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