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2018 Silage for Beef Cattle Conference

June 2018

Nebraska Extension partnered with Lallemand Animal Nutrition and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach to offer a one-day conference focused on one of the largest components of many beef producers' bottom line: silage.

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Producer Questions Archive 2016

How much loss will occur if I feed dried distillers grains on the ground? (August 2016)

How much water do cows drink per day? (July 2016)

What does one do if one has a perennial problem with scours in calves? (February 2016)

Producer Questions Archive 2015

I am planning on grazing cover crops (double cropped forage) this fall. Should I be concerned about nitrates? (November 4, 2015)

I have some sorghum sudan hay and oat hay that I tested for nitrates. It tested on the high side of what is acceptable for level of nitrates to be fed to pregnant cows. Do you have any suggestions for feeding high nitrate forage? Can I still feed this to my cows? (October 6, 2015)

Producer Questions Archive 2014

I have a cow herd that I will be feeding some prairie hay later this winter. What nutrients should I test the hay for? (December 19, 2014)

I am thinking of pregnancy checking my spring-calving cows early this fall and then exposing any non-pregnant cows to bulls and selling the pregnant cows as fall calving cows. Any thoughts? (Oct 1, 2014)

When should I cut prairie hay? (June 25, 2014)