Fundamentals of Feeding the Cow Webinar Series

Fundamentals of Feeding the Cow Webinar Series

Feed costs are often the largest category of expense for cow-calf producers in Nebraska.Understanding how the cow’s nutrient requirements change throughout the year and how tocost-effectively meet those requirements with the feed resources available can greatly influencean operation’s bottom line.   Nebraska Extension will be hosting a four session webinar…
Nebraska Corn Board seeks candidates for vacancies

Nebraska Corn Board seeks candidates for vacancies

Notice is hereby given that the terms for three members of the Nebraska Corn Development, Utilization and Marketing Board (Nebraska Corn Board) will expire June 30, 2024, and Nebraska’s corn checkoff program is seeking candidates to petition for those districts. The open positions represent Districts 6, 7 and 8. District…
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Presumptive Positive in Pottawatomie County

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Presumptive Positive in Pottawatomie County

MANHATTAN, Kansas — The Kansas Department of Agriculture is awaiting confirmation on a presumptive positive case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a backyard flock in Pottawatomie County. If confirmed, it would be the first case of HPAI in Kansas this fall. “If you have not yet taken steps…
First Ever Great Plains Heifer Development Program

First Ever Great Plains Heifer Development Program

Nebraska Extension is unveiling a new and unique opportunity for beef producers across the state, with the inaugural year of the Great Plains Heifer Development Center at the Haskell Ag Laboratory, near Concord. This joint effort with SDSU Extension will allow producers to consign heifers and carry them through their…
First-Calf Heifer Dilemma

First-Calf Heifer Dilemma

QUESTION: We have a group of cows hiding their calves more than normal. After one heifer gave birth, we could not find her calf for two days. When we did find it, it was very weak. It had gotten under the fence. We managed to nurse it back to health…
Midwest sheep and goat market report for the week of December 2nd

Midwest sheep and goat market report for the week of December 2nd

For the week ending December 2st the Midwest sheep and goat market compared 2 weeks ago was steady for hair lambs and goats.Hair lambs did show some softer undertones, but on a limited basis. Wool lambs were $20-$25/cwt lower compared to 2 weeks ago. Heavy lambs appeared to be more…
Reps. Mann, Costa, and Colleagues Defend American Beef Producers

Reps. Mann, Costa, and Colleagues Defend American Beef Producers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (KS-01) and Jim Costa (D-CA), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, led 19 of their colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack opposing a new rule that would allow for…