New Foothill Rancher

In this issue:

• Headed South on Highway 49
• Welcome Andrea Warner!

In this issue:

• Changes Ahead
• Livestock and Ag Pass Update
• Spring 2024 Workshop Schedule

In this issue:

• A Quick Note
• Using Fire to Fight Rangeland Weeds
• Sierra Foothill Rancher's Fire Academy
• Placer Prescribed Burn Association Community Resources Survey
• Follow me on Social Media

In this issue:

• Raising Livestock on Rangeland is not an Indoor Sport!
• No Such Thing as an Average Year
• Is YOUR Ranch Ready for Wildfire Season?!
• Nevada-Placer-Yuba Disaster Livestock Pass Update
• Parasite Control in Organic Livestock Production Survey
• Tentative 2023 Workshop Schedule
• Follow me on Social Media! 

In this issue: 

• Interested in Learning about using Prescribed Fire for Rangeland Improvement?
• After the Fire: Resources for Landowners and Land Managers Impacted by the Mosquito Fire
  • Evaluating burn severity
  • Tree mortality
  • Smoke/ash impacts on forage and livestock health
  • Rangeland seeding
  • Infrastructure recovery
• Workshop Schedule. Save the Date!
• Webinar & Social Media links!

In this issue:

• It's That Time of Year Again - Are You Ready for Wildfire?
• Livestock Guardian Dog Updates
  • Livestock Guardian Dogs and Wildfire
  • A New Look at the Economics of Using Livestock Guardian Dogs
  • More about Sam the Cattle LGD
• Blue Oak Mortality Update
• Beale Air Force Base Pasture Leases Out to Bid
• Foothill Agricultural Water Use Survey
• Workshop Schedule
• Webinar & Social Media Links

In this issue:

• Drought Update - A  Third Dry Year
• Cattle & Sheep Grazing School set for July 14-15, 2022!
• Sheep and Shepherds in the 21st Century - PhotoVoice survey
• 2022 Livestock Access Pass Update
• Livestock Guardian Dog Updates
• Foothills Agricultural Water Use Survey
• Birds from HPAI Control areas - Permits required to enter California - CDFA
• Follow u on Social Media

In this issue:

• Rancher's Wildfire Field Day - February 18, 2022
• New Fact Sheet: Wolves and Compensation Update
• Using Livestock Guardian Dogs with Cattle
• Starting Planning Now for your Targeted Grazing project
• Prescribed Fire Workshops 
• Winter/Spring Workshops Schedule
• Can't Make the Webinar? Check out these Virtual Learning Opportunities!
• Social Media Links

Our next round of Shepherd Skills Workshops will kick off with a Sheep Business Basics webinar on December 8!
We’ll also be offering webinars and field days on small ruminant health and husbandry, pasture lambing systems, and livestock guardian dogs!

Sign up for one or for all!

And have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Dan Macon, Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
UCCE – Placer-Nevada-Sutter-Yuba
County Director – UCCE – Placer-Nevada
(530) 889-7385

dmacon@ucanr.edu

http://ucanr.edu/sites/Livestock/

The Placer Resource Conservation District is hosting a horse property workshop in Auburn on December 4.

Details attached!

Thank you.

In this issue:

• Drought Conditions Persist
• Consider ammoniating rice straw for low-cost forage
• Disaster Livestock Access Pass Program in the Works for the Foothills
• Bonding Livestock Guardian Dogs with Cattle
• Upcoming Workshops
• Stay Tuned - Rancher's Wildfire Field Day
• Beyond the Drought - Building Resilient Ranches (flyer)
• Shepherd Skills Workshop Series (flyer)
• Podcast and Social Media

In this issue:

• Placer and Nevada Offices Reopening
• More than Simply Surviving
• Help us Pilot-Test a New Drought Decision Support Tool
• Managing Irrigated Pasture during Drought
• Getting our Ranches Ready for Fire Season
• Disaster Livestock Access Pass Program in the Works for the Foothills
• A Final Word...
• Upcoming Workshops

Managing Risk in Your Sheep Operation - Production Workshop

Wednesday, June 23, 2021 | 10-2p

Foster's Bighorn Restaurant - Rio Vista, CA

Register: https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=34947

Contact: Morgan Doran mpdoran@ucanr.edu or 530-666-8738

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Thursday, June 24, 2021 | 9 - 1p

Wool Growers Restaurant - Bakersfiled, CA

Register: https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=33921

Contact: Julie Finzel jafinzel@anr.edu or 661-868-6219

In this issue:

