Hamilton, Wayne TrevorRichardson, JamesEdnilson de Oliveira Cabral, JoséSouza, N.Conner, J.Stuth, Jerry2016-04-192016-04-192001Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental 5(1): 135-137http://hdl.handle.net/10919/65323Metadata only recordThis paper integrates three models to derive information on socioeconomic impacts of climatic conditions and management approaches for a typical South Texas ranch. The authors apply PHYGROW to simulate conditions on a South Texas cattle and goat ranch. POPMIX was used to simulate forage production with two cattle : goat ratios (to represent different management strategies). Simulation results, as well as two ten-year weather scenarios (30% and 50% drought years to simulate normal and dryer conditions), and estimated animal production and operating costs, were incorporated into a firm level income and policy simulator (FLIPSIM), to yield integrated predictions of socioeconomic impacts.text/plainen-USForageGoatsCattleModelingLivestock managementEconomic modeling and analysisEconomic impactsGrazing systemsRange managementSimulationsModel integrationGrazingland ecosystemsManagement strategiesPhytomass growth simulator (phygrow)Animal productionFlipsimSocioeconomic impactsFarm/Enterprise ScaleAbstract