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Packing plant fire disruptions fading, Part 2
Reducing Yucca in Rangeland
By : Bruce Anderson, Nebraska Extension Forage Specialist
When yucca covers too much land to spray, the only cost effective way to reduce its impact is to winter graze. Photo credit Troy Walz.
Yucca plants, which are also called soapweed… Continue reading
Not All Gain is The Same
By: Wesley Moore, Beef Technical Specialist, Cargill Animal Nutrition
Optimal gain for the stocker/backgrounder segment is difficult to discuss because the common answer when asked to define “optimal” is “it depends on your goals.” There’s truth to that, because not… Continue reading
Low forage protein portends higher supplemental feed costs for ranchers this winter
Fast Facts:
• A year of heavier rains has reduced nutrient levels in forages
• Abundant forage growth through the summer may have given many cows extra body fat, but breeding cows will likely need a nutrition boost through the… Continue reading
Research unwraps costs of five grazing situations, determines which most profitable
Courtesy of: University of Wyoming
Preserving and passing the land on to future generations has been noted as one major reason ranchers stay in the livestock business despite its mental, physical, and financial hardships.
Although profit and economic incentives are… Continue reading
Producers Earn Returns On Checkoff Investment
Courtesy of: Kansas Livestock Association
New economic research conducted at Cornell University shows for every checkoff dollar invested from 2014 through 2018, $11.91 was returned to cattle producers. Cornell’s Harry Kaiser also found all nine categories where the Cattlemen’s Beef… Continue reading
- Workshops Offer Biochar Basics and Uses :: Cavalier November 8, 2019
- Workshops Offer Biochar Basics and Uses :: Carrington Research Extension Center November 7, 2019
- Cattle risk management workshop Nov. 6 in Sidney November 6, 2019
- Workshops Offer Biochar Basics and Uses :: Lisbon November 6, 2019
- Heart of America Grazing Conference, October 29-30 October 29, 2019
- Cattle Marketing Listening Sessions Scheduled :: Sioux Center, Iowa October 29, 2019
- Cattle Marketing Listening Sessions Scheduled :: Osage, Iowa October 24, 2019
- Cattle Marketing Listening Sessions Scheduled :: Maquoketa, Iowa October 23, 2019
- 21st Annual Dakota Feeder Calf Show/Feedout Set October 19, 2019
- AgriLife Extension organizing Grass Grazing and Animal Management School February 20, 2019
