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Extruded and Expelled Soybean Meal as a Partial Replacement for Dried Distillers Grains in Diets for Finishing Cattle

Prices Favor Limit-Feeding Stockers a High Energy Diet

Comparing Soybeans to Distillers Grains as a Protein Supplement in Growing Diets

Additional Vitamin A is Likely Needed When Cattle are Eating Brown Forage

Winter Grazing Cows on Standing Corn and Feeding Shell Corn with Hay - A Producers Perspective

Limit Feeding Cows to Address a Shortage of Forage

Strategies When Weaning Calves in Stressful Conditions

Green Is Not Always Growth: Nebraska Pasture Conditions After Late Rains

Can Your Receiving Program Handle the Heat?

Cows Grazing Standing Corn – A Feed Option for this Summer, Fall, and Winter

LRP-Feeder Cattle Insurance: Recent Enhancement and Performance History

Build Cows that Stay - Heifer Development for Long Term Productivity

Early Weaning Strategies for Challenging Forage Conditions

Limit Feeding Cows with Soy Hulls and Low Quality Hay

Using Ultrasound for Early Pregnancy Diagnosis and Sexing Calves

Using Composite Bull, Pooled Sexed Semen in Beef Heifers

Strategic Cowherd Destocking to Promote Future Rebuilding

Early Weaning Calves - A Producer Perspective

Cattle Market Conditions with Dr. David Anderson

Reducing Pasture Fire Risk

America’s Appetite for Beef

Virtual Fence Tour in eastern Nebraska, northwest Missouri and southwest Iowa June 16 and 17

Dr. Jerry Volesky, 31 Years as a Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist

Dr. Rick Rasby, 40 Years as a Nebraska Extension Cow-Calf Specialist

Impact of Sire Over-Conditioning on Bull Fertility

Prussic Acid May Still be Present in Harvested Hay

How is Methane from Cattle Measured?

Ranch Tax Management Considerations During Disasters and Drought

Down Stream Margin Trouble

How and Why is Methane Produced in Cattle?

Leveraging Summer Annual Forages in Today’s High Cattle Markets

Farm/Ranch Insurance and Wildfires - What is Commonly Covered?

Using Virtual Fence after a Wildfire - A Producer's Perspective

Nebraska Cattle Health Update: Bovine Theileriosis and the Asian Longhorned Tick

Why Storage, Not Age, Determines Hay Quality

Rebuilding Fences After a Disaster

Managing Burned Pastures After a Wildfire - How to Graze

Considerations for Breeding Season in Confinement for Beef Cattle

25 Years of the Sandhills Calving System

Caring for Livestock and People after Wildfire

Snap2Graze: Turning Cereal Rye Pasture Photos into Grazing Decisions

2026 Nebraska Ranch Practium Program

Understanding and Preventing Calf Scours

Balancing Bull Selection with Cowherd Profitability

Integrating Reproductive Technologies in Cow-Calf Operations: Practical Strategies for Efficiency and Profitability

Research Conducted by the University of Nebraska on Methane Production in Cattle

Cattle Market - Current Conditions and Outlook with Dr. Derrell Peel

Cattle and Green House Gas Production - Understanding Cattle Contributions

Winterizing Your Cowherd Managing Cows Through Cold Stress

Understanding and Mitigating Methane Emissions in Beef Cattle Grant Project

Opportunities for Distillers Feed Byproducts in your Beef Operation

Effect of Feeding Whole Soybeans, Roasted Soybeans, or Distillers Grains in Silage-Based Growing Beef Diets

Trends of Winter Annual Herbaceous Expansion in the Nebraska Panhandle, Rangeland Analysis Platform Data

Evaluation of FerAppease Administered at Arrival and Time of Reimplant on Feedlot Performance

Virtual Fence - A Cow-calf Producers Perspective

Cornstalk Grazing During Late Gestation - Making Sure Cow Nutrient Needs are Met

Finding Forage Efficient Heifers

Cow Nutrition Considerations at Calving and Early Lactation

Integrated Dryland Crop and Cattle Production Systems - Research and Upcoming Programs

Why Do I Have so Many Open Cows? Causes of Reproductive Failure

What are Beef Replacement Values for the Coming 2025-2026 Production Season?

Hair Sheep as a Complement to a Nebraska Grain and Custom Cattle Grazing Operation

Calving College Webinar Series Returns in 2026 with Hands-On Opportunities

Feedlot Management Strategies to Combat Winter Weather

Prepare for Cattle Lice

Windrow Grazing - A Producers Perspective

Bale Grazing - A Producers Perspective

Beyond the Abstract, Does Bale Grazing Make Sense?

