The Livestock and Natural Resource Management Program focuses on efforts to keep livestock and rangeland itself healthy and productive. The program assists landowners through problem-solving research and by providing science based information that promotes good stewardship and sustainability.
- If you can't find the Livestock or Range information you're looking for here, please visit the Livestock and Natural Resources webpages at the link below:
UCCE Livestock and Natural Resources

- Meat Industry Capacity and Feasibility Study of the North Coast Region of California - Printed copies are available from the Mendocino County Economic Development and Finance Corporation (MCEDFC) at a cost of $20. The full plans and technical specifications for the facility are also available from MCEDFC at a cost of $100.
- QA Tax Option for Drought Sales of Livestock
- Scrapie for LFA newsletter-June08_
Here is a link to the Brand Inspector Directory. You will find it on the Branch Info section of of the CDFA Bureau of Livestock Identification page.
- 2007 CENSUS of AGRICULTURE
- Development of Vegetation and Aquatic Habitat in Restored Riparian Sites of California's North Coast Rangelands
- Soil Carbon Sequestration in US Rangelands
- USDA Inspected Red Meat Slaughter Plants in CA
- Custom-Exempt (not USDA-Inspected) Red Meat Slaughter Plants
- Poultry Processing Plants
Animal ID Workshop Handouts
- Cover & Intro for Animal ID
- Cover Page
- The National ID System: Basics, Blueprint, Time lines, and Processes
- Cattle Identification and the National Animal ID System
- Benefits & Costs Associated with an Animal ID System for Cattle in the U.S.
- Obtaining A Premise ID Number in California
- Animal ID: Opportunities for Value-Added Marketing and Production Efficiencies.
- An introduction to Electronic Animal ID Systems & Comparison of Technologies
- The National ID System and Country-of-Origin Labeling: How are They Related?
- Value of Individual Record Keeping to Commercial Livestock Operators
- Animal ID: Confidentiality of Information
- Emerging Management Systems in Animal ID
- Animal ID: Liability Exposure & Risk Management
- Some Issues Related to Beef Traceability: Transforming Cattle into Beef in the U.S.
- Potential Benefits of Production Information to Cattle Producers
- Effects of Animal ID on Cattle Market Structure
- Challenges of Animal ID in the West
- Working With Animal ID Technology Providers
- ID INFO tech handout.pdf