• Now is the Time to Consider Irrigated Pasture Renovations
• Turns Out - We are in a Drought!
• More Drought Information
• Drought Planning Decision Support Tool - Volunteers Needed!
• Shepherding Fire: Lessons from our Prescribed Fire on Working Landscapes Workshop
• A Few Tips for Hiring a Targeted Grazing Contractor
• CDFA Offers Free RFID Cattle Ear Tags
• Podcast & Social Media

Good morning! UCCE Placer-Nevada and Central Sierra, along with the Placer Resource Conservation District, are hosting a workshop and field days on using prescribed fire on working rangelands and forestlands, on March 30 and 31 (with live-fire field days to be scheduled in April, weather permitting).

Please see the attached flyer for details!

Space is limited, so register early!

Dan Macon, Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor

UCCE – Placer-Nevada-Sutter-Yuba

County Director – UCCE – Placer-Nevada

(530) 889-7385

dmacon@ucanr.edu

http://ucanr.edu/sites/Livestock/

March 13-15, 2021

• Gratitude
• Are We In For Another Drought?
• When Should Lambs Be Vaccinated?
• A Dry Fall and a Heavy Acorn Crop: Keep an Eye out for Acorn Toxicity
• What to do When an Animal Dies? Composting Could be the Answer
• New Research – Opportunities for Producer Participation!
• (Virtual) Workshops Calendar ~ Jan—Feb 2021
• Sheep Stuff Ewes Should Know - Podcast

If you missed any of the October webinars, or if you would simply like to go back and review what you learned, I’ve loaded the videos of each session onto my YouTube channel! You can simply click the links attached to watch the webinars!

In this issue:

• A Rancher's Fire Safe Council for the Foothills
• More on Blue Oaks
• Wildfire Ash on Forage and in Stock Water
• Round 2: More Public Safety Power Shut-offs
• Livestock Protection Tools - Operation Size Matters!
• October Webinars
• Podcast & Social Media 

Are you interested in starting a targeted grazing business? Want to take your existing business to the next level? Join UCCE for a 2-part webinar series on Getting Started in Targeted Grazing!

Introduction to Targeted Grazing (Tuesday, October 6, 2020 – 6-7:30 p.m.): UCCE Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor Dan Macon will provide an overview of targeted grazing, including grazing management, picking the right grazer for the job, livestock management, and customer relations. Cost: $10

Click here to register:  Part1 – Intro to Targeted Grazing

The Business of Targeted Grazing (Tuesday, October 27, 2020 – 6-7:30 p.m.): Join Dan Macon and a panel of targeted grazing contractors to learn about the ins and outs of building a targeted grazing business. Cost: $10

Click here to register: Part2 – The Business of Targeted Grazing

Once you’re registered, you’ll receive a link for each webinar.

Join the Tahoe Cattlemen’s Association and UC Cooperative Extension for four evening webinars on beef cattle production. The webinars are free of charge!

Click on the flyer attached for details on the webinars and to register for  1, 2, or all of the webinars

Click here to register!

In this issue:

• Covid-19 and UC Cooperative Extension
• Direct Marketing - Challenges & Opportunities
• Does Direct Marketing Add Value to Livestock?
• USDA Announces Online Portal for CFAP Applications
• USDA Declares Drought Disaster
• Sierra Harvest Offering 2020 Ag Skills Courses
• Public Safety Power Shutoff Needs Assessment
• Webinar and Podcast Schedule

In this issue:

• COVID-19 updates
• Coronaviruses in human and animal health
• To Fertilize or Not to Fertilize? That is the Question!
• Moderate drought persists in Northern California
• CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife Launches Human-Wildlife Conflict Website
• Virtual Meetings!

To ensure that we are taking all appropriate COVID-19 precautions, the Placer, Nevada, and Sutter-Yuba UCCE offices are closed for face-to-face, in-person service through April 7, 2020. While we regret the inconvenience, these are precautions we are taking to support our communities. However, while our offices may be closed, we are still at work – mostly from home. If you have a livestock or natural resource question during the closure, please email me directly (at dmacon@ucanr.edu) or leave me a voice mail at 530/889-7385. I will be checking both voice mail and email regularly during the closure, and will respond as quickly as possible.