Plan Now to Purchase your Hay Supplies

Successfully Weaned Calves A Hot Commodity

Strip Grazing Whole Plant Milo as a Low Cost Winter Feed

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

What are Some Management Tips for Fall Calving Cows?

How Winter Rate of Gain, Implant Strategy, and Housing System Impact Growing Calves

Tax Planning for Cow-Calf Operations: Don't Let the Snowball Roll Out of Control

Fall Grazing Management: Balancing Forage Use and Recovery

Managing Annual Forages After Frost

Cattle Market Outlook with Derrell Peel

Keys for Corn Stalk Residue Grazing with Cattle

Asian Longhorned Ticks - Spreading West Towards Nebraska

Watch Out for Whorled Milkweed: Identifcation, Toxicity, and Control in Pasture and Hay Ground

Cattle Market Outlook for the Fall and Winter

Don't Wait for Spring: Why Fall is Prime Time for Weed Control in Rangelands and Pastures

The Hidden Cost of Silage Storage - and How to Stop It

Using the Cattle Comfort Index to Trigger Heat Abatment Strategies

Using Herbicide for Cheatgrass Management in the Nebraska Panhandle

Challenges of the Beef Calf Born in July, August and September

What does summer pneumonia look like in calves and what to do about it?

Getting Reacquainted with the Cattle Comfort Index

Pause and Get Perspective on Current Cattle Prices

When Estrus Synch Goes Sideways: Practical Troubleshooting for Beef Producers

Is that Corn Crop Worth More as Silage or as Grain?

Is it Time to Consider Virtual Fence for Intensive Grazing Management?

Virtual Fence - A Ranchers Three Years of Experience with 500 Collared Cows

Creep Feeding Beef Calves, Profit or Expense?

Assessment of Nutrient Content of Grasslands Enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program in Kansas

One Participant 401K is a Tax Savings and Financial Planning Tool for Small Businesses

Annual Forage Options for July or August Planting

Effects of Maternal Cu, Mn, and Zn Supplementation from Different Sources on Physiological and Productive Responses on Cows and their Offspring

Acclimation to Handling Improved Timed AI Conception Rates in Yearling Heifers

Does It Pay to Target Compensatory Growth in Yearlings During the Summer?

Limit Feeding with a Bale Feeder, Bunk and a Bucket

I Need a Ration for My Cattle, Now What?

Need Summer Grazing? Sudangrass Might Be Worth a Try

Stable Flies on Pastured Cattle

Toxic Plants and Livestock Health June Webinar Series

How Much Water do Cattle Need and What Problems Should Producers Watch For?

Impacts of Earlier Blooming Leafy Spurge

Investing in Herd Expansion, Time Value of Money and Opportunity Cost

Horn Flies and Grazing Cattle

Cautionary Note on Beef Demand, Public Financial Sentiment Matters

What Can We Do About Late Calvers and the Upcoming Breeding Season?

How Much Free Choice Mineral Are Nursing Calves Eating?

Managing Burned Pastures After a Wildfire, How to Graze

Management Strategies for Minimizing Early Pregnancy Loss

Rangeland Grasshopers in 2025

2025 Drought Planning Trigger Dates

Estrus Synchronization Considerations in Beef Herds

Going to Grass: Preventing Grass Tetany with Magnesium Supplementation

Proactive Weed Control in Pastures: Tips for Early Season Success

Registration Open for 2025 Nebraska Ranch Practicum

What Drives the Spread of Cedar Trees, The Most Important Predictor

Managing Cattle Finishing at Heavier Weights

What vaccines should I use? Tips for establishing vaccination protocols for calves.

Impacts of Increasing Levels of Salt on Intake, Digestion, and Rumen Fermentation with Beef Cattle Consuming Low-Quality Forages

Build Resilience into Your Pasture Lease: The Drought and Disaster Clause

Incorporating Red Clover for Management of Fescue Toxicosis

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

Consider Securing Feed Supplies Now for Dry Conditions

Annual Forages, Plan Now in Case of Drought

Be Aware of Basis Volatility When Using Price Risk Management for Calves and Feeder Cattle

Effects on Stocker Steer Performance While Consuming Essential Oil or Ionophore Minerals

Summer Supplementation of Steers with Dried Distillers Grains Cubes in Western Oklahoma

Strategic zinc supplementation research has been shown to improve cattle resilency to health challenges along with growth and performance from weaning through to harvest.

New Mineral Minute Videos Explain Cattle Nutrient Needs

Wintering Growing Calves Using Corn Residue, the Value of Bypass Protein

Can Pine Needles Cause Abortions in Cows?

