Livestock & Range

The University of California Cooperative Extension is looking for a half-time administrative assistant. The position will be based at of our office in Hollister. We're looking for a great candidate to join our small, but dedicated team.

July 2023 On May 18, 2023, Vesicular Stomatitis Virus was detected in a horse premises in San Diego County. Since then, several more counties in the southern half of California have reported positive cases of vesicular stomatitis, mainly in horses.

A livestock producer recently contacted UCCE regarding a problem he was having getting livestock dewormers shipped to a California address from out-of-state online retailers. Three different online retailers told him that they don't have a license to ship the products to California.

On May 22, 2023 I had the opportunity to spend the day with Fernando Pulido, professor of ecology and land management at the University of Extremadura, in Plasencia, Spain. He is also the director of Proyecto Mosaico (Mosaic Project).

The Central Coast Prescribed Burn Association (CCPBA) is a project of UC Cooperative Extension San Benito County and the Resource Conservation District of Monterey County with funding from two CAL FIRE grants. We hosted our first prescribed fire training exchange (TREX) from June 3 - June 10, 2023.