Beginning Farmer

Beginning Farmer & Rancher Development Program Workshops

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Missed our workshop series? 

Click below to view the recordings and resources from our 2015, 2019, and 2020 workshops!

Beginning Farmer & Rancher Development Program

All of our webinar recordings are now available on our YouTube channel. Please note that recordings from 2021 onward are exclusively available on YouTube. 

UC Davis Pastured Poultry Farm

Check out our farm page for pastured poultry resources:

UCD Pastured Poultry Farm

Resources

Biosecurity and Disease Management:

• Hatchery Biosecurity (Utah)
• How to test for Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) in Your Backyard Coop
• Marek's Disease Pamphlet

Production and Management:

• Innovations at the UCD Pastured Poultry Farm
• Laying Hen Production (Utah)
• Pastured Poultry Nutrition and Forages
• Making a Hoop Pen for Pasture Poultry
• Tipsheet: Organic Poultry Production for Meat and Eggs
• Small-Scale Poultry Housing (VA-Tech)

Data Collection:

• Data Collection (UCD)
• Google Forms: A Free and Easy Way to Capture Data

Marketing and Processing:

• Niche Marketing Livestock in California
• Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network

Wildfire Preparedness Resources:

• Incident Information System
• Prepare Your Farm or Ranch (UCANR Fire Network)
• Wildfire Preparation Strategies for Commercial Ranchers (UCCE Rangelands)
• Wildfire Preparedness Tips for Chicken Owners (SoCal Nestbox)

Research Articles

Pastured Poultry

• Descriptive survey and Salmonella surveillance of pastured poultry layer farms in California
• Feeding and lighting practices on small-scale extensive pastured poultry commercial farms in the US
• Gastrointestinal impactions in backyard poultry
• Hen Health and Food Safety on California’s Pastured Poultry Farms
• Operational challenges and opportunities in pastured poultry operations in the United States
• Senior design project on how to use sensors to monitor poultry's movements and ambient environment: Poultry Data Acquisition
• Senior design project on how to use Black Soldier Fly larvae as supplemental poultry feed: Black Soldier Fly
  • Learn more about and view clips from the project here.