Breeding Sustainable Beef Cows, Reducing Weight and Increasing Productivity

Supplementing a Bacillus-based Probiotic to High Risk Stocker Cattle on Pasture

Calving Problems:When to Intervene

Bedding Cattle Yards and Managing Bed Packs

Setting up the Newborn Calf to Respond to Spring Vaccinations

Winterizing Your Cowherd Managing Cows Through Cold Stress

Understanding Vaccine Development and New Technology Being Used to Quickly Respond to Viruses

Sample, Test, Inventory and Stage Harvested Hay

Winter Management Options for Weaned Calves

Getting More Out of Fall and Winter Grazing

Dont Let Cow Herd Condition Slip

Utilizing the ARM Method to Monitor Antimicrobial Use When Treating Bovine Respiratory Disease

How Grazing Corn Residue Affects the Soil

Understanding Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus (BRSV) in Cattle

The Full Picture of Cow Efficiency

Hold the Net Wrap and Twine

Understanding and Managing Anaplasmosis in Cattle

Effects of Conventional and Natural Management Systems on Backgrounding and Finishing Performance of Beef Steers

Biosecurity Basics and Beyond: Ensuring Your Operations Future

Pencil Out Profits on Calf Marketing Alternatives

Haying and Cattle Grazing Areas with Hemlock

What Can I Afford to Pay for a Replacement Female?

Great Plains Custom Heifer Development Program

Invading Nebraska: The Growing Threat of Invasive Plant Species

Cashing in on your calf crop: Adding value at the auction block

Six Things to Consider when Developing a Price Risk Management Strategey for Cattle

How Rangeland Fire Impacts Barbed Wire Fence

Understanding Pinkeye in Cattle

Understanding Feeder Cattle Basis Price Risk

Prairie Dog Management on Pastures and Rangelands

Understanding Nitrate and Prussic Acid Poisoning in Cattle

Nebraska Team Identifies New Genetic Defect Impacting Cattle Morbidity and Meat Quality

Effect of Limit Feeding and Shade to Mitigate Heat Stress for Growing Cattle in a Backgrounding Yard

Different Methods of Weaning and the Impact to Cattle Health and Performance through Harvest

Research Review: Frequency of DDGS Supplementation Impacts Gains of Yearlings on Grass

Time to Start Planning for Heat in the Feedlot

Controlling Invasive Species in Native Range with Late Summer and Fall Burning

Understanding Photosensitivity in Cattle

Comparing the Performance of Cattle Castrated Using Different Techniques Upon Arrival at the Feedlot

How to Know When a Pasture is Ready to be Grazed?

Targeted grazing on cheatgrass in the western Great Plains

Swath Grazing Sorghum-Sudangrass and Pearl Millet as an Alternative to Feeding Cows Baled Hay in the Winter

H5N1 in Dairy Cattle - Information and Update for Cattle Producers

Simple Synchronization of Cows - One Injection, One Time thorugh the Chute and Bull Breed

Management Strategies for Minimizing Early Pregnancy Loss

Understanding Coccidiosis in Calves

Best Practices for Needle Selection Use and Care in Cattle Health

Best Practices for Emergency Euthanasia in Cattle

The Influence of Protein on the Reproductive Performance of Beef Females

Producer Perspective Custom Grazing Cows on Rented Cornstalks

Maternal Bovine Appeasing Substance - Research and Results

Understanding and Managing Enterotoxemia in Young Calves

Right Way. Right Time. A Guide to Cull Cattle Management

Vitamin A Levels at Calving can have a Big Impact on Calf Health

Chasing the Elusive Second Calf

Bovine Congestive Heart Failure (BCHF), Genetic Factors that Increase Risk and One that Protects

Calving Report Card III

Planning for and Planting Spring Annual Forages

Retained Placentas in Beef Cows, Causes and Care

Preparations to Make When Scheduling and Delivering a Beef for Processing

MGA Feeding for 18 Days, Impacts to Heifer Estrus and AI Pregnancy Rates

Characteristics of Effective Ranch Managers - A Perspective from the King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management

Recent Research on Limit Feeding Stocker Cattle

Tips for Dealing with Muddy Conditions in Feedyards and Lots

Preparing for Calving from a Vets Perspective

Developing a Breeding Plan for a Commercial Cow Herd

A Producer Perspective on Leasing Bulls

A Big Picture Perspective on the Canadian Cattle Industry

Winter Cattle Yard Preparation Checklist

Understanding Johnes Disease in Beef Cattle

Things to Think Through When Developing an Estate and Business Transition Plan

Artificial Insemination of Beef Heifers with Multi-Sire Sexed Semen

Two Things for Ranchers to Consider as Tax Management Strategies Prior to Year End

