Virulent Newcastle Disease Reported in Southern California Chickens

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has reported a case of Virulent Newcastle Disease (VND) in a small flock of backyard exhibition chickens in Los Angeles County. The case was detected at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine’s California Animal Health and Food Safety (CAHFS) Laboratory. CDFA has quarantined potentially exposed birds.

• Managing Livestock Nutrition on Dry Forage
• Fire Season is Upon Us
• Coccidiosis in Sheep and Goats
• Sierra Harvest Land Match Program
• Observations of Blue Oak Needed
• USDA Will Require RFID Brucellosis Tags
• Complete the Ranch Management Survey for the chance to win a YETI cooler!
• Summer Workshops Calendar

• Another Strange Year
• New Forage Varieties
• New Publication Outlines Livestock Protection Tools
• Wool Testing
• Workshop Calendar

• New Waste Discharge Requirements for Confined Bovine Feeding Operations
• New Research to Evaluate Early Weaning as Drought Strategy
• New Research Evaluates Livestock Guardian Dog Breeds
• Placer-Nevada-Sutter-Yuba Livestock and Natural Resource Needs Assessment
• Workshop and Events Calendar
• Grazing Technology Field Day

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is looking to lease approximately 1800 acres in Yuba County for cattle grazing.

Please follow up directly with CDFW if you have questions!

• Reporting on Drought
• California Animal Health and Food Safety Lab Updates
• Winter/Spring Workshops Calendar

• What's Your Drought Plan?
• New Antibiotic Requirements for Livestock Producers - Are You Ready?
• Workshops for Sheep Producers
• Farm and Ranch Business Planning Short Course
• Placer-Nevada-South Sutter-North Sacramento Subwatershed Group Annual Meeting

Upcoming Workshops

California Sheep and Goat Grazing School

Establishing Irrigated Pasture Field Workshop

So You Want to Start a Farm or Ranch…

Grazing Technology Field Day

• A Gray Wolf Visits Nevada County
• Is Your Ranch Ready for Fire Season?
• More than Cows or Sheep: Ecosystem Services from Ranchlands
• Virulent Newcastle Disease Reported in Southern California Chickens
• Workshop and Events Calendar
• Sierra Foothill Wool Pool
• Sheep & Goat Grazing School

Register today for two UCCE rancher-focused workshops in March 2019!

Wednesday, March 20 - 2019 Cattlemen's Symposium: Join UC Davis and UCCE experts in cattle marketing, beef cattle genetics, cattle health, and pasture weed management! This half-day symposium will be held at Correia Livestock in Lincoln. $15/person - includes lunch. Co-sponsored by the Tahoe Cattleman's Association. Register at http://ucanr.edu/2019cattlesymposium. 

Friday, March 29 - Livestock Protection Tools Field Day (Penn Valley): Are you curious about nonlethal livestock protection tools but concerned about cost and effectiveness?Join UCCE for this half-day, hands-on field day exploring a variety of livestock protection  tools! Keynote speaker Cat Urbigkit is a Wyoming cattle and sheep producer who has used livestock guardian dogs and other tools to protect livestock from wolves and other predators. Please note: thsi field day is focused on the needs of commercial ranchers. We will be hosting a similar workshop for agency staff, nonprofit organization and non-commercial livestock owners later in Spring 2019. No charge! Register at http://ucanr.edu/livestockprotectiontoolsnevadaco. 

See the attached flyers for more information, or contact Dan Macon, Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor at dmacon@ucanr.edu.