Grazing management practices such as herding, strategic placement of livestock nutritional supplements and drinking water stations, and strategic fencing have the potential to reduce negative impacts of livestock to riparian areas.

 

This blog post was adapted from the UCCE Tehama – Livestock and Rangeland News – April 2016*   The series of storms this spring across Northern California was welcome on rangelands during the continuing drought.  Although these storms helped rangeland managers, the rains made for some risky decisions on timing hay cuttings – resulting in a lot of rained-on hay. As every rancher knows, this can lead to a lot of hay on the market with various levels of mold.   Although moldy hay can be inexpensive to buy, it may result in expenses later.