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Impacts of Increasing Levels of Salt on Intake, Digestion, and Rumen Fermentation with Beef Cattle Consuming Low-Quality Forages Mar 31, 2025

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Salt is often used to limit intake of protien supplements to cattle grazing low-quality forages. This research explores the potential impacts of high levels of salt intake on digestion.

Build Resilience into Your Pasture Lease: The Drought and Disaster Clause Mar 25, 2025

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A written lease agreement should include a specified clause that addresses how drought and other natural disasters will be handled which provides clarity for both the land owner and person leasing the pasture.

Incorporating Red Clover for Management of Fescue Toxicosis Mar 20, 2025

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Dr. Brittany Davis discusses research showing that the compound biochanin A, which is found in red clover, can mitigate the effects of ergopeptide alkaloids consumed by cattle.

What Needs to be in Your Free-Choice Mineral Supplement When Grazing Cereal Rye or Other Small Cereals? Mar 18, 2025

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Dr. Mary Drewnoski discusses the specific mineral needs of cow-calf pairs as well as stocker cattle grazing annual forages and key components that should be in a supplement.

Consider Securing Feed Supplies Now for Dry Conditions Mar 13, 2025

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Drought conditions continue for most of Nebraska and the High Plains. Developing a plan and aquiring forage and concentrate feeds now to feed the cow herd will give greater options should dry weather persist.

Annual Forages, Plan Now in Case of Drought Mar 11, 2025

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Annual forages can be used to help make up for the loss of range and pasture grazing due to drought. Dr. Volesky discusses options and cautions to consider when using these forages.

Be Aware of Basis Volatility When Using Price Risk Management for Calves and Feeder Cattle Mar 10, 2025

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Dr. Parsons reviews the historic wide positive basis currently in place between CME feeder cattle prices and local cash prices in Nebraska and the basis risk to producers wanting to protect these high prices out into the future.

Effects on Stocker Steer Performance While Consuming Essential Oil or Ionophore Minerals Mar 06, 2025

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Dr. Farney discusses how an essential oil mineral performed when compared to a lasalocid mineral for steers grazing summer pasture in southeast Kansas.

Summer Supplementation of Steers with Dried Distillers Grains Cubes in Western Oklahoma Mar 04, 2025

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Dr. Paul Beck discusses the differences in average daily gain and supplement efficiency for steers grazing native grass pastures in 2022.

Strategic zinc supplementation research has been shown to improve cattle resilency to health challenges along with growth and performance from weaning through to harvest. Feb 27, 2025

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Dr. Stephanie Hansen discusses 15 years of zinc research in receiving, growing and finishing cattle diets and the benefits they have seen.

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