Livestock & Range

Are you a rancher who is interested in figuring out ways to reduce costs? Are you thinking about going into the cattle business? Or are you a staff person at an agency that uses livestock grazing as a land management tool, and want to better understand how ranching works?

I have been getting some calls recently regarding SB 88, the legislation related to reporting stock pond diversions. UCCE advisors Julie Finzel, Theresa Becchetti and Scott Oneto put together a great summary on Water Board requirements and how to measure water diversions. Click here for the article.

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Join the Santa Clara County Division of Agriculture & UCCE Santa Clara County for a Ground Squirrel and Gopher Management Workshop. Click here to register.

In 2018 I clipped and weighed forage production (grasses and forbs) from four ranches in San Benito County, two ranches in Monterey County, and four ranches in Santa Cruz County.