Cow Herd Report Card II. Measures of Performance

Corn Silage Feed Out

How to Meet your Cows Nutrient Needs when Feeding Hay this Winter

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

Investigating the cause of cattle abortions: When to involve your veterinarian and what happens next

Cow Herd Report Card I. Measures of Performance

Protecting Farms and Ranches from Wildfires

Trading Manure and Crop Residue, Considerations for a Fair Trade

Winter Rate of Gain and Implant Strategy of Stockers Influences Hot Carcass Weight

Pricing Corn Destined for Feeding as Silage, Snaplage, Earlage or Grain

Welcome to the Feedlot: Best Management Practices for Managing Newly Received Feeder Cattle?

A Producers Perspective on Having both a Spring and Fall Calving Herd in the Sandhills

Best Practices for Vaccinating Cattle, Handling Vaccines, and Caring for Animal Health Equipment

Fall Cattle Lice Treatments

Feedlot Cattle Handling Practices

Talk to your Tax Preparer to Position for Year End

Understanding Cattle Health Concerns on Cornstalks

Pasture Range and Forage Insurance - A Producers Perspective

Corn Silage as a Feed Source for Beef Cows this Winter

Do You Have Mold and Mycotoxins in Your Silage?

Feed Prices Favor Limit-Feeding Stockers a High Energy Diet

Windrow Grazing Annual Forages to Extend the Grazing Season

Why is Larkspur Dangerous for Cattle and How to Manage It

Using Supplement Placement with Cattle Grazing to Reduce Cheatgrass Biomass and Fire Risk

What Will You Do with Profits?

Lumpy Jaw vs Woody Tongue Understanding the Difference

Pros and Cons of Fall Planting Winter and Spring Small Grains

Is That Corn Crop Worth More as Silage or as Grain?

Is it Foot Rot or Something Else?

The benefits of ultrasound as pregnancy diagnosis tool in providing information to make management decisions.

Seeing the synergies in row crops, annual forages and cows on a south central Nebraska irrigated farm.

What does summer pneumonia look like in calves, and what to do about it?

Annual Forage Options for July or August Planting.

Signs and Risks of Algal Blooms in Surface Water Used for Livestock.

How has Livestock Risk Protection Insurance Performed for Producers?

A Producers Perspective on Minimizing Cow Depreciation on a Ranch

Defend the Core, Grow the Core: Tackling Eastern Redcedar Encroachment in Nebraskas Grasslands

Mapping is a Key Part of Spring Leafy Spurge Control

Mineral Supplementation During Gestation to First-Calf Heifers, Impacts on Dams and Daughters

Sizing and Siting a Shade Structure

Practice Tick Safety to Avoid Getting an Allergy to Red Meat

Zoonotic Disease Risks during Calving Season

Why Grazing Before Pastures are Ready can Have Lasting Impacts and How to Limit the Damage

Taming Toxic Plants

Garlic for Horn Fly Control

Wheat May Have More Value as Forage than Taking it to Grain

Packing Small Grain Silage When It Is Too Wet Can Be a Costly Mistake

Calculating the Value of Nutrients in Manure

Genetic Selection, Environmental Adaptation and Stress Resilience - What are we learning?

Understanding Trichomoniasis and its Impact as a Reproductive Disease

Options for Estrus Synchronization this Breeding Season

Winter Bull Management and What to Do if Your Bulls Get Frostbite on the Testes?

Getting the Most Out of Grazing Cereal Rye and other Winter-hardy Small Cereals

Preventing Grass Tetany in the Lactating Beef Cow this Spring

Understanding Scours

Identifying Your Competitive Advantage

A Cow Calf Producers Perspective on Utilizing Livestock Risk Protection Insurance

Getting More Out of Fall Forage Cover Crops: Is Strip Grazing Worth It?

Understanding how Vaccinations can Impact Herd Fertility

Weak Calf Syndrome

Swath Grazing Forage Sorghum and Pearl Millet as a Winter Feed option for cows in Iowa

TDN Translation Understanding Energy of Forages

Understanding the Causes of and Caring for Prolapses in Cattle

Field Trial Assesses the Use of Sexed Semen in a Commercial Commercial Cow Herd

Cow-calf Business Benchmarks

Winter Tick

Limit Feeding Cows Corn as an Alternative to Hay

Managing Hypothermia in Newborn Calves

Spring Annual Forages

Matching Production Systems and Marketing to a Ranchs Resources - A Producers Perspective with James Sewell of the TA Ranch

Understanding Hardware Disease in Cattle

Windbreaks for Protection and Snow Diversion

Advantages of Limit Fed, High Energy Stocker Diets

Helping Cows Cope with Cold Stress

Value of Gain on Winter Backgrounded Cattle

Purchased Hay: The Extra Costs

Considerations for Corn Silage that was Harvested to Wet or to Dry.

