Livestock & Range

The latest information on weed control and fire will be presented at the Managing Weeds in Grasslands and Rangelands in the Context of Fire in California webinar on Wednesday, November 18, 2020.

Nuestra Comunidad is a new blog that showcases stories from Latino academics, advisors, and educators from UC ANR. If you are a Spanish speaker or someone who is trying to learn, and you are interested in agriculture, this is a great resource. You can subscribe to get updates.

Matchmaking grazing animals with grass and rangelands Professional grazing of overgrown rangelands, pastures and parcels is proven to reduce the spread of dangerous and costly wildfires.

UC Cooperative recently wrapped up a grant that explored the benefits of livestock for fire fuels reduction and fire safety. The next phase of this study has just been initiated.

Click here to view the article. The article is posted as a pdf instead of directly in the blog because it has a lot of tables and the blog does not handle tables well. This is a companion article to the Costs of Compost Addition article about the same project.