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Jessica Petersen (center), associate professor of animal science, and graduate students Mackenzie Batt (left) and Lauren Seier (right) are part of a five-person Husker team whose research can expand the range of genetic tools used by breeders to boost cattle growth efficiency.

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Husker team to ID genetic tools to boost cattle growth efficiency

September 21, 2023

Cows stand in a field under a red sky.

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Extension’s BeefWatch podcast offers a range of practical production advice

May 4, 2023

Overhead view of Krutsinger ranch in Dundy County

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Krutsinger gift to grow next generation of beef industry leaders

March 6, 2023

Andrea Cupp (center), a professor in the Department of Animal Science center, points on the screen to fibrosis, a measure of inflammation, in a bovine ovarian cortex. At left is Ligia Prezotto, research assistant professor. At right is Brooke Rudloff, a master’s degree student from David City, Nebraska. Rudloff is studying the causes of fibrosis in the ovaries of research cows to bolster understanding of bovine infertility.

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Innovative bovine-herd research boosts understanding of female infertility

December 8, 2022

Dirac Twidwell stands on the Plains

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Twidwell's grassland studies featured in TV program

November 28, 2022

The Feedlot Innovation Center will include a complex with two cattle comfort and research buildings, a feed technology facility, innovative open lots and an animal handling facility.

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Feedlot Innovation Center groundbreaking event is Nov. 4

October 26, 2022

Frank Mitloehner, professor of animal science and air quality extension specialist at the University of California, Davis, delivers the fall 2021 Heuermann Lecture on Oct. 25. He discussed beef’s path to sustainability.

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Cattle emissions expert: Environmental impact of beef has been overstated

October 26, 2021

4 students standing on a hill overlooking a beef cattle operation.

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Students develop biosecurity plans for Nebraska cattle producers

October 22, 2021

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Rural, urban concerns with ag industry featured on RFD-TV

October 18, 2021

Frank Mitloehner

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Lecture to explore misconceptions about sustainability of beef production

October 11, 2021

The inaugural Herd That! Conference is 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Animal Science Complex on East Campus.

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Grandin to headline inaugural Herd That! Conference

August 12, 2021

The Western Rangeland Livestock Center research will take place at the Gudmunsen Sandhills Laboratory (pictured) and other cooperative Nebraska ranches, including the Barta Brothers Ranch, as well as the West Central Research, Extension and Education Center and the Panhandle Research and Extension Center.

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IANR receives funding for Western Rangeland Livestock Center

July 1, 2021