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October 1, 2023

Manure Stockpiles: Mind Your Manners

Todd Whitney, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cattle with virtual fencing collars

October 1, 2023

What do stocker and cow-calf producers think of Virtual Fencing?

Thomas Aquino University of Nebraska-Lincoln Animal Science Graduate Research Associate; Yijie Xiong, Nebraska Extension Specialist, Precision Livestock Management

Weaned calves

October 1, 2023

Thinking of backgrounding calves this fall?

Alfredo DiCostanzo, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cutting silage

October 1, 2023

Pricing Corn Destined for Feeding as Silage, Snaplage, Earlage or Grain

Alfredo DiCostanzo, Nebraska Extension Educator; Shannon Sand, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cattle hair on fence from rubbing due to lice

October 1, 2023

Fall Cattle Lice Treatments

Dave Boxler, Nebraska Extension Educator

cow on corn residue

October 1, 2023

Understanding Cattle Health Concerns on Cornstalks

Lindsay Waechter-Mead, DVM, Nebraska Extension Beef Educator

Yearlings on pasture

October 1, 2023

Winter Rate of Gain & Implant Strategy of Stockers Influences Hot Carcass Weight

Erin Laborie, Nebraska Extension Educator

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October 1, 2023

More than 419,000 Tons of Rangeland Production are Lost Annually in Nebraska to Woody Encroachment

Dirac Twidwell, Rangeland Ecologist, University of Nebraska; Dillon Fogarty, Woody Invasions Ecologist, University of Nebraska

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Published: October 1, 2023 | Updated: September 23, 2023

Trading manure and crop residues, considerations for a fair trade

Leslie Johnson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Animal Manure Management Extension Educator

brome grass

August 1, 2023

Drought-damaged Smooth Bromegrass Pastures: Assessment and Recovery Considerations

Daren Redfearn, Retired Nebraska Extension Forage and Crop Residue Specialist; Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator

Rye

August 1, 2023

Pros and Cons of Fall-planting Winter and Spring Small Grains

Daren Redfearn, Retired Nebraska Extension Forage and Crop Residue Specialist; Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist; Jerry Volesky, Retired Extension Range and Forage Specialist; Mitch Stephenson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Range Management Specialist

Solar well

August 1, 2023

What Will You Do with Profits?

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Heifers on rangeland

July 1, 2023

Considerations for Early Pregnancy Diagnosis and Early Weaning this Summer and Fall

Kacie McCarthy, Nebraska Extension Cow-Calf Specialist; Lindsay Waechter-Mead, DVM, Nebraska Extension Beef Educator

Grasshopper on grass

June 1, 2023

Pasture Grasshoppers

Dave Boxler, Nebraska Extension Educator

Face flies feeding on steer

June 1, 2023

Face Flies on Pastured Cattle

Dave Boxler, Nebraska Extension Educator

Implanting a feedlot animal

June 1, 2023

Will the Proposed Cattle Implant Labeling Changes Impact Feedlot Performance?

Jessica L. Sperber, Nebraska Extension Feedlot Specialist

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June 1, 2023

Defend the Core, Grow the Core: Tackling Eastern Redcedar Encroachment in Nebraska’s Grasslands

Dillon Fogarty, Woody Invasions Ecologist, University of Nebraska; Dirac Twidwell, Rangeland Ecologist, University of Nebraska

Packing small grain silage

May 1, 2023

Packing Small Grain Silage When It Is Too Wet Can Be a Costly Mistake

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist; Jenny Rees, Nebraska Extension Educator; Gary Lesoing, Former Nebraska Extension Cropping Systems Educator; Erin Laborie, Nebraska Extension Educator; Todd Whitney, Nebraska Extension Educator; Connor Biehler, Nebraska Extension Educator; Daren Redfearn, Retired Nebraska Extension Forage and Crop Residue Specialist; Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator

Calf in pasture

May 1, 2023

Cattle diseases that can make people sick, and how to avoid them

Lindsay Waechter-Mead, DVM, Nebraska Extension Beef Educator

Shade in feedlot

May 1, 2023

Sizing and Siting a Shade Structure

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

Cows on pasture

May 1, 2023

Garlic for Horn fly Control

Dave Boxler, Nebraska Extension Educator; T.L. Meyer, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cows grazing on rangeland

May 1, 2023

Why Grazing Before Pastures are Ready Can Have Lasting Impacts and How to Limit the Damage

Jack Arterburn, former Nebraska Extension Educator, Beef Systems

Grilling steaks

May 1, 2023

Nebraska – the Beef State

Jesse Fulton, Former BQA Coordinator; Brent Plugge, Nebraska Extension Educator; Hannah (Greenwell) Smith, Nebraska Extension Educator

Steers in feedlot

May 1, 2023

New Antibiotic Restrictions Just Around the Corner

Becky Funk, DVM, Animal Health Teaching and NE Extension Specialist; Jesse Fulton, Former BQA Coordinator

Cows grazing wheat

May 1, 2023

Winter Wheat may have more Value as Forage than Taking it to Grain

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

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May 1, 2023

Practice Tick Safety to Avoid Getting an Allergy to Red Meat

Jody Green, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cattle loadout semi-truck

April 5, 2023

New Nebraska Custom Rates Survey Related to Livestock Services

Glennis McClure, Nebraska Extension Educator Farm and Ranch Management Analyst

Cow eating hay

April 1, 2023

Thin Cows and Limited Hay Resources: What are my options?

Josie Crouch, Livestock System Educator; Kacie McCarthy, Nebraska Extension Cow-Calf Specialist; Travis Mulliniks, former University of Nebraska-Lincoln Beef Cattle Nutritionist, Range Production Systems