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  2. Livestock grazing comparison - Wikipedia

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    For example, using UK government Livestock Units (LUs) from the 2003 scheme [1] a particular 10 ha (25-acre) pasture field might be able to support 15 adult cattle or 25 horses or 100 sheep: in that scheme each of these would be regarded as being 15 LUs, or 1.5 LUs per hectare (about 0.6 LUs per acre).

  3. Farming, lifeblood of Central California, has changed since ...

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    Tulare County, with its robust cattle and dairy industry, led corn acreage harvested at more than 118,000 acres in 2022, followed by more than 102,000 acres in Merced County, about 66,000 acres in ...

  4. Agriculture in California - Wikipedia

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    California farms produce 90% of all U.S.-grown avocados, with the great majority being of the Hass variety. [14] In 2021 [15] the state harvest was 135,500 short tons (122,900 t) on 46,700 acres (18,900 ha) for a yield of 2.9 short tons per acre (6.5 t/ha), and at $2,430 per short ton ($2,679/t) that brought $327,369,000.

  5. Animal unit - Wikipedia

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    This simple method is sometimes used for cattle. The number of animal units represented by one or more head of cattle may be calculated by dividing their total body mass in kg by 454 (or dividing their weight in pounds by 1000). Thus an 800-pound steer would be considered equivalent to 0.8 animal units. [4] Estimation based on metabolic body size.

  6. List of ranchos of California - Wikipedia

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    5,827 acres (2,358 ha) 90 ND, 391 SD Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park: Santa Cruz: San Vicente: 1846 Pío Pico: Blas A. Escamilla 10,803 acres (4,372 ha) 280 SD, 332 ND Davenport: Santa Cruz: Rincon de Musalacon: 1846 Pio Pico: Francisco Berryessa 8,867 acres (3,588 ha) 222 ND Cloverdale: Sonoma: German: 1846 Pio Pico: Ernest Rufus 17,580 acres ...

  7. Rod (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool [1] and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet, equal to exactly 1 ⁄ 320 of a mile, or 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain), and is exactly 5.0292 meters.

  8. California's wealthiest farm family plans mega-warehouse ...

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    California’s wealthiest farming family is proposing an expansion of industrial warehousing in Kern County that would fundamentally reshape the economy in the southern San Joaquin Valley ...

  9. List of ranches and stations - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of ranches and sheep and cattle stations, organized by continent. Most of these are notable either for the large geographic area which they cover, or for their historical or cultural importance.