GrassSnap makes photo-monitoring a snap! Rangeland managers can quickly grab repeatable photo-monitoring data, and save it to their smart device. Data can easily be downloaded to a computer.
Check out the unique features of the app:
• A ghost image allows users to effortlessly replicate the landsc Continue reading…
As cattlemen enter the summer months, they need to understand and deal with heat and humidity. We need to consider some guidelines to help us reduce additional stress on cattle during these events and incorporate some of the following practices into our management practices.
It is first important Continue reading…
Many producers have found calving in late spring or summer allows them to match their feed resources to the cow’s nutrient requirements better than spring calving. Producers who choose to calve at this time need to also consider the water requirements of young calves during the heat of summer.
Very Continue reading…
Remember the “flash” drought of 2012? Many areas of Nebraska were still dry in 2013 and into 2014.
Drought assistance for livestock producers is now available for 2012 and 2013. Some counties are still eligible in 2014. There are two programs- the LFP and ELAP.
The LFP addresses drought loss o Continue reading…
Ranchers and beef producers listened to the report and changed how they were doing business. Back in 1991, the National Beef Quality Audit (NBQA), injection site lesions were a major concern for the beef industry.
The beef industry should “pat itself” on the back for what was NOT said in the 2011 Continue reading…
Have you noticed an abundance of yellow sweet clover this summer? This can be good or bad, depending on how it may affect your pastures, your hay, and your cattle.
In many situations, I like sweet clover. Sweet clover is a legume and is able to produce its own nitrog Continue reading…
Consider planting oats and turnips in early maturing corn silage fields for fall/winter grazing. Be sure to make a commitment to plant as early as possible. In terms of corn silage fields, this means planting in the first fields that you harvest and targeting a planting date of early to mid-August. Continue reading…
Rained on hay. Sometimes it’s down so long that it’s virtually worthless. Trouble is, what do you do with it?
Rained on hay causes many problems. Obviously, feed value of the hay is lowered. And many times, in our rush to put this hay up, it gets baled or stacked too Continue reading…