For more information, contact Erin Laborie, Engagement Zone 4 Extension Educator - Livestock Systems.
March 2025
In this Beef Update newsletter, you will find:
- Private Applicator Trainings
- Grass Tetany Prevention
- New Weekly Video Series: Mineral Minute
- Returning to the Farm Workshop Series
- BQA/BQAT In-Person Trainings
- Consider Securing Feed Supplies Now for Dry Conditions in 2025
February 2025
In this Beef Update newsletter, you will find:
- Private Applicator Trainings
- Midwest FEEDS Practicum
- Feedlot Roundtables
- Sign-up for Livestock Related Custom Rates Survey
- Land Application Trainings
- Women in Agriculture Conference
- Returning to the Farm Workshop Series
If you need assistance developing gestation or lactation rations for your cows, please don't hesitate to reach out. Wishing you a successful calving and sale season ahead!
January 2025
In this Beef Update newsletter, you will find:
- Colostrum: Supplements vs. Replacements
- Sign-up for Livestock Related Custom Rates Survey
- UNL Winter Stocker Tour features Darr Feedlot
- Leaving a Lasting Legacy: A Succession Planning Series
- Fundamentals of Feeding the Cow Webinar Series
- Prescribed Fire Workshops
- Women in Agriculture Conference
December 2024
In this Beef Update newsletter, you will find:
- New Reporting Requirement Affects Many Agricultural Businesses
- 2025 UNL Beef Cattle Research Report
- Sign-up for Livestock Related Custom Rates Survey
- Leaving a Lasting Legacy: A Succession Planning Series
- Cow Clinics
- Beef Cattle Technology Virtual Tradeshow
- Drone Education in Southwest Nebraska
November 2024
In this Beef Update newsletter, you will find:
- Farm Succession & Estate Planning Resources
- Fundamentals of Feeding the Cow Webinar Series
- Sign-up for Livestock Related Custom Rates Survey
- Beef Cattle Technology Virtual Tradeshow
- How Grazing Corn Residue Affects the Soil
- Cover Crop Grazing Conference
- Risk Management for Livestock Producers
- Cow Clinics
October 2024
In this Beef Update newsletter, you will find:
- Crop Residue Exchange
- Hay Probes Available at Extension Office
- BQA/BQAT Training in Curtis
- Husker Nutrition Conference
- Cornstalk Grazing Fundamentals, Leases, and Agronomic Impacts Webinar
- Knowing, Growing, and Grazing Grass Webinar
- Fundamentals of Feeding the Cow Webinar
September 2024
In this Beef Update newsletter, you will find:
- New Nebraska Mesonet Website
- Free Well Water Testing
- Determining What's Fair in Cow Leasing Webinar
- Nebraska Youth Beef Leadership Symposium
- Upcoming BQA/BQAT Trainings
- Knowing, Growing, and Grazing Grass Webinar Series
The Nebraska Mesonet is a collection of 63 high quality, standardized weather and soil observation stations located throughout Nebraska.
August 2024
In this Beef Update newsletter, you will find:
- Farm Succession & Estate Planning Resources
- Landlord/Tenant Cash Rent Workshops
- Fall Grazing School
- Beef for Troops
- Silage Management Resources
- Nebraska Grazing Conference
- Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory Open House
- Husker Harvest Days