University of California Livestock advisors provide research-based information to public, governmental, and private groups and individuals on agricultural management practices to improve product quality, range management, water quality, and ecosystem health.

Resources

Water

• Low-Cost Methods of Measuring Diverted Water
• Determining Volume in a Small Pond with a Staff Gauge and Depth-Capacity Curve
• Water Measurement Using a Rectangular or 90-degree V-Notch Weir
• Impact of Environmental Factors on Fish Distribution Assessed in Rangeland Streams

Pasture

• Field Guide for Common California Rangeland and Pasture Plants
• 2020 Sample Costs to Establish or Reestablish and Produce Irrigated Pasture; Sierra Nevada Foothills

Cattle

• 2017 Sample Costs for Beef Cattle Yearling/Stocker Production; Northern Sacramento Valley
• Sample Costs for a 50-Head Organic Cow-Calf Operation in the North Coast Region of California