After hearing from ranchers across the state about their different grazing practices and the numerous environmental benefits of grazing, the State Water Resources Control Board has decided to scrap efforts…
Finalists Named for 2015 California Leopold Conservation Award
…outlets, hay and strawberries. Prather Ranch established conservation easements on several properties to protect biodiversity. They use many conservation practices, including solar powered watering systems, intensive grazing, targeted vegetation management,…
New West Nile Virus Detection in Horses
…one in Shasta County. Two of the horses have died and the other two are recovering. Once again, we remind horse owners to have their animals vaccinated. It offers them…
Ranchers Remain Cautious Despite El Niño Forecast
…years of drought, forcing many of them to sell their animals, even when market demand gave signals that they should be expanding. Ranchers say they’re reluctant to put too much…
For Atwater FFA Students, It’s a Year Round Program
…winter and spring this past year, nearly a hundred students raised livestock for the Merced County Fair. The experience and skills obtained go beyond the animals. “This is about ‘responsibility’…
Finalists Named for 2015 California Leopold Conservation Award
…hay and strawberries. Prather Ranch established conservation easements on several properties to protect biodiversity. They use many conservation practices, including solar powered watering systems, intensive grazing, targeted vegetation management, riparian…
Dairy Farmers Explore Options in Feed Supplies
…for feeding their animals. While dairy farmers were grappling with high forage prices last year, Brad Kloss, a dairy nutritionist and management consultant in Visalia, said alfalfa hay is “more…
Wildfires Underscore Need for Readiness
…grazing land had been burned. But irrigated pastures had not been damaged so far, he said. The family also holds U.S. Forest Service grazing permits, and he said his son…
Four HLB Trees in San Gabriel, Quarantine Declared
…work to find a cure for the disease. The disease is bacterial and attacks the vascular system of plants. It does not pose a threat to humans or animals. The…
Conservation Incentives for Working Grass, Range and Pasture Lands
…as cross fencing to support rotational grazing or improving pasture cover to benefit pollinators or other wildlife. Participants may still conduct common grazing practices, produce hay, mow, or harvest for…
Huanglongbing Detected in Los Angeles County
…from San Gabriel. HLB is a bacterial disease that attacks the vascular system of plants. It does not pose a threat to humans or animals. The Asian citrus psyllid (ACP)…
President Obama’s Designation of Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument
…grazing lands, and habitat for important plant, fish and wildlife species.” “Today’s action honors more than a decade of work by the local community to protect this beautiful landscape,” said…
Almond Board: Steps to Take Before Harvest
…Fresno County grower Dennis Jizmejian says growers should already be restricting any domestic animals from going into the orchard, managing pests like ants and rodents, and considering the timing for…
Administration Places Politics Over Producers
…Ellis. “FMD is a highly contagious and devastating disease, not just for the cattle industry, but for all cloven-hoofed animals and it can be introduced and spread through the importation…