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Ranching 101: What Resource Professionals Need to Know to Work Effectively with Ranchers Alameda County Conservation Partnership November 7. 2017

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Page 1: Ranching 101 - acrcd.org · Ranching 101: What Resource Professionals Need to Know to Work Effectively with Ranchers Alameda County Conservation Partnership November 7. 2017

Ranching 101:

What Resource Professionals Need to Know to Work

Effectively with Ranchers

Alameda County Conservation Partnership

November 7. 2017

Page 2: Ranching 101 - acrcd.org · Ranching 101: What Resource Professionals Need to Know to Work Effectively with Ranchers Alameda County Conservation Partnership November 7. 2017

Why Graze?

• Benefits to vegetation &

wildlife

• Role in fuels / fire

reduction

• Open Space

Conservation/ Support

for Local Agriculture

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“Typical” cattle operations in the Bay Area

• Ranching

Vocabulary

• Types of

Enterprises

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Calendar of Operations

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Calving BreedingBreeding

(cont’d)

ProcessingDisease Management

(cont’d)Disease

Management

Weaning, Gathering,

and Shipping

Rapid Grass Growth Dry Annual Grass Slow Grass Growth

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Calving

• Calving window

• How is seasonality related to calving?

• How does calving work for the rancher and the cow?

o Calving unassisted

o Rancher monitoring

• Heifer vs. cow calving

• Importance of location for calving (i.e. where

calving happens on the landscape)

• Guide to “abandoned” calves

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Processing

• What happens during processing

o Branding, Castration, Tagging, Worming / Parasite Control

• What ranchers need to be able to process their cattle

o Facilities & infrastructure

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Breeding

• Breeding window

o What is the window?

o A.I.

• Bulls

o What is the typical ratio of bulls to cows?

o What about with AI – do you still need bulls?

o Where do the bulls go when they’re not breeding?

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Animal Welfare and Health Management

• Diseases of specific concern

o Rancher familiarity with localized animal health issues

o Foothill abortion & anaplasmosis

• Disease Management

o Vaccines, worming / parasite control, antibiotics

o The importance of disease management

o Quality of life for the animal

o Efficacy of treatments

o Risks of not conducting proper disease management

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Weaning

• The weaning process – when and how is it done?

o Options for weaning

o Economics of the different weaning methods

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Gathering and Shipping

• The gathering process – when and how is it done?

o Challenges when gathering

o Equipment / infrastructure required

• The shipping process – when and how is it done?

o Equipment / infrastructure required

o Understanding the flow of cattle out & in

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The Influence of Recommendations and Requirements on the Yearly Activities of a Ranching Operation

• The challenges of meeting certain land-use recommendations or

requirements based on the calendar of activities

• Reality of implementing specific grazing approaches based on the

calendar of activities and available infrastructure

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Questions?