Find your Extension Educator or Specialist

Box Butte, Dawes, Sheridan, Sioux Counties

Antelope, Cedar, Knox, Madison, Pierce Counties

101 E Centre St
PO Box 368
Hartington, NE 68739

402-254-6822

ben.beckman@unl.edu

• Grazing Systems
• Weed Identification and Control
• Range and Pasture Monitoring
• Annual Forages/Cover Crops

Cherry County

365 No Main St. Suite 3
Valentine, NE 69201

402-376-1850

ryan.benjamin@unl.edu

• Range Management
• Range Monitoring
• Prescribed Fire
• Grazing Systems

Kimball-Banner Counties
209 East Third Street
Kimball, NE 69145

Cheyenne County
920 Jackson Street, PO Box 356
Sidney, NE 69162

308-235-3122

aberger2@unl.edu

• Range and Forage Management
• Cow-calf/Stocker/Yearling Production Systems
• Unit cost of production for cow/calf production
• Breeding and Genetics

Saunders County

1071 County Road G
Room B
Ithaca, NE 68033-2234

402-624-8000

cbiehler2@unl.edu

• Cow/calf Nutrition
• Sire Development
• Alternative Feeding Systems
• Forage Testing
• Grazing Management

Burt, Cuming, Dodge, Saunders, Thurston, Washington Counties

200 South Lincoln Street
Room 50
West Point, NE 68788-1848

• Feedlot nutrition and management

Statewide

4502 Avenue I
Scottsbluff, NE 69361

308-633-0158

jesse.fulton@unl.edu

• Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Best Management Practices
• BQA Assessments & Third Party Feedyard Auditing Preparation
• Cattle Handling & Transportation
• Handling Facility Design
• Meat Science & Meat Quality

Chase, Dundy, Hayes, Hitchcock, Frontier, Red Willow, Gosper, Furnas, Phelps, and Harlan counties

912 R Street
P.O. Box 367
Beaver City, NE 68926

308-268-3105

erin.laborie@unl.edu

• Stocker/backgrounding nutrition and management
• Feedlot nutrition and management
• Ration evaluation

Panhandle Research, Education & Extension Center

4502 Avenue I
Scottsbluff, NE 69361

• Feedlot nutrition and management

Blaine, Grant, Hooker, and Thomas Counties

P.O. Box 148
Thedford, NE 69166

308-645-2267

tl.meyer@unl.edu

• Reproductive Management
• Estrous Synchronization Protocols
• Heifer Development
• Cattle Handling

Buffalo County

1400 E 34th St
Kearney, NE 68847

308-236-1235

bplugge1@unl.edu

• Beef nutrition using & storing distiller in a cow/calf operation
• Beef Cow Management
• Ration formulation using the NRC
• Heifer Development

West Central Research, Extension and Education Center

402 W State Farm Rd
North Platte, NE 69101

308-696-6784

rsaner2@unl.edu

• Nutrition & Forage Management
• Reproduction and time AI
• Business Management
• Quality Assurance
• Co-grazing using sheep, goats, and cattle together in a system

Brown, Rock, and Keya Paha Counties
148 West 4th Street
Ainsworth, NE 69210

(402) 387-2213

hannah.greenwell@unl.edu

• Beef Cow Management
• Stocker/Backgrounder/Yearling Production
• Ration Formulation/Evaluation

Franklin, Kearney, Adams, Clay, Webster, Nuckolls, Fillmore, and Thayer Counties

621 N Cedar
Red Cloud, NE 68970

402-746-3417

lindsay.waechter-mead@unl.edu

• Beef cow/calf production systems
• Preventative herd health programs
• Neonatal calf health
• Reproductive management

Custer County

431 S 10th Ave
Broken Bow, NE 68822

308-872-6831

twalz1@unl.edu

• Pasture leasing considerations
• Pricing supplements for beef cattle & ration balancing
• Grazing strategies to reduce cost
• Ration Development

Assistant Professor

ANIMAL SCIENCE COMPLEX (ANSC) A213C

402-472-0537

jwicks4@unl.edu

• Meats

C220f Animal Science Complex
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0908

(UNL East Campus)

402-472-6289

mdrewnoski2@unl.edu

• Growing cattle nutrition (stocker/backgrounding)
• Grazing/feeding alternative forages
• Grazing/ feeding corn residues
• Mineral nutrition
• Incorporating cattle into cropping systems

C220 Animal Science Complex
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0908

(UNL East Campus)

402-472-6402

gerickson4@unl.edu

• Feedlot Nutrition
• Feedlot Management
• Nutrient Management
• Ration Evaluation - Feedlot
• By-product use in feedlot
• By-product storage
• Composting

West Central Research and Extension Center
402 W State Farm Rd
North Platte, NE 69101-7751