During the closure, we will not be holding any workshops or meetings. However, I have several webinars and other online programs in the works – stay tuned for details! Also, I will be updating my blog, FaceBook pages, and Instagram IGTV channels regularly. Follow the links below to view these resources:

• UCCE Placer-Nevada-Sutter-Yuba Livestock and Natural Resources website: https://ucanr.edu/sites/Livestock/
• UCCE Foothill Farming website: https://ucanr.edu/sites/placernevadasmallfarms/
• Ranching in the Sierra Foothills Blog: https://ucanr.edu/blogs/RanchingintheFoothills/index.cfm
• UCCE Sustainable Foothill Ranching FaceBook page: https://www.facebook.com/FoothillSustainableRanching/
• UCCE Foothill Farming FaceBook page: https://www.facebook.com/FoothillFarming/
• Instagram (including IGTV channels): @flyingmule (note: I’m posting short videos about grazing man

Saturday, March 7, 2020
8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Auburn, CA
Presented by UC Cooperative Extension
Hosted by Flying Mule Sheep Company

To register: http://ucanr.edu/2020lambingschool

In this issue:

• Rainfall and Forage Growth: A Look Back and a Look Ahead
• Should I Still Vaccinate for Brucellosis?
• But She’s My Favorite Cow!
  • Lifetime Cow Profitability and Culling Your Open Cows
• Mix ‘em Up: Avoiding Habituation with Livestock Protection Tools
• Disaster Preparation for Your Ranch
• Save the date and Upcoming workshops.

In this Issue:

• Costs vs. Benefits: The economics of using livestock guardian dogs.
• How Many Dogs?
• Smutgrass: A growing problem on irrigated pasture
• Blue Oak mortality on Foothill Rangelands
• Preparing your cow herd for breeding
• Is your farm or ranch a business?

Coming up on July 23rd!

For more information and to register, click on link below

In this issue:

• Managing Livestock Nutrition on Dry Forage.
• Fire season is upon us.
• Planning for planned power outages.
• Coccidiosis in Sheep and Goats.
• Sierra Harvest Land Match Program.
• Observations of Blue Oaks Needed.
• USDA will require RFID Brucellosis Tags.
• Ranch Management Survey - Chance to win a Yeti Cooler!
• Summer Workshops calendar

Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm.

For additional information see the attached flyer. 

The Business of Targeted Grazing - Coming up May 23, 2019.

In this issue:

• Thinking About Hiring a Targeted Grazing Contractor?
• Marketing Your Calves
• Preventing Pinkeye
• Integrated Predator Management
• Nevada Irrigation District Proposes Irrigation Water Rate Increase
• Speaking of Irrigation Season
• UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Kicks Off Leptospirosis Study
• Ranching in a Dry Climate
• Virulent Newcastle Disease Update
• Spring Workshops Calendar

In this issue:

• Reporting on Drought
• The importance of keeping track
• California Animal Health and Food Safety Lab Updates
• Winter/Spring Workshops Calendar

You're Invited! Farmer-Rancher Open House at UC Cooperative Extension

In this issue:

• New Waste Discharge Requirements for Confined Bovine Feeding Operations.
• New Research to Evaluate Early Weaning as a Drought Strategy.
• New Research Evaluates Livestock Guardian Dog Breeds.
• More on LGDs...
• Placer-Nevada-Sutter-Yuba Livestock and Natural Resource Needs Assessment.
• Fall/Winter Workshops Calendar.

Hello everyone, see attached the upcoming workshops for Summer/Fall 2018!!

• 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
• Summer/Autumn Workshops & Events Calendar

Virulent Newcastle Disease Outbreak in Southern California chickens

Still time to register for our next Shepherd Skills Workshop – Wool Handling and Shearing Management!

Saturday, May 12 – 8:00 a.m. till 3:00 p.m.

Auburn, CA

$5/person

Register at http://ceplacer.ucanr.edu/?calitem=408880&g=36980

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

Flyer for:

2018 California Beef
Cattle Grazing School
April 27-28, 2018
UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center
8279 Scott Forbes Road, Browns Valley, CA

• 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

Attached is the 2018 Shepherd Skills Workshop Schedule.

January 18, 2018 - Sheep Management Basics

January 20, 2018 - Preparing Ewes for Lambing

March 3, 2018 - Pasture Lambing School

May 2018 - Wool Handling and Shearing management

August 30, 2018 - Preparing Ewes for Breeding

September 14-15, 2018 - Small Ruminant Grazing School

November 22, 2017

Happy Thanksgiving! The next issue of The New Foothill Rancher won’t come out until early 2018, but I wanted to make sure you were all aware of several workshops and important meetings coming up in the next month.