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Feedlot steers

July 1, 2021

Cattle Markets React to USDA Reports: Implications for Risk Management

Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Feedlot steers

June 1, 2021

Impact of Higher Grain Prices on Feedlot’s Decision to Feed Distillers Grains

Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist; Galen Erickson, Nebraska Extension Beef Feedlot Specialist

Calf

June 1, 2021

Are Livestock Producers Willing to Pay for Traceability Programs?

Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist; James Mitchell Assistant Professor of Livestock Marketing University of Arkansas; Brian Vander Ley, DVM Epidemiologist, Great Plains Veterinary Education Center

Cow and calf grazing

June 1, 2021

Forage Production, Beef Cows and Stocking Density and Their Implications for Partial Herd Liquidation Due to Drought

Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Cow and calf grazing

May 1, 2021

Where are your priorities and How does your operation stack-up to the competition (Benchmarking)?

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

Sheep grazing

May 1, 2021

Budget Templates Updated for Sheep and Goat Enterprises

Glennis McClure, Nebraska Extension Educator Farm and Ranch Management Analyst; Randy Saner, Nebraska Extension Educator; Daniel Gertner, graduate student in the Department of Agricultural Economics; Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Feeder cattle

March 1, 2021

Federal Livestock Insurance Market Performance and Use in Nebraska

Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Calves at bunk

February 1, 2021

Improvements to Livestock Risk Protection Insurance Implemented in January 2021.

Jay Parsons, Farm and Ranch Management Specialist; Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

beefwatch graphic

January 1, 2021

The Likelihood of Regional Triggers Under the Industry’s Proposed '75% Rule'

Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Winter grazing

January 1, 2021

The Livestock Indemnity Program Year-end Updates

Jay Parsons, Farm and Ranch Management Specialist

Black cow and baldie calf on Nebraska pasture

December 2, 2020

Six Factors Affecting Profit

Jay Jenkins, Former Nebraska Extension Educator

Heifers grazing

December 1, 2020

Annual Beef Heifer Replacement Forecasts for the 2020 – 2021 Production Season (Summary Briefing)

Randy Saner, Nebraska Extension Educator; T.L. Meyer, Nebraska Extension Educator; Matt Stockton, Nebraska Extension Ag Economics Specialist

Mule deer

October 1, 2020

Hunting Leases as an Added Enterprise

Randy Saner, Nebraska Extension Educator; J. David Aiken, Extension Water and Agricultural Law Specialist

Droughty pasture

September 1, 2020

Drought and Pasture Lease Considerations

Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator; Jim Jansen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Agricultural Economist

cattle

August 1, 2020

Changing Grid Premiums and Discounts Due to Underlying Changes in the Fed Cattle Industry

Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

Feeder calves

August 1, 2020

Feeder Cattle Future Price Spreads: Opportunities to Hedge?

Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

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 in pasture

May 2, 2020

Understanding AUMs (Animal Unit Months)

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

Rancher on horse

May 1, 2020

What is your Competitive Advantage?

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Tractor loading bales

April 1, 2020

Ranch Equipment - Needed or Nice to Have?

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

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 near pile of hay

February 2, 2020

Calf Crop Percentage

Rick Rasby, Nebraska Extension Specialist

Cows grazing on rangeland

February 2, 2020

Pasture Lease Agreements

Jay Jenkins, Former Nebraska Extension Educator