Mark your calendar for our 21st University of Nebraska Bull Sale scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 12, 2014. This is a student run sale and really highlights the hard work that UNL students put in throughout the semester.
DV AUCTION: Once again DV Auction will have our sale on the intern Continue reading…
Beef feedlot managers, owners, employees and supporting industry personnel attended presentations for the latest in feedlot health, nutrition, environment and economics. The Roundtables were offered in Nebraska with 6 remote links to sites in Iowa with Iowa State University Extension. Selected topi Continue reading…
The 2014 Nebraska Ranch Practicum gives ranchers cutting edge research in range livestock production from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Natural resources, livestock management and economic reality are integrated throughout the Practicum.
During the three-season UNL Extension class, particip Continue reading…
Conserving native range resources and teaching others to do the same is a long standing tradition in Nebraska. In 1954 a group of people associated with the Nebraska chapter of the Society for Range Management began what is now known as the Nebraska Range Judging Contest.
Originally, this contest Continue reading…
This is Part 3 of a three part series that will provide information on meat labeling terms. Part 1 covered Grass-fed and Grain-fed (http://go.unl.edu/8kk4) and Part 2 covered Organic, All-natural, and Naturally Raised (http://go.unl.edu/sksb).
Meat is a nutrient dense food product. Specifically, b Continue reading…
Late March or early April is the time to plant spring forage cocktails for beef cattle grazing. Spring forage cocktails can be planted as a way of shortening fallow time between crop rotations or they could be planted as part of a series of annual forage crops to be used through the grazing season. Continue reading…
Planting new fields of pure alfalfa sometimes gets to be too automatic. Maybe it’s time to consider adding some grass to the mix.
Let’s look at some of the advantages for including grass with our alfalfa plantings:
1. Grass may grow in areas of the field where alfalfa plants are not well-adap Continue reading…
The “Nebraska Advantage” is comprised of an interrelated system of crops, livestock and biofuel production capacity that is basically unmatched anywhere in the country. Nebraska is ranked 1st in irrigated acres, commercial red meat production, and tied with Texas for cattle on feed, 2nd in corn-bas Continue reading…
The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) will hold its annual meeting and research symposium in Lincoln, NE on June 18-21 2014 at the Cornhusker Marriot in the heart of downtown Lincoln. This event is co-hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska Cattlemen, and the US Meat Animal Research Continue reading…
Since beginning my role as the Nebraska Director of Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) in July, I have been studying and gathering information on the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Assessment Guides and third party audits in the beef industry. Assessments and audits are becoming a part of d Continue reading…