Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

Adapted by Nick Clark UCCE Kings, Tulare and Fresno Counties Fall planted small grain crops are at the mercy of mother nature more than their summer forage counterparts (winters in California tend to be more unpredictable than summers).

Adapted by Deanne Meyer - Livestock Waste Management Specialist, Jennifer Heguy - UCCE Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin Counties, Betsy Karle - UCCE Northern Sacramento Valley, Zaira Joaquin Morales UC Davis What is a typical dairy? Why does anyone or any agency care what typical dairies are?

Jennifer Heguy, UCCE Stanislaus & San Joaquin and Jed Asmus, Independent Nutritionist No se puede simplemente llevar la dieta de una lechera, suministrarla a otra lechera y esperar los mismos resultados de produccin.

Betsy Karle UCCE Northern Sacramento Valley Aunque las vacas de desecho y los terneros machos no son una fuente primaria de ingresos para las lecheras, stos representan una muestra significativa de las violaciones por residuos de medicamentos, por eso las agencias de regulacin estn buscando solucio...

Adapted by Carol Collar and Noelia Silva del Rio Farm Advisors, UC Cooperative Extension, Kings and Tulare Counties What is the challenge?

Adapted by Larry Schwankl and Carol Frate, UCCE Irrigation Specialist and UCCE Farm Advisor A problem facing many irrigation managers is that they would like to apply less water per irrigation but cant. There are good reasons to reduce the amount of water applied per irrigation.

Adapted by Jennifer Heguy, UCCE Stanislaus/San Joaquin, Betsy Karle, UCCE Glenn/Tehama, Patricia Price, SRA, UC Davis, & Deanne Meyer, UCCE Waste Management Specialist, UC Davis Do you know how much dry matter is being removed from your corn fields and placed into your silage structure?

Adapted by Noelia Silva-del-Ro and Carol Collar, UCCE Tulare and Kings Counties We have recently summarized BTM quality and pathogen culture data from California dairies.

Adapted by Jed Asmus, Independent Nutritionist and Jennifer Heguy, UCCE Stanislaus and San Joaquin Counties Our last article talked about the cost of feeding excess. This follow up article expands upon the topic by explaining the logic and lost opportunities associated with over supplying nutrients.

Adapted by Noelia Silva-del-Ro, UCCE Tulare County What is Milk Urea Nitrogen? Milk urea nitrogen (MUN), the concentration of urea in milk, is a tool to monitor the efficiency of crude protein utilization in dairy cows. In the rumen, microbes degrade dietary protein to ammonia.