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July 1, 2021
Cattle Markets React to USDA Reports: Implications for Risk Management
Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

June 1, 2021
Are Livestock Producers Willing to Pay for Traceability Programs?
Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist; James Mitchell Assistant Professor of Livestock Marketing University of Arkansas; Brian Vander Ley, DVM Epidemiologist, Great Plains Veterinary Education Center
May 1, 2021
Where are your priorities and How does your operation stack-up to the competition (Benchmarking)?
Matt Stockton, Nebraska Extension Ag Economics Specialist; Randy Saner, Nebraska Extension Educator

March 1, 2021
Federal Livestock Insurance Market Performance and Use in Nebraska
Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

February 1, 2021
Improvements to Livestock Risk Protection Insurance Implemented in January 2021.
Jay Parsons, Farm and Ranch Management Specialist; Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

January 1, 2021
The Likelihood of Regional Triggers Under the Industry’s Proposed '75% Rule'
Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

January 1, 2021
The Livestock Indemnity Program Year-end Updates
Jay Parsons, Farm and Ranch Management Specialist

October 2, 2020
How to read and understand the daily beef prices

August 1, 2020
Changing Grid Premiums and Discounts Due to Underlying Changes in the Fed Cattle Industry
Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

August 1, 2020
Feeder Cattle Future Price Spreads: Opportunities to Hedge?
Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

May 8, 2020
Live Cattle Basis Due to Covid-19: Deviations and Convergence
Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

May 7, 2020
Pre-COVID-19 Market Conditions Persist & the Stocker Industry Can Dampen the Damage
Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist


March 1, 2020
Foreign Animal Disease: Implications for Traceability
Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

March 1, 2020
Value Added Fed and Feeder Cattle Practices: Are they Paying?
Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

March 1, 2020
Consumers Pay Organic Premiums – Chicken is King and Beef Lags
Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist


February 2, 2020
Know the Cull Cow Grades Before You Sell

February 1, 2020
Asking “Why?” with Systems Thinking: A Powerful Tool for Problem Solving
Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

January 1, 2020
New Cow-Calf Budgets Available for Nebraska
Jay Parsons, Farm and Ranch Management Specialist; Glennis McClure, Nebraska Extension Educator Farm and Ranch Management Analyst

September 1, 2019
Hunting Rights on Leased Cropland and Pasture Land
J. David Aiken, Extension Water and Agricultural Law Specialist

August 1, 2019
Nebraska Farm Credit Mediation
J. David Aiken, Extension Water and Agricultural Law Specialist

June 1, 2019
Tax Consequences of Weather-Related Sales
Tina Barrett - Executive Director of Nebraska Farm Business Inc.
June 1, 2019
Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) Insurance Update
Jay Parsons, Farm and Ranch Management Specialist; Jim Jansen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Agricultural Economist

June 2, 2017
Profit Tip: Marketing Plans for Your Cattle Operation
Jay Parsons, Farm and Ranch Management Specialist; Kate Brooks, former Nebraska Agribusiness Economist