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Paper with insurance typed at the top.  A silver pen lays over the paper.

April 1, 2026

Farm/Ranch Insurance and Wildfires- What is Commonly Covered?

Bethany Johnston, Nebraska Extension Educator

Group of black heifers, some with white faces, bunch in a group in a green pasture.

April 1, 2026

Replacement Heifers vs. Finishing Heifers – Feeding Replacement Heifers in Confinement

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

Nebraska Sandhills ground after a wildfire with grass regrowth.

Published: March 13, 2026 | Updated: March 31, 2026

After Wildfire: Livestock Care, Documentation, and Recovery for Nebraska Cattle Operations

T.L. Meyer, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cattle grazing on a green pasture of oats and rye.

March 26, 2026

Irrigated Annual Forage Options for Drought and Wildfire Forage Shortages

Bethany Johnston, Nebraska Extension Educator; Jerry Volesky, Extension Range and Forage Specialist; Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

Plastic tank on wheels in front of a white house.

March 24, 2026

Using the Wrong Tanker to Haul Water Could Kill Livestock

Matt Hille, DVM, MS, PhD Diagnostic Veterinary Pathologist and Nebraska Extension Specialist; Bethany Johnston, Nebraska Extension Educator

Burned pastures after a wildfire (Photo credit: Bethany Johnston)

Published: April 1, 2025 | Updated: March 19, 2026

Managing Burned Pastures After a Wildfire- How to Graze

Bethany Johnston, Nebraska Extension Educator; Jerry Volesky, Extension Range and Forage Specialist; Mitch Stephenson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Range Management Specialist

Sandhills after wildfire

Published: October 1, 2023 | Updated: March 18, 2026

Protecting Farms & Ranches from Wildfires

Randy Saner, Nebraska Extension Educator; Rob Eirich, Nebraska Extension Educator; Ryan Benjamin, Nebraska Extension Educator

a pasture burning

Published: February 27, 2024 | Updated: March 18, 2026

Grazing Management Following Wildfire

Jerry Volesky, Extension Range and Forage Specialist

Tractor loads feeder wagon

Published: June 1, 2025 | Updated: March 18, 2026

I Need a Ration for My Cattle- Now What?

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

Young beef calf

March 17, 2026

Vigilance In Monitoring Calf Health Following Exposure To Wildfire Smoke

Brock Ortner, Nebraska Extension Livestock System Educator

Seeds and seedlings will spread up to 200 yards from an eastern red cedar seed source.  (Photo credit: Bethany Johnston)

April 1, 2025

What Drives the Spread of Cedar Trees-The Most Important Predictor

Bethany Johnston, Nebraska Extension Educator

Consider drought in a lease. Photo by Troy Walz.

March 1, 2025

Build Resilience into Your Pasture Lease: The Drought/Disaster Clause

Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator; Ryan Benjamin, Nebraska Extension Educator

a rainbow coming down in a pasture

July 30, 2024

Planning for Ranch Risk Exposure Related to Forage and Livestock Production

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

a pasture burning

February 29, 2024

Resources available for producers affected by central Nebraska wildfires

Maria Tibbetts, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Beef Communications Specialist

a pasture burning

February 28, 2024

Adjusting stocking rates, weed management and fire break recovery after a fire

Nebraska Extension Crops & Livestock teams

photo of Jerry Volesky

January 29, 2024

Pasture & Forage Minute: Pasture lease considerations

Jerry Volesky, Extension Range and Forage Specialist

Sandhills wildfire

May 1, 2022

Protecting Farms & Ranches from Wildfires - 2022

Randy Saner, Nebraska Extension Educator; Rob Eirich, Nebraska Extension Educator

Winter grazing

January 1, 2021

The Livestock Indemnity Program Year-end Updates

Jay Parsons, Farm and Ranch Management Specialist

Droughty pasture

September 1, 2020

Drought and Pasture Lease Considerations

Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator; Jim Jansen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Agricultural Economist

Sandhills grassland that was burned in a wildfire in 2012

January 2, 2018

Research Demonstrates the Resilience of Sandhills Grassland to Wildfire

Jack Arterburn, former Nebraska Extension Educator, Beef Systems