Planning for Spring Annual Forages
While we are still early in the new year, it is time to start planning and thinking about any spring annual forages that we might plant. Part of the process may be anticipating a need for extra feed or booking seed early for possible discounts.
Spanish:2022 Beef Feedlot Roundtables in Bridgeport, North Platte, West Point
Beef feedlot managers, owners, employees and allied industries will learn new information related to feedlot price reporting, health, labor and sustainability at Nebraska Extension’s 2022 Beef Feedlot Roundtables Feb. 22-24 in Bridgeport, North Platte and West Point.
Spanish:Cow Nutrition Considerations at Calving and Early Lactation
This article was originally featured in Progressive Cattle.
Spanish:The Value of Hay as Fertilizer
This time of year, many producers are feeding cows hay. Have you ever stopped to think about what the dollar value of the nutrients in the hay are worth as fertilizer once they have been processed by the cow?
Mature cows at maintenance should excrete 100% of the nutrients they consume in terms of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.
Spanish:Crop Progress: Winter Wheat Condition 33% Good
Former Rural Fellows say Program Helped Them Gain Skills, Knowledge
Rural Prosperity Nebraska’s Rural Fellowship program recently finished its eighth year. Since 2013, students from around the globe have spent their summers living, working and serving in rural Nebraska communities. During their immersive internships, Student Fellows have strengthened towns’ websites, created hike-and-bike trails and initiated small-business development programs, among other community development projects.
RPN Newsletter—First Quarter 2022
Our newsletter for the first quarter of 2022 is here!
Download the latest updates from the RPN team on community developement and vitality in Nebraska.
Feedlots Towards Estimated National Herd Contraction
This article was first published by In the Cattle Markets on Jan. 18, 2022.
Spanish:Silage for Beef Cattle Conference: Small Grain Silage Set for March 17th
Attend in-person or online to learn how to reduce costs and improve feed quality of small grain silages.
Nebraska Extension, Lallemand Animal Nutrition and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach are hosting the fourth Silage for Beef Cattle Conference on March 17, 2022. This year the focus is on how to get the most out of small grain silages. Registration is free and producers have the option to either stream the conference online or attend in-person at the Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center in Ithaca, Neb.
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