Small Acreage Landowners
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)
As HPAI is currently (January 2025) moving across California, we want to encourage everyone to increase their biosecurity to reduce the risk. If you notice any signs of disease, as always, contact your veterinarian. While we have not seen HPAI in any other animals in California other than dairy cows and birds, it has been documented in other species. Remaining cautious on biosecurity is not only important now, but should be every day to reduce the risk of diseases transferred to your animals.
For more information about biosecurity, please be sure to watch Dr. Alda Pires recorded talk on this website focusing on outdoor swine production here. Or Dr. Pires other resources on Biosecurity and Webinars for further resources.
Information for Small Acreage Landowners
This comprehensive website provides information and answers to common questions and concerns of small acreage landowners in California and beyond.
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Questions about growing vegetables or crops on small acreages in California? This website will not cover that. Find the UC Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program near you to help answer your gardening questions.
Contact your local Advisor...
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Disclaimer
As a service to California small acreage landowners, links are provided to Cooperative Extension sites and universities and colleges that provide information on a variety of relevant topics. Because these sites are not a part of the UCCE or ANR system they may change and links may occasionally not work as their web masters make changes.
California small acreage landowners should also remember that information from other states may not be applicable or, in some cases, legal in California.
Additionally, these resources are provided to support small acreage landowners in noncommercial operations and may not have adequate information to guide management decisions in commercial operations.
About Us
This project was led by Julie Finzel, UC Cooperative Extension Livestock and Natural Resources advisor for Kern, Tulare and Kings Counties. In addition to Finzel, a team of UC Cooperative Extension livestock advisors contributed to the project, including Theresa Becchetti (Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties), Brooke Latack (Imperial, Riverside and San Bernadino counties) Dan Macon (Placer, Nevada, Sutter and Yuba counties), Devii Rao (San Benito, Santa Cruz and Monterey counties), Rebecca Ozeran, former UC Cooperative Extension livestock advisor for Fresno and Madera counties and Flavie Audoin, former UCCE advisor for the Central Sierra now rangeland management extension specialist at University of Arizona. Sequoia Williams, UC ANR technician in Placer County, compiled information and designed the webpages.