In August 2023, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) confirmed the presence of a new wolf pack in Tulare County. CDFW offers a compensation program to reimburse ranchers for livestock depredations and for new practices implemented to avoid depredation, such as range riding, turbo fladry, and installing game cameras. Learn more about the Compensation Program here.
USDA Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to Protect Working Grasslands
The CRP is open for continuous enrollment. Enrolled lands earn rent from USDA in exchange for reducing certain uses. Find out more about the 2023 Grasslands CRP enrollment here, or read the Continuous CRP program factsheet here.
Healthy Soils Program
CDFA's Healthy Soils Program (HSP) offers incentives and financial support for agricultural management practices that sustain healthy soils and increase or maintain carbon storage in soils. More information on this initiative can be found here.
Amber Butland, our local Climate Smart Ag expert, can help with applications to HSP and other state programs.
You can read more about soil health on rangelands and pastures here.
As of April 1, 2017, there are new disease traceability/tagging and trichomoniasis (trich) testing requirements in California.
CDFA has summarized the changes in their April newsletter, which you can download here.
Research and information relating to livestock, range and natural resource management.
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Stockmanship for Pasture Management Workshop An introduction to the art and science of stockmanship to achieve management objectives July 19-21, 2019 Palmdale, California Early bird registration fees end tomorrow (6/15/19)! Visit https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=27326 to register.
In this issue: Two freely accessible webinar series Making a difference in difficult situations Weed management on public lands Prescribed fire workshop at Shaver Lake - Nov 5 & 6, 2019 To learn more or register online, visit: http://ucanr.
Check out the registration and agenda information for these upcoming meetings: Livestock Symposium February 27 (Catheys Valley and Visalia) and February 28 (Bakersfield), 2019 Prescribed Fire Workshop May 17 and 18 (Blodgett Forest Research Station, Georgetown), 2019...
Beef Cattle Health Webinar Recordings Available Ewe Mastitis and Lamb Survival Survey Upcoming Webinars: Drought, Vineyard Grazing Weed Management Book - Still on Sale!...
In this issue, learn more about: Blue-green algae Toxic wildflowers FREE Emergency preparedness webinars, September 2 and September 9 - more information on the calendar: https://ucanr.
In this issue: Help us focus an oak research project! SB 88 reporting requirements SB 88 / AB 589 workshops in October Small Flock Egg Producers' Workshop October 4 Wildfire, Rangelands, and UCCE...
In this issue: ***2021 Water Diversion and Use Reports Due April 1 for All Diverters*** Spring Webinar Series for Small Acreage Management Range Camp reopens Forage and Drought Weed book still on sale...
Don't miss out on the upcoming Rangeland Weed Workshop, Saturday, May 11 at the McKenzie Preserve! 9am - 2pm 3.5 hours of DPR continuing education credits are offered Capacity is limited, but there are still spaces available! Register at https://ucanr.
