Please join us for a workshop titled, Monterey County Rangeland Carbon Sequestration: Ranchers and Rangelands Are Part of the Climate Change Solution. Discussions from this workshop will help information Monterey County's Climate Action Plan.

Date: September 22, 2022

Time: 9:00 am to 2:30  pm

Location: This is a hybrid event. You can join virtually by Zoom or you can join in person at the UC Cooperative Extension conference room in Salinas, located at:

1432 Abbot Street

Salinas, CA 93901

Cost: Free, lunch is included for in-person participants. A maximum of 80 people will be able to participate in-person.

Registration Deadline: September 14 for in-person attendees. This registration deadline is so we can work with the caterer to have enough food for everyone.

For people attending via Zoom, the registration deadline is September 21.

Click here to see the flyer for more information and to register.

Contact Jazmine Mejia-Muñoz at jazmine@californiamsf.org or 831-583-8847 for more information. You can also contact me for more information: drorao@ucanr.edu or 831-205-3125 .

Please join us for a workshop on E. coli on August 23, 2022.

Workshop title: E. coli 0157: What is it, how does it spread, and can it be prevented?

Date: August 23, 2022

Time: 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

Location: UCCE Conference Room, 1432 Abbott Street, Salinas, CA 93901

Cost: Free

For more information contact Jazmine Mejia-Muñoz at jazmine@californiamsf.org / 831-583-8847 or Devii Rao at drorao@ucanr.edu / 831-205-3125 

Click here for a pdf of the flyer.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is hosting an event where you can meet and learn from local farmers about voluntary conservation practices.

Date: Friday, May 13, 2022

Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Location: 420 Hall Road, Royal Oaks, CA

Hosted by: Javier Zamora

The event is free and lunch will be provided.

Click here for the flyer for more information.

Click here for the flyer in Spanish.

Do you have a few acres and either already have or want to add livestock? If so join UCCE for our seven-part Managing Land and Livestock on Small Acreage webinar series.

Webinars will be each Wednesday from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, starting April 20 through June 1. The workshop series will be held on Zoom and will be recorded and posted to our website after the series is completed. Pick the session that most aligns with your interests or join us for all of them.

Click here or see below for the agenda. Click here to register.

Managing Land and Livestock on Small Acreages Spring Webinar Series
Wednesdays, April 20 – June 1 from 6-7 PM

April 20 - Irrigated Pasture Species Selection and Nutritional Content of Forages

• Species Selection – Theresa Becchetti
• Nutritional Content of Forages – Brooke Latack

April 27 – Weed Identification and Management and Herbicide Selection

• Weed Identification and Management – Rebecca Ozeran
• Considerations of Herbicide Selection – Devii Rao

May 4 – Backyard Poultry

• Maurice Pitesky

May 11 – Outdoor Hog Production

• Animal Health and Biosecurity – Dr. Alda Pires
• Managing Diet and Nutrition – Theresa Becchetti

May 18 – Small-scale sheep and goat production

• Small Flock Health and Parasite Management – Dr. Rosie Busch
• Scrape Eradication Program – Julie Finzel

May 25 – Niche Marketing Backyard Livestock

• Niche Marketing 101 - Vince Trotter
• Niche Marketing Website – Dr. Sarah Klopatek
• Payments for Ecosystem Services – Fadzayi Mashiri

June 1 – Livestock Forensics: Mortality Diagnosis

• Basics of Animal Necropsy – Dr. Kate Watson
• Questions and Answer and On-Farm Scenario Discussion – All participants