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San Joaquin Valley ranchers can use new UC ANR beef-cattle cost study to guide their production decisions.
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UC releases latest cost and returns for ranchers raising beef cattle

May 6, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Among California's agricultural commodities, cattle rank fifth in revenue. The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources' Agricultural Issues Center has released a new study showing the cost and returns of a beef cattle operation.
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Mechanical pruning reduced labor costs by 90%, resulted in increased grape yields and berry quality was as good or better than hand-pruned vines.
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Winegrape vineyards can be converted for machine pruning without replanting

April 15, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Wine grape growers in the San Joaquin Valley who want to switch from hand pruning to mechanical pruning won't have to replant their vineyards to accommodate machinery, according to a new study published in HortTechnology by University of California Cooperative Extension researchers.
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