Northern California Ranch Update
Northern California Ranch Update
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To provide the ranching community in the Sacramento Valley with science-based information.
Volume 8, Issue 1 - October 2021 Northern California Ranch Update
In this issue:
Consider Ammoniating Rice Straw for Low Cost Forage
Cattle Deworming Considerations
Don't Forget the Mineral
Patching the Eye of Cattle with Pinkeye Results in Faster Healing
Steps to Plant and Establish Flecha Tall Fescue
Monthly Irrigated Pasture Production in the Northern Sacramento Valley
Ag Producers Continuing Education Day
Virtual Water Measurement and Reporting Course
Traditional Market-Animal Projects Positively Influence 4-H Enrollment
New Advisor Introduction
Volume 7, Issue 1 - August 2019 Northern California Ranch Update
In this Issue:
Fly Impacts and Control on Cattle
Determining Volume in a Small Pond with a Staff Gauge
Comparing Last 2 Years of Rangeland Production
Nitrogen Fertilizer Considerations for Pasture
Beef Quality Assurance Training and Certification
Ash Toxicology Article
Rangleland Educational Update with Ice Cream & Peaches Agenda & Form: 8/27/19
Volume 6, Issue 2 - August 2017 Northern California Ranch Update
In this Issue:
Blackberry Management
Managing Mint in Irrigated Pasture in California
Rotary Wiper Control of Smutgrass in Irrigated Pasture
Consumption of Mineral by Yearling Cattle Grazing Annual Range and Irrigated Pasture
Alleviating Worries for Nitrate and Prussic Acid Poisoning
Beef Cattle Market Relationships
Rangleland Educational Update with Ice Cream & Peaches Agenda and Form: 8/22/17
Volume 6, Issue 1 - January 2017 Northern California Ranch Update
In this Issue:
2015-16 Northern California Winter Pasture Experience Varies
Using a Cow to Plant Bur Clover
Grass Tetany
Medusahead Seed Suppression with Milestone Herbicide
Methods of Selenium Supplementation for Beef Cattle & Associated Weight Gains
Comparing Transline and Milestone Herbicides
Volume 5, Issue 1 - February 2014 Northern California Ranch Update
In this Issue:
Managing Irrigated Pasture in a Short Water Year
Watch Your Cattle Around Oak Trees
New Perennial Grass Tested for Sacramento Valley Foothill Rangeland
SRA Fees Boost Funding for CAL FIRE's VMP Program
Managing Cattle During Drought: Destocking and Early Weaning
Checking for Vitamin A Deficiency
Winter Livestock Meeting Flier and Registration Form: February 21, 2014
Volume 4, Issue 2 - August 2012 Northern California Ranch Update
In this Issue:
Milestone (Aminopyralid) Applied Preemergence can Control Medusahead
Assistance with Fish Screen on Diversions
Selective Control of Barb Goatgrass with Aminocyclopyrachlor
2011/12 Northern California Winter Pasture Experience Varies
Understanding and Managing Shrink
Important Facts to Know about Herbicide: Glyphosate
Volume 4, Issue1 - January 2012 Northern California Ranch Update
In this Issue:
Pasture Aeration Trial
Research Update on Using a Rotary Wiper
2010/11 Northern California Winter Pasture Experience
Effects of Heavy Grazing on Tarweek and Vinegarweed
Controlling Wire Grass in Irrigated Pastures
A Method to Implement Crossbreeding
Winter Ag Meeting Agenda: February 24, 2012
Volume 3, Issue 2 - August 2009 Northern California Ranch Update
In this Issue:
Beef Improvement Federation Annual Meeting Highlights
Irrigated Pasture Clipping Height Project
2008/09 Northern California Winter Pasture Experience
Dryland Hay Variety Trials
Beef and Horse Vaccination and Treatment Plans for the Northern California Sacramento Valley
Educational Update with Ice Cream and Peaches: August 25, 2009
Cattlemen's Day at the Inter-Mountain Fair
Volume 3, Issue 1 - March 2009 Northern California Ranch Update
In this Issue:
Medusahead: What is being tested to reduce it?
Irrigated Pasture Fertilization - Where do we go from here?
Weaned Calf and Yearling Natural and Implant Trends and Prices
2009 Beef Improvement Federation Research Symposium
Winter Ag Meeting: March 19, 2009
A Rancher's Guide to COOL (Country of Origin Labeling Program)
Volume 2, Issue 4 - October 2008 Northern California Ranch Update
In this Issue:
Booster Vaccines
Seeding Irrigated Pasture in the Sacramento Valley
Use of Alternative Feedstuffs in the Drought
Smaller Cows or Fewer Cows?
Performance Advantage of Wintering Fall Calving Mountain Cattle in the Sacramento Valley