Livestock & Range

Last Thursday the San Benito County Weed Management Area had its 16th Annual Continuing Education Seminar for Ranchers. We had a great turnout and lots of interesting presentations.

Maintaining and Improving Rural Roads When: December 6, 9:30 am - 1:00 pm Where: J.

The San Benito County Weed Management Area is holding its 16th Annual Continuing Education Seminar for Ranchers on Thursday, December 7 from 7:30 am to 11:35 am at the Hollister Veterans Memorial building.

Foxtail (Hordeum murinum) is a pest plant that can dominate pastures on the Central Coast. It's not particularly good forage for livestock and the seed heads often get stuck in eyes, ears, and noses of livestock and pets.

Temperatures are starting to cool down a bit, a nice reprieve from the consistently hot summer we've been having. Maybe we'll get some rain in the next three or four weeks and get some good germination. Hopefully, we won't get too much yellow starthistle this coming year, but we'll see.