WOLVES & LIVESTOCK LOSSES Many of the impacts sustained by ranchers are well known to those in the industry, but were also recently solidified by research conducted by the University of California, Davis. Drs. Tina Saitone and Ken Tate led a multi-year study analyzing and recording actual impacts on cattle by wolves through [...]

Fueling Our Future: Nutrition, Sustainability & Student Success On August 4, 2026, the California Cattle Council hosted Fueling Our Future: Nutrition, Sustainability & Student Success at the California State Capitol, bringing together legislators and Capitol staff, school nutrition leaders, agricultural organizations, and community partners to highlight the connection between California agriculture, school [...]

STORIES FROM CALIFORNIA CATTLE COUNTRY PODCAST Stories from California Cattle Country took listeners to some of the most beautiful parts of California to learn more about the people and practices behind the state’s ranches and dairies. Host Ryan traveled across the state, meeting cattle ranchers and dairy farmers and sharing stories about the [...]

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS The California Cattle Council released a new report, “Economic Analysis of California Dairy Consolidation, Attrition, and Policy Leakage.” The data-driven economic analysis, conducted by ERA Economics, looks at California dairy sector trends, market conditions, consolidation, and attrition, as well as the potential impacts of direct regulation of dairy methane emissions. [...]

STORIES FROM CALIFORNIA CATTLE COUNTRY PODCAST With support from the California Cattle Council, the California Cattlemen’s Foundation produced a series of educational handouts for elected officials.See the handouts below. To download, click on the images to see a PDF.

CalResilient Launched in the Spring of 2023, the new CalResilient campaign is focused on educating those around the Capitol about the environmental benefits of grazing and highlighting the significant work and investment made by California dairy and cattle families to reduce their environmental footprint. The campaign includes visuals, social media, online ad targeting, [...]

RANGE CATTLE CLIMATE ACTION PLANS With funding from the California Cattle Country, Western Resource Strategies, LLC, developed a rancher’s guide to understanding and engaging in climate action planning. Read the Handbook

FOOD SAFETY Responded to food safety concerns that produce should not be grown near a feedlot or dairy by funding research that has generated early data demonstrating the opposite. Read Research Paper

CALIFORNIA YOUTH AG EXPO The California Cattle Council is a proud sponsor of the 2021 California Youth Ag Expo. Watch the video to learn more about the importance of this sponsorship and the event.

RANCHER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Recognizing that many cattle producers could benefit from additional regulatory expertise and professional support, in the Spring of 2021 the California Cattle Council awarded a grant to the California Cattlemen’s Foundation to develop a technical assistance program available to all cattle producers at no cost. This new program, called the [...]