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Agriculture
fromRealagriculture
1 day ago

Early turnout, late consequences - Jim Gerrish on spring grazing | Ruminating with RealAg, Ep 41

Use pasture conditions, not the calendar, to decide turnout timing, and manage feed shortages with grazing strategies, virtual fencing, economics, and record keeping.
fromwww.pressdemocrat.com
7 months ago

Unbeknownst to Point Reyes ranchers, $10 million in restoration funds lined up by Nature Conservancy long before landmark deal

A California agency that finances habitat improvement projects approved $10 million in late August for restoration of land that's set to be vacated by seashore ranchers under a historic settlement announced this year in the final days of the Biden administration. The grant is going to The Nature Conservancy, the same group that brokered the closed-door talks with ranchers and spearheaded a reported $30-million-plus package accepted by a dozen of those families to exit the seashore.
Environment
fromKqed
11 months ago

Rare Purple Californian Flowers Are Blooming More Than Ever | KQED

"At first, we thought they were inside the pools... But now, we're seeing they actually thrive on the slopes of the mounds, not in the pool, not at the top, but that in-between space. That's a really interesting and unexpected result."
California
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