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cornstalk bale

February 2, 2020

Ammoniating Crop Residues as a Feed Resource

Rick Rasby, Nebraska Extension Specialist

Bale of prairie hay

February 2, 2020

Plan When To Cut Grass Hay

Bruce Anderson, Nebraska Extension Forage Specialist

Bull

February 2, 2020

Management of Young Bulls Before and After the Breeding Season

Rick Rasby, Nebraska Extension Specialist

Second Calf Heifers

February 2, 2020

Feeding First-Calf Heifers After Calving

Rick Rasby, Nebraska Extension Specialist

Newborn calf

February 2, 2020

When Should Colostrum Replacement Products Be Used for Newborn Calves?

Richard Randle, DVM, Extension Beef Cattle Veterinarian

Calves on feed

February 2, 2020

Controlling Muddy Conditions in the Feedlot

Erin Laborie, Nebraska Extension Educator

Feedlot steer

February 2, 2020

Profit Tip: Managing Cattle Facilities To Minimize Mud

Dr. Terry Mader, Emeriti Beef Specialist

Cow and calf

February 2, 2020

Producer Question: Should I cull a cow that has had a prolapse?

Rick Rasby, Nebraska Extension Specialist

Black cow and nursing calf

February 2, 2020

Breeding Cost Cow-Q-Lator

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cattle at mineral tubs

February 2, 2020

Using Salt to Limit Feed or Supplement Intake for Cattle

Rick Rasby, Nebraska Extension Specialist

vacas

February 2, 2020

What is the feed value of whey for cattle?

Galen Erickson, Nebraska Extension Beef Feedlot Specialist

Steers at bunk

February 2, 2020

What does a feed tag tell you?

Rick Rasby, Nebraska Extension Specialist

Calf being implanted

February 2, 2020

Implants in nursing calves

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

Meadow hay bales

February 1, 2020

Wet Bales Can Tip the Scales

Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator

beefwatch graphic

February 1, 2020

Manure: Waste or Valuable Agricultural Resource?

Rick Koelsch, Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska

beefwatch graphic

February 1, 2020

Sharing Animal Agriculture’s Sustainability Story

Rick Koelsch, Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska

cow and calf on range

February 1, 2020

Asking “Why?” with Systems Thinking: A Powerful Tool for Problem Solving

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

cow grazing low quality forage

January 24, 2020

Winter Nutrition: Are You Staying Ahead or Getting Behind?

Travis Mulliniks, former University of Nebraska-Lincoln Beef Cattle Nutritionist, Range Production Systems; T.L. Meyer, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cool-season perennial grasses

January 2, 2020

Converting Cropland Back to Grass Pastures

Daren Redfearn, Nebraska Extension Forage and Crop Residue Specialist; Jerry Volesky, Extension Range and Forage Specialist; Bruce Anderson, Nebraska Extension Forage Specialist

A herd of cattle

January 1, 2020

University of Nebraska Lincoln Extension Beef Economics Team Annual Beef Heifer Replacement Forecasts for the 2019 – 2020 Production Season (Summary Briefing)

Randy Saner, Nebraska Extension Educator; Matt Stockton, Nebraska Extension Ag Economics Specialist

cow

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

hay bales

January 1, 2020

Burning Your Bottom Line: How Hot Hay Changes Forage Quality

Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator

cow standing in field

January 1, 2020

Use the Numbers (correctly) this Bull Sale Season

Matt Spangler, Professor and Beef Genetics Extension Specialist

Cow

December 1, 2019

Soybean Stubble for Cows

Bruce Anderson, Nebraska Extension Forage Specialist

cattle grazing residue

November 26, 2019

Considerations for Temporary Fence Around Cropland

Haley Linder, MS student; Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist; Andrea Watson, Research Assistant Professor; Melinda Vlieger, Extension Assistant; Jay Parsons, Farm and Ranch Management Specialist

cattle in a feedlot

November 7, 2019

Manure Transfer from Permitted Livestock Operations

Amy Millmier Schmidt, Nebraska Livestock Bioenvironmental Engineer

manure being spread on fields

November 7, 2019

Timing Manure Application to Avoid Neighbor Nuisances

Rick Koelsch, Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska

cattle eating feed on a snowy day

November 1, 2019

Helping Cows Cope with Cold Stress

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