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October 1, 2025
Tax Planning for Cow/Calf Operations: Don’t Let the Snowball Roll Out of Control
Tina Barrett - Executive Director of Nebraska Farm Business Inc.
Published: October 30, 2024 | Updated: October 1, 2025
Fall and Winter Management Strategies for the Cow Herd – Sample, Test, Inventory and Stage Harvested Hay
Rick Rasby, Nebraska Extension Specialist; Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator

Published: September 27, 2024 | Updated: October 1, 2025
Plan Now to Purchase Your Hay Supplies
Randy Saner, Nebraska Extension Educator; T.L. Meyer, Nebraska Extension Educator

Published: September 23, 2024 | Updated: October 1, 2025
Best Practices for Managing Newly Received Feeder Calves
Jessica L. Sperber, Nebraska Extension Feedlot Specialist

Published: September 1, 2024 | Updated: October 1, 2025
Reviewing Cow-Calf Share and Cash Lease Agreements
Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Published: September 15, 2023 | Updated: October 1, 2025
Windrow Grazing Annual Forages to Extend the Grazing Season
Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

October 1, 2025
What are some Management Tips for Fall-Calving Cows?
Rick Rasby, Extension Specialist; Brent Plugge, Nebraska Extension Educator

October 1, 2025
Fall Grazing Management: Balancing Forage Use and Recovery
Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator

October 1, 2025
How Winter Rate of Gain, Implant Strategy, and Housing System Impact Growing Calves
Erin Laborie, Nebraska Extension Educator


October 1, 2025
Higher Cow Prices and Input Expenses are Impacting Annual Cow Costs
Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

October 1, 2025
The 5% Factor for Improving Profitability for Cow-calf Producers
Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Published: February 2, 2020 | Updated: September 16, 2025
Downed Corn: Problem or Opportunity for Cattle Producers?
Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

September 1, 2025
Don’t Wait for Spring: Why Fall Is Prime Time for Weed Control
Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator; Ryan Benjamin, Nebraska Extension Educator

September 1, 2025
Depreciation and Opportunity Interest are Large Cow-calf Costs with Today’s Market Prices
Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

September 1, 2025
How Will Cash from Exceptional Calf Income be Invested?
Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

September 1, 2025
What’s in Your Manure? Keeping Plastic and Other Junk Out of Your Fields
Leslie Johnson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Animal Manure Management Extension Educator

September 1, 2025
Watch Out for Whorled Milkweed: Identification, Toxicity, and Control in Pasture and Hay Ground
Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator

September 1, 2025
Asian Longhorned Ticks- Spreading West Towards Nebraska
Dave Boxler, Nebraska Extension Educator

September 1, 2025
Annual Forage Insurance as a Risk Management Tool
Shannon Sand, Nebraska Extension Educator

August 19, 2025
Tips for Selecting a Hay Core Sampler
Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

August 2, 2025
Using herbicide for cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) management in the Nebraska Panhandle
Mitch Stephenson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Range Management Specialist; Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Published: June 1, 2023 | Updated: August 1, 2025
What does summer pneumonia look like in calves, and what to do about it?
Halden Clark, DVM MS, Health Stewardship; Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center; Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator; Becky Funk, DVM, Animal Health Teaching and NE Extension Specialist

Published: February 2, 2020 | Updated: August 1, 2025
Preconditioning Calves: Can it Add Value?
Nebraska Extension

August 1, 2025
Managing Cows with Limited Perennial Pasture – A Producer Perspective
Karla Wilke, Nebraska Extension Cow/Calf Systems and Stocker Management Specialist

August 1, 2025
Using the Cattle Comfort Index to trigger heat abatement strategies
Alfredo DiCostanzo, Nebraska Extension Educator; Ruth Woiwode, Nebraska Extension Specialist – Animal Care & Handling


August 1, 2025
Challenges of the beef calf born in July, August, and September
Karla Wilke, Nebraska Extension Cow/Calf Systems and Stocker Management Specialist

August 1, 2025
Pause and Get Perspective on Current Record Cattle Prices
Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

August 1, 2025
Where should I invest pre-tax earnings in a record-high calf market?
Brock Ortner, Nebraska Extension Livestock System Educator