Some agricultural practices benefit pheasants and farmers. Some agricultural practices benefit pheasants at the cost of farm profits. Some agricultural practices benefit neither pheasants nor farmers. Pheasants are decreasing throughout their range in the United States. In Colorado, weather conditions and intensive farming contributed to their decline.
Bad weather affects nesting, brood rearing and survival during winter.
Intensive farming decreases the amount of protective habitats. Weather affects pheasants more severely. The following tables introduce various agricultural practices and their effects on pheasants, agricultural productivity and economy on the farm. Positive agricultural practices and pheasants. Effects Pheasants Agriculture Economy Pheasants.