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Percent normal precipitation

July 1, 2020

Annual Forages Planted in Middle to Late Summer can be Excellent Fall Feed

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator; Jerry Volesky, Extension Range and Forage Specialist

Regal fritillary butterfly

July 1, 2020

Pollinators and Nebraska Rangelands

Kayla Mollet, University of Nebraska-Lincoln SRMC Research Project Coordinator; Jessica Milby, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Research Technologist; Mitch Stephenson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Range Management Specialist

Clover in a meadow

June 3, 2020

Is sweet clover good for cattle?

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Liquid manure through pivot

Published: July 1, 2018 | Updated: June 2, 2020

Can I Irrigate Animal Manures On Growing Crops?

Rick Koelsch, Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska

Field bindweed

June 1, 2020

Field Bindweed

Gary Stone, Nebraska Extension Educator

Chopped silage

June 1, 2020

Fermenting for Forages: Finding the Right Moisture

Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator; Brad Schick, Former Nebraska Extension Educator

Cutting silage

June 1, 2020

Fermenting for Forages: Small Grain Silage

Brad Schick, Former Nebraska Extension Educator; Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator

Horses

June 1, 2020

Dealing with Blister Beetles

Dave Boxler, Nebraska Extension Educator

Musk thistle flower

June 1, 2020

Musk Thistle

Gary Stone, Nebraska Extension Educator

cow standing in field

June 1, 2020

Managing Bull Fertility Prior to the Breeding Season

Kacie McCarthy, Nebraska Extension Cow-Calf Specialist

cattle drinking from a water tank

June 1, 2020

Checking Water from Afar

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Beef animal

May 8, 2020

Live Cattle Basis Due to Covid-19: Deviations and Convergence

Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Stocker cattle on feed

May 7, 2020

Pre-COVID-19 Market Conditions Persist & the Stocker Industry Can Dampen the Damage

Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

black cows bunched up in the pasture

May 2, 2020

Controlling Flies on Pastured Cattle

Dave Boxler, Nebraska Extension Educator

Black cows in pasture

May 2, 2020

Understanding AUMs (Animal Unit Months)

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

Cows grazing flooded meadow

May 1, 2020

Flooded Sandhills Subirrigated Meadows and Upland Sites

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

Canada thistle in flowering stage

May 1, 2020

It is Canada thistle, not Canadian thistle . . .

Gary Stone, Nebraska Extension Educator

Rancher on horse

May 1, 2020

What is your Competitive Advantage?

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

black cows on pasture

April 2, 2020

Determining How Much Forage a Beef Cow Consumes Each Day

Rick Rasby, Nebraska Extension Specialist

heifer grazing cheatgrass

April 1, 2020

Targeted Grazing to Manage Cheatgrass

Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator; Mitch Stephenson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Range Management Specialist

Sandhills rangeland

April 1, 2020

What Should My Pastures Look Like? Interpreting Rangeland Monitoring Data

Kayla Mollet, University of Nebraska-Lincoln SRMC Research Project Coordinator; Mitch Stephenson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Range Management Specialist

Tractor loading bales

April 1, 2020

Ranch Equipment - Needed or Nice to Have?

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

beefwatch graphic

March 2, 2020

Bloat in Beef Cattle

Rick Rasby, Nebraska Extension Specialist

Cattle on feed

March 1, 2020

Foreign Animal Disease: Implications for Traceability

Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Weaned Calf

March 1, 2020

Value Added Fed and Feeder Cattle Practices: Are they Paying?

Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Weaned calf on meadow

March 1, 2020

Consumers Pay Organic Premiums – Chicken is King and Beef Lags

Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Yearling steer

March 1, 2020

Economics of Yearling Systems – A Review

Erin Laborie, Nebraska Extension Educator

calf nursing

February 10, 2020

A Calf’s Most Important Meal: Colostrum

Haley Linder, MS student; Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist; Halden Clark, DVM MS, Health Stewardship; Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center