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.

This blog post was adapted from the UCCE Siskiyou Stockman - Livestock and Rangeland News – April 2016*

UC Davis’s Dr. Jeffery Stott has reached a new milestone is his work to address a major economic loss for California cattle producers—foothill abortion, a tick-borne bacterial disease that is estimated to cause the death of 45,000 to 90,000 calves each year. The first year of field trials is wrapping up, in which Stott’s team successfully vaccinated nearly 10,000 animals in California, Oregon, and Nevada against this deadly disease.