SDCL § 5-5-10.3: Factors considered in appraisals of grazing lands.

In appraising such grazing lands the following factors shall be taken into consideration:

(1) Inventory of the forage resources: kind, amount, and location of vegetation;

(2) Accessibility and usability of the forage resources as influenced by topography, availability of stock water and season of usability;

(3) Condition of soils--the erosion situation;

(4) Other and related resources--such as timber and watershed protection;

(5) Annual animal carrying capacity used by other public agencies in the same locality;

(6) Pertinent facts and figures submitted by stockmen living in the area and directors of state grazing districts including the land or in its vicinity;

(7) Carrying capacity set for similar land in a state grazing district in which the land is situated.