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Cow and calf in grass pasture. Photo credit: Troy Walz

April 1, 2025

How Much Free Choice Mineral Are Nursing Calves Eating?

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

Round hay bales in field

March 1, 2025

Consider Securing Feed Supplies Now for Dry Conditions in 2025

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cow grazes green cover crop. Photo by Mary Drewnoski.

March 1, 2025

What Needs to be in Your Free-Choice Mineral Supplement When Grazing Cereal Rye or Other Small Cereals?

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

November 26, 2024

Winterizing Your Cowherd- Managing Cows Through Cold Stress

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

Cows in a pasture

November 19, 2024

Fall Management Strategies for Spring-Calving Cow Herds – Body Condition Score Cows Now

Rick Rasby, Nebraska Extension Specialist

October 30, 2024

Fall and Winter Management Strategies for the Cow Herd – Sample, Test, Inventory and Stage Harvested Hay

Rick Rasby, Nebraska Extension Specialist; Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator

October 16, 2024

Test, don’t guess: Sampling and testing hay

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

October 1, 2024

Many Beef Cows and Their Calves May Not Be Getting Enough Vitamin A in Their Diets

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

March 4, 2024

Chasing the Elusive Second Calf

Karla Wilke, Nebraska Extension Cow/Calf Systems and Stocker Management Specialist; Kacie McCarthy, Nebraska Extension Cow-Calf Specialist

February 21, 2024

Managing and developing young beef bulls

Rick Rasby, Nebraska Extension Specialist; Kacie McCarthy, Nebraska Extension Cow-Calf Specialist

January 31, 2024

Determining how much forage a beef cow needs per day

Rick Rasby, Nebraska Extension Specialist

Hay bales in the road ditch

December 4, 2023

What to know about feeding road ditch hay to cows

Troy Walz, Nebraska Extension Educator

Feeding meadow hay to cows

November 1, 2023

How to Meet your Cow’s Nutrient Needs when Feeding Hay this Winter

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

4H steers

November 1, 2023

Helping Your Child Feed Their 4-H or FFA Market Steer

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

Mature cow

September 1, 2023

Corn Silage as a Feed Source for Beef Cows this Winter

Rick Rasby, Nebraska Extension Specialist; Alfredo DiCostanzo, Nebraska Extension Educator

Weaned calves

September 1, 2023

Feed Prices Favor Limit-Feeding Stockers a High Energy Diet

Erin Laborie, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cattle grazing windrowed summer annuals

September 1, 2023

Windrow Grazing Annual Forages to Extend the Grazing Season

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Confined feeding of cows

August 1, 2023

Why Consider Drylotting Cows this Fall?

Connor Biehler, Nebraska Extension Educator

Rained on windrows

August 1, 2023

What are Your Options with Wet Hay?

Hannah (Greenwell) Smith, Nebraska Extension Educator; Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator; Connor Biehler, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cane field

July 19, 2023

Options for Safely Using High-Nitrate Forage: Grazing, Silage and Haying

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

Heifers on rangeland

July 1, 2023

Considerations for Early Pregnancy Diagnosis and Early Weaning this Summer and Fall

Kacie McCarthy, Nebraska Extension Cow-Calf Specialist; Lindsay Waechter-Mead, DVM, Nebraska Extension Beef Educator

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 eating supplement on range

February 1, 2023

Cow Nutrition Considerations at Calving and Early Lactation

Troy Walz, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cows in winter

February 1, 2023

Limit Feeding Cows Corn as an Alternative to Hay

Erin Laborie, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cows eating meadow hay

January 1, 2023

TDN Translation: Understanding Energy of Forages

Hannah (Greenwell) Smith, Nebraska Extension Educator

Silage pile

December 1, 2022

Do You Have Mold and Mycotoxins in Your Silage?

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

Cowseating cornstalk residue in a round bale feeder

November 1, 2022

Feeding Corn Residue in A Round Bale Feeder: Can It Meet Cow Needs?

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

Cows eating supplement on range

November 1, 2022

What to know before buying protein supplement

Hannah (Greenwell) Smith, Nebraska Extension Educator; Travis Mulliniks, former University of Nebraska-Lincoln Beef Cattle Nutritionist, Range Production Systems

Cow on rangeland

November 1, 2022

Post-weaning Cowherd Management

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