Kern County

Past Workshops

2019 Southern San Joaquin Livestock Symposium

Presentations and in-print resources from the 2019 Southern San Joaquin Livestock Symposium are presented below.

Manganese Supplementation, Julie Finzel

How to Use EPD's, Dr. Alison VanEenennaam

Vaccination and Deworming Protocols, Dr. Gabrielle Maier

CAHFS Lab Update, Dr. John Adaska

Pink Eye

Pink Eye - Virginia Tech

Preventing Pinkeye in Cattle - Drovers Cattle Network 6-8-2015

Refugia: Managing resistance to dewormers

Best Management Practices: Parasite Control in Beef Cattle, Louisiana State

Refugia in Sheep and Goats, Purdue

Toxic Plants

2018 Educational Meetings

2018 Southern San Joaquin Livestock Symposium

Dollars and Cents of RDM/Cow-Calf Cost Study, Julie Finzel

Southern San Joaquin Cow-Calf Cost Study

Range Weed Control, Dr. Travis Bean

Desert Livestock Research Update, Brooke Latack

Trace Mineral Supplementation, Dr. Frank Martin

2018 Rangeland Weed Management Workshop

Link to presentations here

2017 Livestock Symposium Presentations

Below are the PowerPoint presentations from the 2017 Southern San Joaquin Livestock Symposium.

  Bridger Feuz - Economic Ranch Tools for Beef Producers

Dr. Frank Mitloehner - Facts and Fiction about Livestock and Climate Change

Dr. Frank Mitloehner - Climate Change White Paper

Bridger Feuz - Risk Management for Beef Producers

Dr. Frank Martin - Cattle Vaccine Protocols

Dr. Brad DeGroot, Multimin USA - Trace Mineral Nutrition and Beef Cattle Health and Productivity

Dr. James DeGroot and Dr. Lindsay Eby - Cattle Vaccine Protocols

Julie Finzel - Water Footprint of Beef Production on California Rangelands

Sheep Forum Presentations

Dr. Bridger Fuez - Economic Ranch Tools and Risk Protection

Hudson Hill - Using Ultrasound for Sire Selection

Dr. Jenny McDougle - Sheep Measles

Dr. Whit Stewart - Sheep Nutrition and Breeding Stock Selection

Julie Finzel - Grazing for Healthy Soils and Weed Control

Dr. Rob Moeller - Sheep Pathology

Drought Information and Resources

USDA, FSA - Emergency Conservation Program

Feeding Unusual Feedstuffs

Rangeland Watershed Laboratory - lots of direct links to helpful UC publications

UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center Drought Webinar Videos, Presentations, and Handouts

 

Livestock, Poultry, and Fish

Cow/Calf Management Guide

UC Vet Medicine Extension Center

California Animal Health & Food Safety Lab 
   
UC Animal Biotechnology

UC Poultry Production and Management

UC Aquaculture

UC Livestock and Range Site

UC Cost Studies

Cow/Calf Budget Calculator

2014 Vaccine Review - Dr. McNabb

Range and Natural Resource Management

Society for Range Management

UC Rangelands Website 

California Rangeland Watershed Lab

UC WeedRIC

Jepson Interchange - Plant Database

USDA PLANTS Database

UC ANR Range Management Series

     Barb Goatgrass

     Dryland Pastures: Establishment and Management

     Establishing and Managing Irrigated Pasture for Horses

     Estimating the Cost of Replacing Forage Losses on Annual Rangelands

     Guidelines for Residual Dry Matter (RDM) Management

     Photo Monitoring

     Range Management Series: Annual Range Forage Production

     Range Management Series: Annual Rangeland Forage Quality

     Range Management Series: Balancing Beef Cow Nutrition

     Range Management Series: Livestock Distribution

     Range Management Series: Monitoring Riparian Grazing Systems

Toxic Plants

     Livestock Poisoning Plants of California

     USDA-ARS Plants Poisonous to Livestock

     Toxic Plants in the Tehachapi Area - Goat focus

     Horticultural Poisonous Plants

     Poisonous Plants in and around the Home and Garden

     California Poison Control System

     Toxic Plants in the Tehachapi Area - Equine focus

     Toxic Plants - Mariposa County

Vertebrate Pest Management

     Vertebrate Pests

CDFW Human-Wildlife Conflict

Grant and Funding Opportunities

Natural Resource Conservation Service

Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
 
Start 2 Farm

Federal Grant Opportunities

California Department of Fish and Game

UC Davis Agricultural Sustainability Institute

Partners for Wildlife, USFWS

USDA, Farm Services Agency