Cattle Lice - Factors that Impact Effective Treatment.

Checking Cattle Water Using Cell Phone and Remote Camera Technology - A Producers Perspective

Single Trait EPDs vs EPD Indexes vs Production Ratios

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

Soybean Residue Value

Protein supplementation - What should I know before purchasing?

Feeding Ionophores in Mineral Supplements

Minimizing Storage Losses of Round Bale Hay

Do Your Herd and Your Bank Account a Favor - Test Your Hay!

Science Guide Outlines New Approach for Reducing Eastern Redcedar

Exploring Entreprenurial Opportunities on the Ranch

Drought Decision Making A Producer's Perspective with Jay Wolf

Five Key Principles of a Good Risk Management Culture

Can Early Pregnancy Detection Help You Make Culling and Replacement Decisions This Fall?

Utilizing Wheat in Feedlot Diets

Managing Early Weaned Calves

Late Season Pasture Fly Control

Supplementing Yearlings in the Summer Grazing Season: Is it Worth it?

What to Expect from Alternatives to Corn Silage

Weighing Risk and Rewards of Annual Forages

Adequate Nutrition for Breeding Season Success

Is Plant ID Necessary for Grassland Management?

Meeting Water Needs of Cattle in the Feedlot

Tools for Adjusting Stocking Rates during Drought

Protecting Farm and Ranches from Wild Fire

What are my Options when I am Out of Grass?

What You Need to Know to be a Bottle Calfs Mama

Protein Supplementation in Corn Silage Based Diets A Review

How Much Copper Do You Need in Your Mineral?

Milk, Benefit or Burden for Beef Cows?

Drought Planning Trigger Dates

Comparison of Partially Confined and Traditional Cow Calf Systems A Review

Colostrum 101

Opportunities and Risks to Agricultural Producers in Selling Carbon Offsets in Todays Market Environment

The Value of Hay as Fertilizer

Cow Nutrition Considerations at Calving and Early Lactation

Integrating Hair Sheep, Goats and a Cow Herd in a South Central Nebraska Operation

Getting Ready for Calving, Key Things to Help Ensure Success for Cows and Calves

Adding Goats to a Cow-calf Operation in the Sandhills - A Producers Perspective

Selecting a Synchronization Protocol that Fits your Production System

Differences Between High, Medium, and Low Profit Cow Calf Producers

Winter Supplementation of Beef Calves - When Supplementation Doesn't Pay

Cattle emissions expert: Environmental impact of beef has been overstated

Valuing Cornstalk Bales

Planning and Utilzing Cover Crops for Grazing

Tax Implications If Liquidating a Beef Herd

Management Practices that have Improved Ranch Profitability A Producers Perspective

Managing Rangeland and Pasture after an Unplanned Fire Event

What to do with High Nitrate Forage?

Managing Summer Calving Herds During the Breeding Season

Stocker Yearling Cattle as a Complement to Cow-calf Operation in the Sandhills of Nebraska

Quality of Forage and Impacts on Intake and Animal Performance

Tips for Managing Free Choice Mineral Intake

Management Strategies for Minimizing Early Pregnancy Loss

Effect of Prescribed Fire Timing on Native Range Plant Community Health and Grazing Cattle Performance

Fireproofing Cattle Health: A Perspective on Health Management

Mineral and Vitamin Considerations When Drylotting Cows

Selecting an Optimum Breeding Season Length

What to Expect from Pregnancy Rates in a Cow Herd

Cow Milk Production versus Calf Size

What Causes Pregnancy Losses in Cattle?

How to use Stockers as a Drought Management Tool

Managing for Heterogeneity on Rangelands in the Nebraska Sandhills

Using Corn Residue for High-Risk Stockers: Current Experiences

Calving Complications and When to Call the Vet

Unit Cost of Production on the Ranch - A Producers Perspective

Cornstalk Residue Grazing with Weaned Calves, Dry Pregnant Cows or Pairs What Supplementation Do They Need?

Common Mullein and Cheatgrass Control in Rangeland

Tips and Tricks for Silage Pile Construction

Using Goals with Ranch Decision Making - A Producer's Perspective

A Producers Perspective on Harvesting, Storing and Feeding Small Grain Silage

Detecting Pregnancy in Heifers and Cows with Technology, A Producer's Perspective

Moving Calving Date - A Producer's Perspective