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Silage for Beef Cattle Conference: Small Grain Silage Set for March 17th

Fri, 01/21/2022 - 15:10
Tuesday, February 1, 2022

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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Updated Nebraska Cow Herd System Budgets Available Now

Wed, 12/29/2021 - 11:32
Saturday, January 1, 2022

Practices, conditions, and prices change. Therefore, enterprise budgets must be updated at least annually. Several of the geographically representative Nebraska cow herd budgets produced by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln were updated over the past several months. Primarily, feed and cattle prices were updated, with three additional budgets completed.

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Current Drivers and Atypical Seasonal Patterns in the Cull Cow Cutout

Wed, 12/29/2021 - 11:19
Saturday, January 1, 2022

This article was first published by In the Cattle Markets on Dec. 7, 2021

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The Impact of Price and Management on Culling Decisions

Wed, 12/29/2021 - 10:49
Saturday, January 1, 2022

The following is a summary of the webinar “The Impact of Price and Management on Culling Decisions” given on November 4, 2021, as part of the Center for Agriculture Profitability weekly webinar series housed in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. This webinar can be viewed here, with an accompanying podcast above.

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LRP Insurance for Fed Cattle and Put Options: Farmer-Feeder Considerations

Wed, 12/29/2021 - 10:20
Saturday, January 1, 2022

This article was first published in the November 2021 edition of RightRisk News

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Cow-Calf College to be held January 25th

Tue, 12/28/2021 - 10:22
Saturday, January 1, 2022

Cow-Calf College is gearing up to be hosted January 25th at the Clay County Fairgrounds from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm in the Activities Building. Registration starts at 9:00 a.m. This year’s program will be offered in a hybrid format through zoom and attendance in person. The focus of the 2022 Cow-Calf College will start with an in-depth look at eastern redcedar control in the morning, an update by beef cow-calf specialist, Kacie McCarthy and a special presentation by Tom Field focusing on ways to engage youth in the beef industry.   

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How to Develop a Custom Calving Agreement

Tue, 12/28/2021 - 10:05
Saturday, January 1, 2022

Calving someone else’s cows or heifers can be a great enterprise for a beginning rancher, a method to reduce the overhead cost of facilities and equipment, and a strategy for marketing feed. Or, having someone else calve some or all of your cowherd can reduce labor and stress and allow for an operation to remain sustainable or expand if skilled seasonal labor is limited.

Having a simple and straightforward agreement in writing can be the difference between disagreement and disappointment and a satisfying experience for both parties involved.

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Cow Herd Appraisal Performance Software (CHAPS) Benchmark Data – A Review

Tue, 12/21/2021 - 10:34
Saturday, January 1, 2022

The 2021 North Dakota Livestock Research Report includes an article on the North Dakota State University CHAPS data recording software program that works with cow-calf producers to enter and store cow herd production information and then provides a framework to analyze and compare data to other herds in the program. The CHAPS program began in 1985 with the intent to help producers set goals and then manage herds to achieve these goals.

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Differences Between High-, Medium-, and Low-Profit Cow-Calf Producers: An Analysis of 2016-2020 Kansas Farm Management Association Cow-Calf Enterprise – A Review

Fri, 12/17/2021 - 11:34
Saturday, January 1, 2022

This study by Dustin L. Pendell Ph.D. and Kevin L. Herbel can be found at the Kansas State University AgManager.info website. Review and summary by Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator.

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Know Your Numbers, Know Your Options

Fri, 12/17/2021 - 10:52
Saturday, January 1, 2022

The next session of “Know Your Numbers, Know Your Options,” Nebraska Extension’s four-part record-keeping course, will be held virtually from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. central time on January 18, 20, 25, and 27.

Participants should plan on attending each of the four workshop dates. The course requires participants to have an internet connection. 

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Three-State Beef Conference: Long-term Planning for the Cow Herd

Fri, 12/17/2021 - 10:29
Saturday, January 1, 2022 Area beef producers should make plans to attend the annual Three-State Beef Conference that is scheduled for January 11, 12 and 13, 2022 with locations in Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska. The Three-State Beef Conference is designed to give beef cattle producers and others in the beef industry in Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska a regular update on current sire, cow-calf, and economic topics. All sessions will be held during the evening to help accommodate producers who work off the farm during the day. Spanish: 

Winter Supplementation of Beef Calves – When Supplementation Doesn’t Pay

Fri, 12/17/2021 - 09:51
Friday, January 1, 2021

Spring born calves are often weaned in the fall, supplemented through the winter at a low rate of gain, and then graze summer grass, taking advantage of compensatory gain until feedlot entry. Many producers assume providing minimal protein supplementation to target approximately 1.0 pound/day gain during the winter is the most economical system. However, research data would suggest this assumption is not the most economical management system.

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Cost and Value of Gain for Retained Feeder Cattle in Nebraska

Tue, 11/30/2021 - 07:16
Wednesday, December 1, 2021

The fall run of feeder cattle is underway across the United States. Producers are now left with the decision to retain or sell weaned calves. A financially sound business decision is one where what it costs me to put on weight is less than what the market is willing to pay me to put it on. While that decision is straightforward, some limiting factors can impact these calculations.

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Women in Agriculture to Present Love of the Land Conference in North Platte

Mon, 11/29/2021 - 20:20
Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Nebraska Extension's Women in Agriculture Program will host the Love of the Land Conference for female farmland owners and tenants looking to improve their business management skills, Dec. 9, at the Sandhills Convention Center, 2012 S. Jeffers St., in North Platte. 

Industry experts will present workshops covering lease agreements, rental rates, mental health, crop and livestock insurance and more.  

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It Costs How Much!?

Mon, 11/29/2021 - 15:26
Wednesday, December 1, 2021

What does it cost to run a cow on your operation? How do you calculate the costs? How do you value raised feed, labor, equipment, as well as replacement females grown on the ranch? These questions are frequently asked when the conversation of annual cow costs comes up.

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2021 Virtual Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle Conference presentations are now available for viewing

Mon, 11/29/2021 - 13:43
Wednesday, December 1, 2021

The Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle Conference is considered to be the premier national event in beef cattle reproductive management.  This meeting has a long history of providing the latest information on the application of reproductive technologies and includes a range of topics under an annual set of themes related to cow herd reproduction.  The presentations from the 2021 conference held September 15th, 16th and 17th are now available for viewing at the Applied Reproductive S

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Valuing Corn Stalk Bales

Wed, 11/24/2021 - 16:49
Wednesday, December 1, 2021

With dry conditions still plaguing much of the state, baling corn residue following harvest might be an optional roughage source if hay supply is getting tight. What value should be put on baling corn residue?

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Principles for Attracting and Retaining Quality Ag Employees Webinar – A Panel Discussion

Wed, 11/24/2021 - 14:56
Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Help-wanted signs are everywhere. Hiring is so difficult that many are calling this the “Great Resignation.” Agricultural businesses in Nebraska are not exempt from this challenge; competition for available workers comes from area industries, and the labor market is tight.

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What to Consider When Selecting Replacement Heifers

Wed, 11/24/2021 - 14:12
Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Replacement heifers are one of the most important groups we can manage in the cowherd; therefore, managing our heifers from weaning to breeding will be a very important time for developing females that remain in the herd for years to come. Weaning can be a time to identify replacement heifer candidates that may potentially join the herd.

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