308-696-6703

rfunston2@unl.edu

• Reproductive Management
• Estrous Synchronization Protocols
• Heifer Development
• Fetal Programming
• Production Records

C214 Animal Science Complex
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0908

(UNL East Campus)

402-472-6074

kacie.mccarthy@unl.edu

• Reproductive management

• Beef cow management

• Estrous synchronization protocols

• Bull and heifer development 

• Nutrition and reproduction interaction 

A218h Animal Science Complex
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0908

(UNL East Campus)

402-472-6489

mspangler2@unl.edu

• Breeding Systems
• Understand and application of indexes
• Understand and application of EPDs
• Genetic tools to decrease input costs
• Understand and application of DNA Technology

C211 Animal Science Complex
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0908

402-472-4482

jsperber2@unl.edu

• Feedlot Management
• Feedlot Nutrition & Ration Evaluation
• Beef Carcass Quality
• Carcass Composition Over the Feeding Period
• Growth Enhancing Technologies in Feedlot Cattle
• Nutrient Management & Sustainability

Panhandle Research and Extension Center
4502 Ave I
Scottsbluff, NE 69361-4939

308-632-1245

kjenkins2@unl.edu

• Protein Nutrition
• Use of alternative feeds
• Ration balancing
• Forage intake
• Grazing management
• Feedlot or backgrounding

C219 Animal Science Complex
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0908

402-472-3247

ruth.woiwode@unl.edu

• Behavioral principles of handling livestock
• Animal welfare assessment
• Animal management practices
• Handling facility design and troubleshooting
• Animal handling training
• Third party audit preparation

Keim Hall (Keim) 16
Lincoln NE 68583-0915

952-465-6658

dfogarty2@unl.edu

• Woody plant invasion and management
• Rangeland monitoring
• Prescribed fire
• Grassland-fire interactions
• Conservation planning

Keim Hall (Keim) 136
Lincoln NE 68583-0915

402-472-2662

dredfearn2@unl.edu

• Adaptive Grazing Management
• Cover Crops
• Annual Forages
• Perennial Pasture Management

Panhandle Research and Extension Center
4502 Avenue I
Scottsbluff, NE 69361

308-632-1355

mstephenson@unl.edu

• Adaptive Grazing Management
• Grazing Livestock Behavior
• Livestock Distribution and Utilization Patterns
• Plant-Herbivore Interactions
• Timing of Grazing
• Targeted Livestock Grazing
• Rangeland Monitoring

West Central Research and Extension Center
402 W State Farm RD
North Platte, NE 69101-7751

308-696-6710

jvolesky1@unl.edu

• Balancing Forage Supply & Demand
• Irrigated Pasture
• Annual Forages
• Principles of Grazing Mgmt
• Subirrigated Meadow Mgmt
• Drought & Rangelands
• Winter Grazing Strategies
• Prescribed burning
• Plant growth, Morphology & Identification

UNL GPVEC
PO Box 148
820 Rd 313
Clay Center, NE 68933-0148

402-762-4504

hclark16@unl.edu

• Cow/Calf Health and Reproductive Management
• Stocker and Feedlot Animal Health
• Antimicrobial Stewardship

UNL GPVEC
PO Box 148
820 Rd 313
Clay Center, NE 68933-0148

402-762-4505

rfunk2@unl.edu

• Cow/calf, stocker and feedlot herd health programs
• Interaction of cattle health and nutrition
• Beef Quality Assurance
• Stockmanship

UNL VDC
115N NVDC
4040 East Campus Loop North
Lincoln, NE 68583-0907

402-472-8450

mhille@unl.edu

• Beef Cattle Research
• Immunology
• Pathology

UNL GPVEC
PO Box 148
820 Rd 313
Clay Center, NE 68933-0148

402-762-4503

bvanderley2@unl.edu

• Epidemiology
• Bovine Respiratory Disease
• Developmental Programing
• Preventative Health Measures

Haskell Ag Lab
57905 866 Rd
Concord, NE 68728

402-584-3818

leslie.johnson@unl.edu

• Manure application
• Manure nutrient and soil health value
• Manure spreader calibration

West central Research and Extension Center
402 W State Farm Road
North Platte, NE 69101-7751

308-696-6721

dboxler1@unl.edu

• Fly Control

213 LW Chase Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0726

402-472-0877

aschmidt@unl.edu

• Environmentally responsible livestock production and industry expansion
• Manure management
• Manure nutrient and soil health value
• Antimicrobial resistance mitigation in manure management systems
• Regulatory guidance for livestock production systems
• Mortality management

215 LW Chase Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0726

402-472-3912

rstowell2@unl.edu

• Beef buildings and shade structures
• Ventilation
• Odor and air quality issues
• Feedlot design

Animal Science Complex C217
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0908

(UNL East Campus)

Meats