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San Benito County Cooperative Extension
Interim County Director: Devii Rao
3228 Southside Road
Hollister, CA 95023
Main office Phone: (831) 637-5346
Fax: (831) 637-7111
Office Hours:
Monday 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am - 12:30 pm
Thursday 8:30-4:00 pm
Friday 8:30-4:00 pm
Additional hours by appointment
Contact information for staff:
Interim County Director:Devii Rao –drorao@ucanr.edu or office (831) 637-5346 x103 or mobile (831) 205-3125
Livestock & Natural Resources: Devii Rao – drorao@ucanr.edu or office (831) 637-5346 x103 or mobile (831) 205-3125
Fire Advisor: Barb Satink Wolfson - bsatinkwolfson@ucanr.edu or office (831) 637-5346 x 104
4-H Animal Science Youth Advisor: Hedmon Okella, Ph.D. - hokella@ucanr.edu mobile (725) 999-2072
4-H Youth Program: Julie Katawicz - jkatawicz@ucanr.edu office (831) 637-5346 x102 or mobile (831) 205-3180
Administrative Support: Jennifer Gomer - jkgomer@ucanr.edu office (831) 637-5346 x105 or mobile (408) 825-4455.
Administrative Support: Courtney Lopez -comlopez@ucanr.edu office (831) 637-5346 x105
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What is Cooperative Extension?
Across California, the University of California’s 64 Cooperative Extension offices are local problem-solving centers. We are the bridge between local issues and the power of UC research. Our county-based staff is part of the community – we live and work in the areas we serve.
More than 300 campus-based specialists and county-based farm, home and youth advisors work as teams to bring practical, unbiased, science-based answers to problems across California.
As part of the agricultural community, we help farmers develop more-efficient growing methods, solve pest management problems and develop crops and irrigation methods that use less water.
As stewards of the land, we help develop smart water-use strategies, develop wildfire education and help preserve natural areas and farmland.
As advocates for healthy communities, we promote healthy diets and exercise for better health, help Californians learn to choose the most nutritious foods and help shape the citizens of tomorrow through the 4-H Youth Development Program.
And thousands of volunteers extend the reach of our work through the Master Gardener Program and the California 4-H Youth Development Program.
We work in full partnership with federal, state, county and private resources.
We are stewards, problem-solvers, catalysts, collaborators and educators.
We are UC Cooperative Extension.
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CURRENT NEWS
Livestock & Range Blog
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Moving to Sonoma County
After nearly 10 years working as the Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor in San Benito, Monterey, and Santa Cruz counties, I am going to be moving north. It is very much a bitter-sweet move for me. I have made great friends here and have been able to...
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 Detected in California Dairies - What Ranchers Need to Know
Dr. Gabriele Maier, Professor of Extension, Beef Cattle Herd Health and Production, UC Davis September 2024 What happened? The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) announced in a press release on August 30th, 2024 that highly pathogenic...