kearney, Sara E. Place, Edward J. Raynor, John P. Ritten, Anna M. Shadbolt, Kimberly R. Stackhouse-Lawson, Juan de J. Vargas, Pedro H. V Carvalho. 2025. Steer Growth Performance and Enteric Gas Flux Across Backgrounding Phases in the Western Great Plains. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 103, 247-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2025.08.010 (CO)

 

Windh, J., Meredith, G., Miller, M., Lee, K., Ritten, J., Thayer, A.W., Torell, G., Spiegal, S. and Wulfhorst, J.D. 2025. Identifying a Path Forward: Evaluating Ranch Socio-Economic Sustainability and Impacts on Ranch Succession Planning. In Western Economics Forum, 23(1), 18-27. (CO, ID, NE, NM, SC)

 

Fancher, H., Nagler, A., Ritten, J. and Wulfhorst, J.D. 2025. Labor Changes in the US Beef Industry Magnify Challenges with Succession in Rangeland Systems. In Western Economics Forum, 23(1,) 56-68. (CO, ID, WY)

 

Donovan, Megan, Sheri Spiegal, Nicole Kaplan, David Archer, Alycia Bean, Brandon Bestelmeyer, Sarah Beebout, Patrick Clark, Alia DeLong, Ann-Marie Fortuna, Claire Friedrichsen, David Hoover, David Huggins, Peter Kleinmann, Matthew McIntosh, Chris Renschler, John Ritten, Douglas Smith, Nicholas Webb, JD Wulfhorst.  2025. Building consensus toward an effective performance indicator framework for sustainable farms and ranches.  Journal of Environmental Quality. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.70051 (National)

 

Clare Kazanski, Mulubhran Balehegn, Kristal Jones, Harriet Bartlett, Alicia Calle, Edenise Garcia, Heidi Hawkins, Dianne Mayberry, Eve McDonald-Madden, Wilfred Odadi , Gongbu Zeren, Jessica Zionts, Michael Clark, Tara Garnett, Mario Herrero, Hannah Van Zanten, John Ritten, Giovanni Mallman, Matthew Harrison, Deborah Bossio, Sasha Gennet. 2025. Context is Key to Understand and Improve Livestock Production Systems. Global Food Security, 45. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.70051

Fancher, Hana, Amy Nagler, John Ritten, JD Wulfhorst.  2025. US Beef Cattle Inventory Trends with Implications for Land Use and Rangelands.  Rangeland Ecology and Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2025.01.007 (CO, ID, WY)

 

DeLay, Nathan, Daniel Mooney, John Ritten, Dana Hoag. 2025. Virtual Fencing: Economic and Policy Implications of an Emerging Livestock Technology for Western Rangelands.  Western Economic Forum, 22(1), 54-64. (CO)

 

Salerno, J., A.A. Aguirre, L.F. Aguirre, C. Bonacic, A., A. Bosco-Lauth, S.W. Breck, P.N. Gitonga, T. Goldstein, M.N. Gonzalez, D.L.K. Hoag, C. Mayo, J. Mizia, E.J. Raynor, J.P. Ritten, T.J. Sherman, K. Shockley, R. Sukumar, T. Thekaekara, G. Titcomb, S.M. Wilson, B.A. Wolfe, V. Yovovich, and K.R. Crooks. 2025. Transdisciplinary research priorities for a One Health approach to human-wildlife coexistence. BioScience. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf026 (CO)

 

Berg*, Nikolas L., Anastasia W. Thayer, Matthew Fischer*, Dillon Feuz. “Feeder Cattle Basis in the Western United States Over the Last Decade.” Western Economic Forum. (2024) 22.1, 18-36. https://doi.org/ 10.22004/ag.econ.349291   

Thayer, Anastasia W., Matthew Fischer, Braeden Mull. “A Look at the Livestock Forage Disaster Program.” Southern Ag Today (December 2024).