- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Published on: April 17, 2020
When California was part of the Wild West, it took a certain amount of guesswork to move cattle from their home range to summer pastures while making sure sufficient forage was left behind to hold the cattle over till fall rainfall spurred new growth.
“Ranchers eyeballed it,” said Theresa Becchetti, UC Cooperative Extension livestock and natural resources advisor. “In time, second-, third-, and fourth-generation ranchers got pretty good at deciding, but UC Cooperative Extension introduced a more scientific approach.”
In the spring of 1936, the USDA Forest Services began measuring ungrazed forage at the San Joaquin Experimental Range in Madera County....
Tags: forage (1), ranching (2), rangeland (17), Royce Larsen (3), Scott Oneto (3), Theresa Becchetti (2)
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture
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