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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.

haybales in a field

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

Round hay bales on meadow.  Photo by TL Meyer

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

Weaned calves

Published: September 23, 2024 | Updated: October 1, 2025

Best Practices for Managing Newly Received Feeder Calves

Jessica L. Sperber, Nebraska Extension Feedlot Specialist

Cow and calf on range

Published: September 1, 2024 | Updated: October 1, 2025

Reviewing Cow-Calf Share and Cash Lease Agreements

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cattle grazing windrowed summer annuals

Published: September 15, 2023 | Updated: October 1, 2025

Windrow Grazing Annual Forages to Extend the Grazing Season

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Young calf with cows in pasture

October 1, 2025

What are some Management Tips for Fall-Calving Cows?

Rick Rasby, Extension Specialist; Brent Plugge, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cows graze on fall rangelands.

October 1, 2025

Fall Grazing Management: Balancing Forage Use and Recovery

Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator

Calves at bunk

October 1, 2025

How Winter Rate of Gain, Implant Strategy, and Housing System Impact Growing Calves

Erin Laborie, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cattle grazing annual forages Photo Credit: Troy Walz

October 1, 2025

Managing Annual Forages After Frost

Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cows on pasture

October 1, 2025

Higher Cow Prices and Input Expenses are Impacting Annual Cow Costs

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cow and calf in pasture

October 1, 2025

The 5% Factor for Improving Profitability for Cow-calf Producers

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

downed cornstalks

Published: February 2, 2020 | Updated: September 16, 2025

Downed Corn: Problem or Opportunity for Cattle Producers?

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

Thistle

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

Calves in a pasture

September 1, 2025

How Will Cash from Exceptional Calf Income be Invested?

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Twine and netwrap caught in equipment

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

Asian longhorned ticks

September 1, 2025

Asian Longhorned Ticks- Spreading West Towards Nebraska

Dave Boxler, Nebraska Extension Educator

Annual forages.  Photo credit: Troy Walz

September 1, 2025

Annual Forage Insurance as a Risk Management Tool

Shannon Sand, Nebraska Extension Educator

hay probe

August 19, 2025

Tips for Selecting a Hay Core Sampler

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

Cheatgrass in native prairies

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

Calf on range

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

Calves

Published: February 2, 2020 | Updated: August 1, 2025

Preconditioning Calves: Can it Add Value?

Nebraska Extension

Irrigation system

August 1, 2025

Managing Cows with Limited Perennial Pasture – A Producer Perspective

Karla Wilke, Nebraska Extension Cow/Calf Systems and Stocker Management Specialist

Cattle Comfort Index

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

Cow grazing lush green forages.  Photo credit: Troy Walz

August 1, 2025

Weigh-up Cow Prices are Up, Way Up!

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Calf and cow

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

arrows going up

August 1, 2025

Pause and Get Perspective on Current Record Cattle Prices

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Calculating options for pre-tax planning

August 1, 2025

Where should I invest pre-tax earnings in a record-high calf market?

Brock Ortner, Nebraska Extension Livestock System Educator