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Packing small grain silage

May 1, 2023

Packing Small Grain Silage When It Is Too Wet Can Be a Costly Mistake

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist; Jenny Rees, Nebraska Extension Educator; Gary Lesoing, Former Nebraska Extension Cropping Systems Educator; Erin Laborie, Nebraska Extension Educator; Todd Whitney, Nebraska Extension Educator; Connor Biehler, Nebraska Extension Educator; Daren Redfearn, Nebraska Extension Forage and Crop Residue Specialist; Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cows on pasture

May 1, 2023

Garlic for Horn fly Control

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

Steer on pasture

May 1, 2023

Insecticide Impregnated Ear Tags Available for 2023

Dave Boxler, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cow and calf on range

May 1, 2023

Pasture Fly Resistance

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

Shade in feedlot

May 1, 2023

Sizing and Siting a Shade Structure

Rick Stowell, Extension Specialist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Biological Systems Engineering

Calf in pasture

May 1, 2023

Cattle diseases that can make people sick, and how to avoid them

Lindsay Waechter-Mead, DVM, Nebraska Extension Beef Educator

Cows grazing on rangeland

April 28, 2023

Por qué el pastoreo antes de que el pastizal natural esté listo puede tener impactos duraderos y cómo limitar el daño

Jack Arterburn, former Nebraska Extension Educator, Beef Systems

 Ganado en un corral de engorde.

April 27, 2023

Dimensionar e instalar una estructura para sombra

Traducido por Pablo Loza; especialista en Feedlot

several cows grazing cereal grains

April 27, 2023

Aprovechar al máximo el pastoreo de centeno y otros cereales de invierno

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist; Daren Redfearn, Nebraska Extension Forage and Crop Residue Specialist

cow grazing in a pasture

April 27, 2023

Prevención de la tetania de pasto (hipomagnesemia) en la vaca lactante esta primavera

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

calf in a snowy pasture

April 26, 2023

Entendiendo a Las Diarreas Perinatales

Halden Clark, DVM MS, Health Stewardship; Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center; Lindsay Waechter-Mead, DVM, Nebraska Extension Beef Educator

Cattle loadout semi-truck

April 5, 2023

New Nebraska Custom Rates Survey Related to Livestock Services

Glennis McClure, Nebraska Extension Educator Farm and Ranch Management Analyst

Calf at branding

April 1, 2023

Best Practices for Calf Processing and Branding

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

Cow

April 1, 2023

Krutsinger gift helps contribute to Beef Scholar Minor

Kacie McCarthy, Nebraska Extension Cow-Calf Specialist

April 1, 2023

Winter Bull Management and What to Do if Your Bulls Get Frostbite on the Testes?

Kacie McCarthy, Nebraska Extension Cow-Calf Specialist

Calves grazing rye

April 1, 2023

Getting the Most Out of Grazing Cereal Rye and Other Winter-hardy Small Cereals

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist; Daren Redfearn, Nebraska Extension Forage and Crop Residue Specialist

Cow eating hay

April 1, 2023

Thin Cows and Limited Hay Resources: What are my options?

Josie Crouch, MS Animal Science student; Kacie McCarthy, Nebraska Extension Cow-Calf Specialist; Travis Mulliniks, former University of Nebraska-Lincoln Beef Cattle Nutritionist, Range Production Systems

Cows and calves in confinement

March 21, 2023

Mineral and Vitamin Considerations When Drylotting Cows

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

field of oats

March 7, 2023

Forrajes Anuales de Primavera

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

Cowboy roping

March 1, 2023

Identifying Your Competitive Advantage

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Heifers

March 1, 2023

Early Herd Rebuilding Could Happen Through the Bred Cow Market

Elliott Dennis, Livestock Marketing and Risk Management Economist

beefwatch graphic

March 1, 2023

Nebraska BQA Nearly Sweeps National BQA Awards

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

Sloping pavement feedlot

March 1, 2023

To Pave or Not to Pave? A Slippery-Slope…

Rick Stowell, Extension Specialist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Biological Systems Engineering

calf near pile of hay

February 21, 2023

Preparación para la Temporada de Partos

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

calf in the snow

February 16, 2023

Manejo de Hipotermia en Terneros Recién Nacidos

Lindsay Waechter-Mead, DVM, Nebraska Extension Beef Educator

Cows eating supplement on range

February 1, 2023

Cow Nutrition Considerations at Calving and Early Lactation

Troy Walz, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cattle on pasture

February 1, 2023

How Much Pasture do I Need and What are AUMs?

Ryan Benjamin, Nebraska Extension Educator