A thorough introduction to the issues and decisions facing a beef cattle producer in California.

Part 1 of the Bio-Security in 4-H Animal Science Curriculum. Livestock shows are an important part of 4-H, but members need to be aware of the disease risks involved when stock from different farms come together in one place. This 3-part curriculum teaches principles and practices of livestock health safety.

Part 2 of the Bio-Security in 4-H Animal Science Curriculum. Livestock shows are an important part of 4-H, but members need to be aware of the disease risks involved when stock from different farms come together in one place. This 3-part curriculum teaches principles and practices of livestock health safety.

Full title: Bio-Security in 4-H Animal Science 3A: Maps, Good Recordkeeping, and Tracking Animal Movement. This is Part 3A of the Bio-Security in 4-H Animal Science Curriculum. Select either Part 3A (if you do not have GPS units available) or Part 3B (if you do have GPS).Livestock shows are an important part of 4-H, but members need to be aware of the disease risks involved when stock from different farms come together in one place. This 3-part curriculum teaches principles and practices of livestock health safety.

Full title: Bio-Security in 4-H Animal Science 3B: Maps, GPS, Good Recordkeeping, and Tracking Animal Movement. This is Part 3B of the Bio-Security in 4-H Animal Science Curriculum. Select either Part 3A (if you do not have GPS units available) or Part 3B (if you do have GPS). Livestock shows are an important part of 4-H, but members need to be aware of the disease risks involved when stock from different farms come together in one place. This 3-part curriculum teaches principles and practices of livestock health safety.

Private landowners, ecosystem restoration professionals, and resource agency staff can work together to increase native vegetation on the banks of streams and rivers. This publication gives practical advice on how to make this kind of project work.

Full Title: Dryland Pastures: Establishment and Management in the Intermountain Region of Northern California. Covers important considerations for site selection, seed mixes that are appropriate for different climates and land-use plans, seeding rates, seedbed preparation methods, planting times, seeding methods, weed control, and grazing management.

Horse owners can create a reliable, home-grown source of forage for their animals by setting up an irrigated pasture, but it can't be just anywhere. You need the right soil, the right drainage, the right forage crop and more. Find out what it takes! Note that this new edition replaces the 1980 publication of the same title (UC ANR Publication 21164).

Horses, goats, sheep, and cattle can sicken or die if they eat from a poisonous plant. The best strategy is just to keep these plants out of reach. Here are photos, ID info, and poisoning symptoms for more than 30 hazardous ornamental and range plants.

Small smutgrass (Sporobolus indicus) is a grass that grows well in irrigated pastures but is not palatable to livestock. So what happens if it grows well and it doesn't get eaten? It takes over the pasture! Learn some simple control measures that will keep this weed in check.

Increased awareness and regulation of dairy waste products have spawned a variety of technical innovations, including anaerobic digesters, which use bacteria to make a useful biogas fuel from animal waste products.

A set of photographs taken every year from the same locations can give you a better sense of how natural events, cultural practices, and other factors change your rangeland property over time. This publication shows you how to set up and maintain this kind of record.

With feed prices rising, dairies are looking for new feed options such as rice straw. The problem is rice straw can jam equipment and be hard to mix into other ration components. The key is to cut the straw to the right length at the cutter/baler stage.

Find out how glyphosate-resistant alfalfa promises to make weed control much simpler and alfalfa production cheaper.

Full title:Sample Costs for a 50-Head Organic Cow-Calf Operation in the North Coast Region of California (Mendocino and Lake Counties). Based on a 50-head cow-calf operation in Mendocino County, but applicable to organic operations elsewhere, too.

Full Title: Sample Costs for a 500-Head Dairy Goat Operation: Goat Milk for Cheese Production in California's North Coast. Up-to-date economic information for dairy goat ranchers. Extensive cost tables.

For ranchers, range managers, and land reclamation contractors. Descriptions of a variety of grasses and legumes used for reseeding rangelands and reclaiming disturbed land in California. This is an unaltered scan of the 1983 print edition, now available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF document.

Federal, state, or local agency inspection is mandatory for any meat or meat product before it can be sold. This publication explains various product categories and tells which inspection each one requires.

This classic publication from 1981 covers everything you need to know to get started with a small home goat operation including selection, shelter and space requirements, feeding, milking, breeding and kidding.This is an unaltered scan of the 1981 print edition, now available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF document.

If you have enough pasture or a drylot area, and zoning regulations allow you to do so, there are several advantages to raising your own beef. This is an unaltered scan of the 1979 print edition of this publication, now available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF document.

Rapid growth and muscling are the criteria for the meat-type steer. Learn how to judge steers for the ideal balance of muscle to fat. This is an unaltered scan of the 1978 print edition, now available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF document.

This publication outlines a total mixed ration (TMR) sampling protocol that is practical for use on commercial dairy farms.

Foot traffic is hard on lawns, but you can minimize the potential for damage by choosing the right turfgrass and growing it on the right soil.

Carcass attributes are figuring more into the cow-calf manager’s decision-making process and yielding financial rewards. Learn what carcass information means and how it can be used it to improve beef quality.