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a person calulating figures by a computer

August 16, 2024

When should ranchers start tax planning?

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

hay bales in a field

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

calf in a pasture

August 2, 2024

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

Jessica L. Sperber, Nebraska Extension Feedlot Specialist

a truck driver putting on his boots

July 30, 2024

Biosecurity Basics and Beyond: Ensuring Your Operation's Future

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

a rainbow coming down in a pasture

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

pasture

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

pasture

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

high moisture corn being harvested

July 8, 2024

Corn harvested as high-moisture corn or earlage for feedlots

Alfredo DiCostanzo, Nebraska Extension Educator

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

grasshoppers on the hood of a vehicle

June 13, 2024

Start monitoring grasshopper numbers now for most effective control

Dave Boxler, Nebraska Extension Educator

flowers in a pasture

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

a pasture on burning

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

cattle in a feedlot

May 17, 2024

Time to start planning for heat in the feedlot

Alfredo DiCostanzo, Nebraska Extension Educator

a group participating in the ranch practicum

May 10, 2024

How to know when a pasture is ready to be grazed in the spring

Jerry Volesky, Extension Range and Forage Specialist

Horn flies on cow

May 8, 2024

Horn flies and Control Options

Dave Boxler, Nebraska Extension Educator; T.L. Meyer, Nebraska Extension Educator

bulls standing by a windmill

May 3, 2024

Should I trich test my mature bulls?

Becky Funk, DVM, Animal Health Teaching and NE Extension Specialist; Kacie McCarthy, Nebraska Extension Cow-Calf Specialist

cattle feeding out of a bunk

May 2, 2024

H5N1/Avian Influenza/Bird Flu in dairy cattle

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

cattle grazing in a pasture wearing GPS collars

May 1, 2024

Targeted grazing on cheatgrass in the western Great Plains

Mitch Stephenson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Range Management Specialist