Ongoing research

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Animal Health

Livestock Carcass Disposal Disposing of animal carcasses has become an increasing problem as rendering facilities close and remaining facilities charge higher fees for on-farm pick up.
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Forage Information

Links to forage information resources: California Alfalfa and Forages http://alfalfa.ucdavis.edu/ UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/ California Weed Free Forage http://pi.cdfa.ca.gov/weed/wff/ California Weekly Hay Report (current hay prices) http://www.ams.usda.
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Marketing

Grass Fed Beef See this Chico State web page for information on grass fed beef products and producers throughout California. http://www.csuchico.
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Publications

Buying Livestock Drugs in California July2023 Strategic Grazing of Alfalfa by Sheep in California's Central Valley Bell, C.E. and J.N. Guerrero. 1997. Sheep grazing effectively controls weeds in seedling alfalfa. California Agriculture 51(2):19-23 Pelton, R.E., V.L. Marble, W.E. Wildman and G.
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Handouts and Presentations

Prescribed Fire on Private Lands Workshop - March 13, 2020 Presentations Burn Plan Elements for the Private Burner - Lenya QuinnDavidson Fire Forward and the Good Fire Alliance - Jared Childress Fire Weather: useful websites and tools - Jeff Stackhouse Healthy Lands, Healthy Waters - Amanda Benton O...
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Alfalfa

Alfalfa Hay and Forage News blog http://ucanr.
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Dry Bean Production

Common dry bean production guidelines can be found in UC ANR publication number 8402 Common Dry Bean Production in California...
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Hedgerows

Benefits of Hedgerows include: *Pest control *Wind breaks *Air and water quality protection *Soil protection *Wildlife habitat *Enhanced populations of beneficial insects & pollinators Hedgerows on field crop edges increase soil carbon to a depth of 1 meter Incentives to connect our Landscape Pest C...
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