Karmjot Randhawa
Fresno/Madera/Kings/Tulare Counties
Email: kgrandhawa@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-241-7514

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Tulare County
Cooperative Extension
4437-B S. Laspina St.
Tulare, CA 93274
Phone: (559) 684-3300
Fax: (559) 685-3319

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New Advisor Spotlight

Dr. Rúbia Branco Lopes is the UCCE Dairy Farm Advisor for Tulare and Kern Counties. She holds a bachelor's degree in Agronomy and a master’s in Animal Science. After her masters, she worked as a visiting scholar at the Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center in Tulare, CA. There, among other projects, she studied the feeding management of close-up rations in California dairies. Recently, she finished her PhD in Animal Biology from UC Davis. Her dissertation investigated the effect of probiotics on growth of dairy calves and assessed the safety of commercial cattle probiotic products. During her academic career, she conducted research mainly on ruminant nutrition and antimicrobial stewardship. Rúbia is based out of the University of California Cooperative Extension Tulare County office and will be assisting dairy producers throughout Tulare and Kern counties. She is looking forward to working with dairy producers, consultants, and allied industry. Please do not hesitate to contact Rubia with questions or suggestions of topics to address.

Dr. Rúbia Branco Lopes

rbrancolopes@ucanr.edu

(559) 684-3314

Programmatic Blogs

UCCE Tulare County Educates Local Students About Prunes, a Local Crop

Dairy's Net Zero Initiative gets boost with $10 million research grant

Make a Gift UCCE Tulare County Fund

Make a Gift UCCE Tulare and Kings Counties Master Gardener Fund

Make a Gift UCCE Tulare County 4-H and Youth Development Fund

Calendar

Event Name	Date
Weeds School for Table Grapes	11/21/2023

How to use Match.Graze

By University of California Cooperative Extension

Do you have livestock that need land to graze, or land that you'd like grazed in California? This tool can help you make a match, says the University of California Cooperative Extension, a division of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Read more here: https://www.fresnobee.com/news/california/article247166811.html#storylink=cpy

CDFA Outreach and Education

As part of the Governor’s Enforcement Task Force member, the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s (CDFA) targeted action is to provide outreach and education to the agricultural community. Below is the Cal/OSHA COVID-19 guidance, checklists and videos that can be sent out as educational material to the agricultural sectors.

Cal/OSHA Checklist and Guidance: