UNL Extension NebGuides and Extension Circulars provide research-based information that addresses specific topics and also gives examples of how that research can be applied.
NOTE: All NebGuides and Extension Circulars (EC) are free unless otherwise noted.
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Cow-calf, Bull and Heifer Nutrition and Management
- Formulation Considerations for Mineral and Vitamin Supplements for Beef Cows, G2340 (PDF 106KB)
- Body Condition Scoring Beef Cows: A Tool for Managing the Nutrition Program for Beef Herds, EC281 (PDF 2MB)
- Management of Early Weaned Calves, G2047 (PDF version 283KB)
- Management, Health, and Nutritional Considerations for Weaning Calves, G2057 (PDF version 307KB)
- Standardized Calculation and Interpretation of Basic Cow Herd Performance Measures, G2094 (PDF version 279KB)
- Bloat Prevention and Treatment in Cattle, G2018 (PDF version 793KB)
- Creep Feeding Beef Calves, G2077 (PDF version 299KB)
- Crop Residues or Low Quality Hay Combined with Byproducts as a Forage Substitute, G2099 (PDF version 303KB)
- Feed Cost Cow-Q-Lator, G2214 (PDF version 349KB)
download Feed Cost Cow-Q-Lator Excel spreadsheet file from the West Central Research and Extension Center Ag Economics Decision Aids page - Feed Dry Matter Conversions, G2093 (PDF version 274KB)
- Feed Value of Alternative Crops for Beef Cattle, G2036 (PDF version 632KB)
- Limiting Feed Intake with Salt in Beef Cattle Diets, G2046 (PDF version 665KB)
- Minerals and Vitamins for Beef Cows, EC288 (PDF 178KB)
- Nitrates in Livestock Feeding, G1779 (PDF version 611KB)
- Sampling Feeds For Analyses, G331 (PDF Version 670KB)
- Summer Annual Forages for Beef Cattle in Western Nebraska, G2172 (PDF version 344KB)
- Understanding and Using a Feed Analysis Report, G1892 (PDF version 642KB)
- Water Requirements for Beef Cattle, G2060 (PDF version 628KB)
- Wintering and Backgrounding of Calves, G2064 (PDF version 256KB)
- Management Considerations for Beef Cows in Confinement, G2237 (PDF version 667KB)
- Using Sugarbeet Pulp in Rations for Beef Cows, G2239 (PDF version 3.46MB)
- Supplementation Needs for Gestating and Lactating Beef Cows and Comparing the Prices of Supplement Sources, G2268 (PDF version 976KB)
Beef Cattle Breeding, Genetics & Reproduction
- Breeding Bull Management: It’s a Year-Round Commitment (PDF 1.4MB)
- Estrous Synchronization Handbook, 2nd Edition (PDF 745KB)
- Standardized Calculation and Interpretation of Basic Cow Herd Performance Measures, G2094 (PDF version 279KB)
- Assisting the Beef Cow at Calving Time, EC1907 (PDF 507KB)
- EPD Basics and Definitions, G1967 (PDF version 704KB)
- Heifer Breeding Maturity and Its Effects on Profitability: Nebraska Sandhills Beef Cattle, RB350 (PDF 649KB)
- Reducing Replacement Heifer Development Costs Using a Systems Approach, G2215 (PDF version 1.04MB)
- Synchronizing Estrus in Beef Cattle, EC283 (PDF 1.18MB)
- Genetic Defects In Beef Cattle, G2055 (PDF version 636KB)
- Economic Indexes For Beef Sire Selection, G1847 (PDF version 374KB)
Herd Health
- Health And Management Of The Nursing Calf, G2293 (PDF version 800KB)
- Understanding Vaccines, G1445 (PDF version 402KB)
- Information about Foot-and-Mouth Disease for Nebraska Residents, G1690(PDF version 561KB)
- Biosecurity Basics for Cattle Operations and Good Management Practices (GMP) for Controlling Infectious Diseases, G1411 (PDF version 652KB)
- Management, Health, and Nutritional Considerations for Weaning Calves, G2057 (PDF version 307KB)
- Bloat Prevention and Treatment in Cattle, G2018 (PDF version 793KB)
- Water Requirements for Beef Cattle, G2060 (PDF version 628KB)
- House Fly Control Guide, G958 (PDF version 125KB)
- The Face Fly, G1204 (PDF 497KB)
- Horn Fly Control on Cattle, G1180 (PDF 1.02MB)
