In 2003, AgriLogic was awarded a contract to develop the Forage Risk Assessment Management System (FRAMS), a web based forage risk assessment and management system for the ranching industry. In 2007, AgriLogic was awarded a contract to expand the project to include additional states and increase the number of participants.

For many decades, ranchers have been told to stock conservatively, sell at the first sign of bad weather, mix growing and breeding stock, use rotational grazing systems, and hedge prices for animals in fluctuating markets. However, few tools have emerged helping them address the risk of weather, forage supply and feeding decisions in an integrated manner. Those tools that have been offered are used in isolation of the knowledge of interaction between forage, animal performance, feed prices, and market conditions.

The proposed system would provide the means to monitor and assess the performance of free-grazing animals, the forage conditions in response to site-specific weather, and the potential least-cost feeding or de-stocking decisions relative to market and weather risk. The program is being piloted in Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia, and Wyoming.