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September 16, 2024

Hold the Net Wrap and Twine

Erin Laborie, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cow and calf on range

September 10, 2024

Reviewing Cow-Calf Share and Cash Lease Agreements

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

cattle in pasture

August 30, 2024

2024 Forage Field Day Online Recap

Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator

August 16, 2024

When should ranchers start tax planning?

Bethany Johnston, Nebraska Extension Educator; Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

August 16, 2024

Haying and Cattle Grazing Areas with Hemlock

Brian Vander Ley, DVM Epidemiologist, Great Plains Veterinary Education Center; Bethany Johnston, Nebraska Extension Educator; Scott Fritz, DVM, Kansas State University Clinical Assistant Professor of Toxicology

August 2, 2024

Cashing in on your calf crop: Adding value at the auction block

Jessica L. Sperber, Nebraska Extension Feedlot Specialist

July 30, 2024

Biosecurity Basics and Beyond: Ensuring Your Operation's Future

Jesse Fulton, Extension Educator, Director of Nebraska Beef Quality Assurance

July 30, 2024

Planning for Ranch Risk Exposure Related to Forage and Livestock Production

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Feedlot steer

July 30, 2024

How Many Pounds of Meat Can We Expect From A Beef Animal?

Randy Saner, Nebraska Extension Educator; Brianna Buseman, Former Youth Meat Animal Extension Educator

Sericea lespedeza. Photo by SR Turner, missouriplants.com.

July 29, 2024

Invading Nebraska: The Growing Threat of Certain Invasive Plant Species

Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator; Cheryl Dunn, Research Manager & Herbarium Curator, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

July 23, 2024

Annual forage options following irrigated winter wheat

Karla Wilke, Nebraska Extension Cow/Calf Systems and Stocker Management Specialist; Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

July 19, 2024

What to know about sweet clover

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cows grazing

July 19, 2024

Reviewing the Risk-Reward Relationship for a Ranch

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

black cows bunched up in the pasture

July 19, 2024

Pinkeye in Cattle

Richard Randle, DVM, Extension Beef Cattle Veterinarian

July 8, 2024

Corn harvested as high-moisture corn or earlage for feedlots

Alfredo DiCostanzo, Nebraska Extension Educator

July 8, 2024

Resources for Helping Cattle Deal with Heat Stress

Maria Tibbetts, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Beef Communications Specialist

people looking at Arrowquip cattle chute

June 17, 2024

UNL Feedlot Innovation Center nears completion thanks to industry support

Maria Tibbetts, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Beef Communications Specialist

June 13, 2024

Start monitoring grasshopper numbers now for most effective control

Dave Boxler, Nebraska Extension Educator

June 13, 2024

Watch out for “pretty flowers” and plants out of place in range and pasture

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Stable flies on cattle legs

June 12, 2024

Stable Flies on Pastured Cattle

Dave Boxler, Nebraska Extension Educator

June 6, 2024

Summer and Fall Prescribed Fire Benefits Native Grasslands in Kansas Studies

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cattle grazing

May 23, 2024

Predicted hot, dry summer could impact forage production

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

May 17, 2024

Time to start planning for heat in the feedlot

Alfredo DiCostanzo, Nebraska Extension Educator