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Heifers on pasture

September 1, 2022

Can Early Pregnancy Detection Help You Make Culling and Replacement Decisions This Fall?

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

Cow on rangeland

September 1, 2022

Feeding Cows While Coping with Drought and High Input Costs

Alfredo DiCostanzo, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cow grazing

August 1, 2022

Maximizing Profits Under Drought Conditions, Higher Input Costs, and National Herd Liquidation

Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Rangeland

August 1, 2022

Flexible Leases, Price Risk Management Can Offer Relief Amid Poor, Expensive Pasture Conditions

Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist; Jim Jansen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Agricultural Economist

Windmill and boots

August 1, 2022

Without Trust, How Does a Family Function?

Allan Vyhnalek, Nebraska Extension Educator, Farm and Ranch Transition and Succession

Cows on rangeland

August 1, 2022

Strategic Culling for Cowherds to Cope with Drought or High Feed Costs

Alfredo DiCostanzo, Nebraska Extension Educator

Horn flies on pastured cattle.

August 1, 2022

Late Season Pasture Fly Control

Dave Boxler, Nebraska Extension Educator

Feedlot steer

August 1, 2022

Utilizing Wheat in Feedlot Diets

Wayde Pickinpaugh, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cow with gps

July 1, 2022

Technical Note: Where are my cattle at? – Part II: Virtual Fencing

Yijie Xiong, Nebraska Extension Specialist, Precision Livestock Management; Mitch Stephenson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Range Management Specialist

Feedlot steer

July 1, 2022

Keep Summer Cattle Marketing Current

Alfredo DiCostanzo, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cover crop

July 1, 2022

Weighing Risk and Reward of Annual Forages

Connor Biehler, Nebraska Extension Educator; Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator; Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

Beef carcasses

July 1, 2022

Determining Value of Beef Through Grading

Brianna Buseman, Former Youth Meat Animal Extension Educator; Connor Biehler, Nebraska Extension Educator

Feedlot steer

July 1, 2022

Impact of Production on the Final Product

Brianna Buseman, Former Youth Meat Animal Extension Educator; Connor Biehler, Nebraska Extension Educator

Yearling

July 1, 2022

Supplementing Yearlings in the Summer Grazing Season: Is it Worth it?

Kaylee Wheeler, Masters Student, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Animal Science Department

Cows

July 1, 2022

Adequate Nutrition for Breeding Season Success

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

Cutting small grain silage

July 1, 2022

What to Expect from Alternatives to Corn Silage

Karla Wilke, Nebraska Extension Cow/Calf Systems and Stocker Management Specialist; Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

calf in a pasture on a hot day

June 17, 2022

Strategic Deployment of Heat Abatement Strategies

Alfredo DiCostanzo, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cattle crowding together on a hot day.

June 1, 2022

Meeting Water Needs of Cattle in the Feedlot

Alfredo DiCostanzo, Nebraska Extension Educator

GPS Collars on cattle

June 1, 2022

Technical Note: Where are my cattle at? – Part I: GPS Sensors

Holly Heil, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Graduate Research Associate; Yijie Xiong, Nebraska Extension Specialist, Precision Livestock Management

Feeding hay

June 1, 2022

Increasing Labor and Equipment Costs are Pressuring Cow-Calf Cost of Production

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Pasture grasses

June 1, 2022

Is Plant ID Necessary for Grassland Management?

Jack Arterburn, former Nebraska Extension Educator, Beef Systems

Cows calves

June 1, 2022

Feeder Cattle Interest Rates, Grazing Land Values Pose Hurdles for Producers

Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Cow and calf

May 1, 2022

Pushing the Boundary: New Collaboration Aims to Increase Ranch Resilience in the Great Plains

Kyle Martens, Program Coordinator Center for Resilience in Agricultural Working Landscapes; University of Nebraska-Lincoln Barta Brothers Ranch Working Group

Heifers on pasture

May 1, 2022

Preparing for the Breeding Season

Wayde Pickinpaugh, Nebraska Extension Educator

Calves at bunk

May 1, 2022

Protein is not Protein is not Protein

T.L. Meyer, Nebraska Extension Educator; Hannah (Greenwell) Smith, Nebraska Extension Educator

Steers at bunk

May 1, 2022

Feed Availability on Cost of Gain and Manure as a Source of Feedlot Revenue and Crop Fertilizer

Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Feedlot steer

May 1, 2022

Selection Criteria for Home Raised Beef

Connor Biehler, Nebraska Extension Educator; Brianna Buseman, Former Youth Meat Animal Extension Educator

Confined feeding cows

May 1, 2022

Limit Feeding with a Bale Feeder, Bunk and a Bucket

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

beefwatch graphic

May 1, 2022

Aminopyralids: Restrictions for Grazing, Compost and Manure

Jennifer Weisbrod, Assistant Extension Educator; Leslie Johnson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Animal Manure Management Project Coordinator; Melissa Bartels, Extension Educator