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pasture

Published: July 19, 2024 | Updated: July 1, 2025

What to know about sweet clover

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Standing Corn

Published: August 1, 2023 | Updated: July 1, 2025

Is That Corn Crop Worth More as Silage or Grain?

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator; Galen Erickson, Nebraska Extension Beef Feedlot Specialist

Summer annual

Published: July 1, 2023 | Updated: July 1, 2025

Annual Forage Options for July or August Planting

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist; Daren Redfearn, Nebraska Extension Forage and Crop Residue Specialist

Prevent calf abnormalities by managing beef cow diets - MSU Extension

July 1, 2025

How much supplemental manganese does my cowherd require?

Brock Ortner, Nebraska Extension Livestock System Educator; Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

Heifers by Troy Walz

July 1, 2025

When Estrus Synch Goes Sideways: Practical Troubleshooting for Beef Producers

Kacie McCarthy, Nebraska Extension Cow-Calf Specialist; Becky Funk, DVM, Animal Health Teaching and NE Extension Specialist

Heifers with estrus patches (Troy Walz)

July 1, 2025

Acclimation to Handling Improved Timed AI Conception Rates in Yearling Heifers

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cows with virtual fence

July 1, 2025

Is It Time to Consider Virtual Fencing for Intensive Grazing Management?

Yijie Xiong, Nebraska Extension Specialist, Precision Livestock Management; Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

Silage pile

July 1, 2025

Start Planning Now for Silage Storage Later

Rick Stowell, Extension Specialist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Biological Systems Engineering

Calves eating out a creep feeder

July 1, 2025

Creep Feeding Beef Calves: Profit or Expense?

Jessica L. Sperber, Nebraska Extension Feedlot Specialist; Rick Rasby, Nebraska Extension Specialist

High heat this weekend

June 17, 2025

Heat coming this weekend

Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator

hay being raked

Published: October 16, 2024 | Updated: June 10, 2025

Test, don’t guess: Sampling and testing hay

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Nebraska Sandhills

Published: June 1, 2022 | Updated: June 10, 2025

Tools for Adjusting Stocking Rates during Drought

Ryan Benjamin, Nebraska Extension Educator

Rangeland

Published: April 1, 2022 | Updated: June 10, 2025

Pastures and Drought: Response and Impact

Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cane field

Published: July 19, 2023 | Updated: June 10, 2025

Options for Safely Using High-Nitrate Forage: Grazing, Silage and Haying

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

Heifers

Published: May 1, 2021 | Updated: June 10, 2025

Feed, Ship or Sell – Three Options to Reduce Stocking Rates

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

cattle grazing in drought stressed pasture

Published: February 8, 2021 | Updated: June 10, 2025

Grazing and Forage Management During and After Drought

Jerry Volesky, Extension Range and Forage Specialist

Dry pastures due to drought

June 10, 2025

How Plants Respond to Drought—and Why It Matters

Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator; Ryan Benjamin, Nebraska Extension Educator; Jacob Harvey, UNL Barta Brothers Ranch, Research Project Coordinator

Cow and calf in pasture

Published: June 1, 2021 | Updated: June 2, 2025

Beware of Stocking Rate Creep

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator; T.L. Meyer, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cow and calf in pasture with another cow laying in the grass

June 1, 2025

Strategies to Consider When Culling Cows in 2025

Brock Ortner, Nebraska Extension Livestock System Educator; Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator; Rick Rasby, Nebraska Extension Specialist

Cattle eating at a bunk

June 1, 2025

Limit Feeding with a Bale Feeder, Bunk and a Bucket

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Tractor loads feeder wagon

June 1, 2025

I Need a Ration for My Cattle- Now What?

Josie Crouch, Livestock System Educator; Bethany Johnston, Nebraska Extension Educator

Stable fly on a board

June 1, 2025

Stable Flies on Pastured Cattle

Dave Boxler, Nebraska Extension Educator

cattle grazing sudan grass

June 1, 2025

Need Summer Grazing? Sudangrass Might Be Worth a Try

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

Yearling on grass. Photo credit: Troy Walz

June 1, 2025

Does It Pay to Target Compensatory Growth in Yearlings During the Summer?

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

cattle grazing in a field

Published: May 15, 2019 | Updated: May 15, 2025

Evaluating Winter Wheat for Forage or for Grain

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Manure emoji with $ eyes

May 5, 2025

Calculating the Value of Nutrients in Manure

Leslie Johnson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Animal Manure Management Project Coordinator

Nebraska leads the nation in many areas of beef production.

May 1, 2025

Celebrate the Beef State During National Beef Month

Erin Laborie, Nebraska Extension Educator