- Disposal Methods of Livestock and Poultry Mortality, EC727 (PDF 677KB)
- Understanding Fungal (Mold) Toxins (Mycotoxins), G1513 (PDF version 830KB)
- Sampling and Analyzing Feed for Fungal (Mold) Toxins (Mycotoxins), G1515(PDF version 382KB)
- Use of Feed Contaminated with Fungal (Mold) Toxins (Mycotoxins), G1514(PDF version 353KB)
- Assisting the Beef Cow at Calving Time, EC1907 (PDF 506KB)
Marketing and Livestock Budgets
- Beef Cow Share Lease Agreements (EC841 - PDF 352KB)
- Livestock Risk Protection Insurance for Feeder Cattle, G1723 (PDF version319KB)
- Livestock Risk Protection Insurance For Fed Cattle, G2257 (PDF 379KB)
- Brown Cattle Company, CC426 (PDF 4.2MB)
Forages, Pasture, and Range Management
Forages
- Cyanide Poisoning, G2184 (PDF version 463KB)
- Grazing Alfalfa, G2030 (PDF version 641KB)
- Windrow Grazing, G1616 (PDF version 623KB)
Pasture & Range Management
- Nebraska Plants Toxic To Livestock, EC3037 (PDF and print)
- Pasture, Rangeland, And Forage Insurance, G2217 (PDF version 302KB)
- Common Grasses of Nebraska: Prairies, Rangelands, Pasturelands, EC170
(Print version, available for purchase for $5.00 at UNL Marketplace) - Fertilizing Grass Pastures and Hayland, G1977 (PDF version 711KB)
- Forage Production with Limited Irrigation, G2012 (PDF version 860KB)
- Forbs and Shrubs of Nebraska, EC118
(Print version, available for purchase for $12.50 at UNL Marketplace) - Getting to Know Your Pastures, Techniques to Enhance Monitoring, G2212(PDF version 1.48MB)
- Grazing and Hay Records: Spreadsheet Template, EC165 (PDF 1.87MB)
download Grazing and Hay Records Excel spreadsheet file - Grazing Systems for Nebraska Sandhills Rangeland, EC127 (PDF 1.18MB)
(Print version, available for purchase for $1.00 at UNL Marketplace) - Integrating Management Objectives and Grazing Strategies on Semiarid Rangeland, EC158 (PDF 1.31MB)
(Print version, available for purchase for $2.00 at UNL Marketplace). - Perennial Forages for Irrigated Pasture, G1502 (PDF version 688KB)
- Skillful Grazing Management on Semiarid Rangelands, EC162 (PDF 1.24MB)
(Print version, available for purchase for $1.00 at UNL Marketplace) - Switchgrass, Big Bluestem, and Indiangrass for Grazing and Hay, G1908 (PDF version 872KB)
- Water Development Costs for Grazing Livestock, EC821 (PDF 722KB)
(Print version, available for purchase for $3.00 at UNL Marketplace)
Beef Forage Crops Systems
Annual and double cropped forages (cover crops)
- Precipitation Risk Management for Annual Forages, G2300 (PDF version2MB)
- The Use and Pricing of Drought-Stressed Corn, G1865 (PDF version 1.1MB)
- Effect of Grazing Double-Cropped Annual Forages on Soil and Crop Yields, G2264 (PDF 1.49MB)
- Annual Cool-Season Forages For Late-Fall Or Early-Spring Double-Crop, G2262 (PDF version 1.11MB)
- Grazing Winter Wheat in Nebraska, EC185 (PDF 451KB)
- Summer Annual Forage Grasses, G2183 (PDF version 344KB)
- Utilizing Annual Forages with Limited Irrigation for Beef Cattle During and Following Drought, G2185 (PDF version 1.09MB)
Crop Residues
Backgrounding, Yearling and Feedlot Nutrition and Management
By-product Feeds
- Crop Residues or Low Quality Hay Combined with Byproducts as a Forage Substitute, EC2099 (PDF 310KB)
- Utilization of Corn Co-products in the Beef Industry
- Feeding Corn Milling Co-Products to Feedlot Cattle (PDF 3.96MB, 36pages)
3rd Edition · November 2010 - Feeding Corn Milling Co-Products to Forage Fed Cattle (PDF 3.69MB, 24pages)
1st Edition · August 2010
- Feeding Corn Milling Co-Products to Feedlot Cattle (PDF 3.96MB, 36pages)
- Corn Processing Co-products Manual: A Review of Current Research on Distillers Grains and Corn Gluten (PDF 1.02MB, 32pages)
January, 2006 - Storage of Wet Corn Co-Products (PDF 9MB, 20pgs)
1st Edition - May 2008