UNL BeefWatch

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Prepare for Cattle Lice Dec 05, 2025

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Dave Boxler discusses conditions that enhance lice activity, thresholds at which treatment is warranted and different products that are avaiable for lice control.

Windrow Grazing - A Producers Perspective Nov 24, 2025

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Myra Hipke Richardson from near Stuart, Nebraska discusses how they have integrated windrow grazing of summer annual forages for fall and winter feeding of the cow herd. She also talks about the logistics of fence and water that are needed to make this system work.

Bale Grazing - A Producers Perspective Nov 20, 2025

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Harold Gaugler from Grant County, North Dakota discusses how they have utilized bale grazing to reduce equipment and labor for winter feeding. He also shares how they have improved forage production from bale grazing on locations where the soil and plant community will benefit from nutrients and organic matter.

Beyond the Abstract, Does Bale Grazing Make Sense? Nov 18, 2025

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Bale grazing provides the opportunity to strategically place bales for use throughout the fall and winter on locations where the soil and plant community will benefit from nutrients and organic matter. This method of feeding can more efficiently capture nutrients in hay than when fed in a lot and reduce labor and equipment expense.

Plan Now to Purchase your Hay Supplies Nov 12, 2025

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Thinking ahead of hay needs now through the upcoming winter and spring can help position you to strategically purchase the feed you need.

Successfully Weaned Calves A Hot Commodity Nov 05, 2025

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Calves are valuable! Keys for successfully caring for them at and after the weaning process are discussed.

Strip Grazing Whole Plant Milo as a Low Cost Winter Feed Oct 31, 2025

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Harry Cope, a producer from Truxton Missouri, shares his decades of experience with strip grazing standing milo in the fall and winter with cow calf pairs as a way to reduce feed costs.

Fall and Winter Management Strategies for the Cow Herd: Sample, Test, Inventory and Stage Harvested Hay Oct 29, 2025

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Using hay test results with an inventory enables producers to cost effectively plan to meet cow nutrition needs.

What are Some Management Tips for Fall Calving Cows? Oct 21, 2025

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Dr. Rasby highlights key practices to remember when caring for fall calving cows and opportunities they provide to utilize Nebraska's feed resources.

How Winter Rate of Gain, Implant Strategy, and Housing System Impact Growing Calves Oct 17, 2025

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Research examining different levels of gain and implant strategies for growing calves through the winter are discussed.