Please join the San Benito County Weed Management Area for our 17th Annual Continuing Education Seminar for Ranchers on December 5 from 8:00 am to 12:15 pm at the Hollister Veterans Memorial Building: 649 San Benito Street, Hollister.

This is a free event and will cover identification, monitoring, and management of rangeland weeds. We will also hear from UCCE's new beef vet specialist and and get updates from local agencies.

Bring your weeds to have them identified by a botanist! Two hours of pesticide continuing education credit (including 1 hour of Laws and Regulations) have been approved by the Department of Pesticide Regulation.

For more information, contact Devii Rao at drorao@ucanr.edu or 831-637-5346 x14. Here's the flyer for a detailed agenda.

 

Here's a message from the Pajaro Compass about their upcoming meeting.

WHEN:Wednesday, October 24^th, 8:30 am – noon

WHERE: Veterans Memorial Building, Room 218, 649 San Benito Street, Hollister

RSVP: Please follow the link HERE to RSVP, or email karminder.brown@gmail.com for more information. There is no cost to attend this meeting. Coffee and pastries will be provided.

The meeting is geared toward owners and managers of working ranches and farms who are looking for ways to keep their land intact and productive for future generations. A panel of landowners will share their experiences with easements and other strategies for successful ranch succession, and a second panel of speakers will describe the tools and programs available for working lands conservation through their organizations and agencies.

Panelists include:

Clifton Dorrance, Dorrance Ranches, LP.

John & Jack Varian, V6 Ranch

Dave Brigantino, Soap Lake Ranch, Brigantino Realty

Donnie Baldocchi, Gabilan Ranch

Jeremiah Leibowitz, California Rangeland Trust

Dan Dungy, San Benito Agricultural Land Trust

Matt Brown, PG&E Compensatory Mitigation Program

Jennifer Moonjian, CALTrans Mitigation Programs

Reggie Knox, California FarmLink

The Pajaro Compass is a Network for voluntary conservation that helps people to connect, learn, and partner in the Pajaro River Watershed. The Pajaro Compass provides a way for landowners and managers, public agencies, conservation organizations, funders, and elected officials to connect and engage in efforts to maintain a healthy and productive watershed.

Please join California Wool Growers Association for a Sheep Production 101 Workshop at the University of California Davis. This workshop will focus on sheep production basics, animal handling, breeding practices, nutrition, lambing, and predator management.

This workshop is open to ALL sheep producers, large and small, and industry stakeholders.

Workshop Cost ∼ $25.00 for members, $35.00 non-members

Registration Deadline: October 5^th

Late Fee: $10.00

CLICK HERE for registration form and tentative agenda.

A few Livestock Advisors in Central California are interested in developing a research project on oaks and we want to make sure the project will be valuable to you!

I'm hoping you will be willing to take 3 minutes to fill out a survey about why oaks are important to you and what info you need about oaks to better manage your lands. Here's a link to the survey, which has 7 questions: https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=25464. 

The survey is totally anonymous. 

 

For additional information, please contact:

Devii Rao in San Benito, Monterey, and Santa Cruz counties: drorao@ucanr.edu or 831-637-5346 x14.

Julie Finzel in Kern, Kings, Tulare counties: jafinzel@ucanr.edu or 661-868-6219.

Rebecca Ozeran in Fresno and Madera counties: rkozeran@ucanr.edu or 559-241-6564.