San Benito

Do you have sheep and/or goats? Are you interested in learning about small ruminant nutrition, disease prevention, the new veterinary feed directive, or using sheep and goats to manage weeds and fire fuels?

Please join the San Benito Weed Management Area (WMA) for a free weed workshop. 2.5 hours of pesticide continuing education credit (including 1 hour of Laws and Regulations) have been approved by the Department of Pesticide Regulation.

For those of you not familiar with this group, "The Pajaro Compass Network includes a diverse membership representing conservation, agriculture, transportation, government and community interests with a common conservation vision for the Pajaro River watershed.

Here's some info about 3 upcoming events related to livestock and rangelands. All of this information, and more, is available in a hard copy newsletter I mailed out today to almost 1,000 livestock producers in San Benito, Monterey, and Santa Cruz counties.

Many of the ranchers I've spoken with over the last year and a half have said that tumbleweed, also known as Russian thistle (Salsola sp.), is a big problem in both San Benito and Monterey counties.

University of California Cooperative Extension Wild Pig Survey UC Cooperative Extension wants to hear from San Benito, Monterey, and Santa Cruz county ranchers and farmers about your experience with wild pigs.

The Center for Natural Lands Management (CNLM) will be acquiring 25,000 acres of mitigation land in San Benito County's Panoche Valley and will be hiring 2 full-time preserve managers.

Pajaro Compass Network Launch Meeting June 23, 8:30 am-12 pm Hollister Veterans Building - 649 San Benito St., Hollister, CA 95023 Free Event The Pajaro Compass aims to improve coordination among conservation organizations, support working lands, and advance conservation with interested parties.

Are you motivated and involved in the cattle industry? Do you have ideas you'd like to share? The San Benito County Cattlemen's Association is looking for a couple new board members. They are especially interested in getting younger people on the board.

On February 16 I wrote a blog post to let you all know about the February 25 Pajaro Compass (Compass) meeting at the Hollister Veterans Memorial Building. I was able to attend the meeting, which had around 35 people.