StockSmart
Meetups
Get more out of StockSmart.
Join the team who built StockSmart for free monthly meetups. Get tips and tricks, ask questions, and find out how other rangeland managers are using StockSmart. Each virtual meetup begins with a brief guided look at a core feature and then shifts into open discussion where participants can troubleshoot and learn from each other.
Register
Join us for one or more meetups the first Wednesday of each month:
- Date: Monthly, starting Wednesday, December 3, 2025
- Time: 10:00–11:00 a.m. PT
Topics
- Master StockSmart’s key tools and features
- Discover how vegetation data powers your maps
- Fine-tune results with your herd and land details
- Interpret and apply your StockSmart results
- Build “what if…” scenarios for better planning
- Learn to import and export fences, pastures, and water locations
Who should attend?
Whether you’re brand new to StockSmart, or looking to improve your skills, anyone establishing and adapting long-term grazing plans can benefit from joining meetups:
- Federal, state, and Tribal land management agency staff
- Grazing managers
- Technical professionals
- Ranchers
- Educators
Who are the teachers?
- Tip Hudson
Rangeland and Livestock Management Professor, WSU Extension - Sonia A. Hall
Agricultural Climate Resilience Specialist, WSU Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources - StockSmart development partners
Funding acknowledgement
StockSmart meetups are supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2023-38640-39571 through the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program, project number 2023-07695. USDA is an equal opportunity employer and service provider. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in these workshops are those of the team and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Additional resources
Listen to the Art of Range Podcast
Receive “Range Tips” emails
Watch Case Study videos
What is StockSmart?
StockSmart is a free rangelands management tool that uses big data to help you make smart grazing decisions. StockSmart accesses remotely sensed forage production data across the Western US and allows the user to overlay information on their own operation and livestock to calculate stocking rates.
This online tool was developed by Washington State University, the University of Arizona and the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station.
Development of StockSmart was supported by the intramural research program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, accession number 1026404.
