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July 22, 2023
The Nebraska Grazing Conference on Aug. 8 and 9 in Kearney will feature speakers highlighting grazing lands conservation, emerging issues in grazing lands, and precision livestock management.
July 20, 2023
The 2023 Nebraska Grazing Conference will be held Aug. 8 and 9 at the Younes Conference Center in Kearney.
July 19, 2023
The 2023 Nebraska Grazing Conference will be held Aug. 8 and 9 at the Younes Conference Center in Kearney.
June 14, 2023
Sell cows or buy feed? That’s the question most ranchers face when drought hits. The best time to plan for drought is in a wet year, and one of the best ways to plan for...
July 8, 2022
The 2022 Nebraska Grazing Conference will be held Aug. 9 and 10 at the Younes Conference Center in Kearney, Neb., with a program bridging grazing lands conservation and management.
June 2, 2022
By Brent Plugge, Nebraska Extension Beef Educator and Hannah Greenwell, Nebraska Extension Beef Educator
April 14, 2021
MINDEN â Jim and Andrew Jensen hit the trifecta this calving season. Literally. On Feb. 27, the Jensensâ cows had just begun calving. Andrew was making his rounds at Homestead Farms in Minden, which he owns with his dad, Jim, when he came across a set of twin calves that hadnât survived. The loss struck Andrew hard, and it continued to be on his mind as he began tagging other calves and checking on the heifers. Andrew returned home at about 10 a.m. when he saw a heifer, tag numbe...