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Local stakeholders gather for the 2018 Rustici Tour on the Plumas Nati...

UCCE Plumas-Sierra and UC Rangelands hosted the 2nd Rustici Rangeland Tour on the Beckwourth Ranger District for more than 60 attendees on the Plumas National Forest. The event created a venue for local forest staff, agency leadership, grazing permittees, and other regional stakeholders to discuss contemporary research, management, and monitoring for sustainable public lands grazing. The Rustici Rangeland Tour was established as part of the Rustici Rangeland Science Symposium series to bring hands-on extension education opportunities to local resource managers and stakeholders in a field-based setting

UC Rangelands Spring Newsletter

UC Rangelands Spring Newsletter

UC Cooperative Extension, Chico State, and Foster Ranch co-host Irrigated Pasture and Rangeland Management Workshop   In California, there are more than 34 million acres of grazed rangeland. Through active stewardship and conservation, grazing land managers can provide for agricultural production as well as a diversity of other ecosystem benefits across these working landscapes. This workshop […]

WVM Analysis Overview: Which Value-Added Management Programs Really Ad...

WVM Analysis Overview: Which Value-Added Management Programs Really Add Value to Your Cattle?

By Tina Saitone Cooperative Extension Specialist, Livestock and Rangeland Economics The ever-expanding suite of value-added management and marketing programs available to cattle ranchers today creates substantial ranch-level complexity. Cattlemen are faced with the challenge of determining which programs will differentiate their cattle on sale day while maximizing the profitability of their operations. Although all of […]

Grazing Management to Improve Soil Health

Grazing Management to Improve Soil Health

By Ken Tate Grazing lands occupy nearly half the Earth’s land area, provide livelihoods for millions, and mitigate climate change via massive stores of carbon. Maintaining and restoring soil health is essential to ensuring these benefits in our ever changing environment. Thus, there is substantial global interest in managing livestock grazing to improve soil health. Grazing […]