Ranching in the Sierra Foothills

While it may be difficult to imagine with another atmospheric river storm bearing down on Northern California this evening, irrigation season is just around the corner.

April 27-28, 2018 UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center 8279 Scott Forbes Rd., Browns Valley, California This two-day, hands-on grazing school will provide participants with practical, field-based experience in applying the principles of managed grazing on rangeland and irrigated pasture.

Since I haven't posted an update to my Livestock Guardian Dog Journal for four months, I thought an update on this project might be timely! We've been training a new dog to work during lambing (with some interesting observations about behavior).

Researchers at the UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center (SFREC) in Browns Valley have been collecting rangeland forage production data since 1979.

Several new online resources from the University of California can help ranchers learn about a wide array of resource and ranch management issues! There's an app for that! Due to the requirements of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board's Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program (ILRP),...