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Survey for County Crops Day – on the radio! University of Minnesota Extension, KDHL Radio, and KRFO Radio hosted the annual Rice and Steele County Crops Day program on the radio this year! Thank you for tuning in on Tuesday, February 23, Thursday, February 25, and/or Friday, February 26, 2021. Tuesday’s program featured weed updates. Mike Cruse and David Nicolai, Extension Educators, focused on updates regarding Palmer amaranth, a noxious weed on the Minnesota Department of Ag’s eradicate list. Thursday featured crop diseases, ...

Rice and Steele County Crops Days On AM Minnesota The annual Rice and Steele County Crop Days will be on KDHL's AM Minnesota Program this week, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday thanks the Extension Educator Claire LaCanne in Rice and Steele County. It was Clair's idea to host the Crops Day on AM Minnesota instead of going virtual like so many other programs. In addition Claire lined up all the Extension Specialists after we talked about the crop production topics we wanted to cover. If you cannot listen to the programs shortly after they air they will be posted on our website as podcasts.

The annual Rice and Steele County Crops Days will NOT be virtual, but instead on three AM Minnesota Programs.

BY Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension | January 20, 2021 When beef producers look at annual cow costs and doing an economic analysis, three categories tend to make up the largest percentage of total costs: feed, labor/equipment and cow depreciation. Other expenses, such as breeding expense and veterinary costs, tend to be significantly less than the “Big Three.” To conduct an economic analysis of a ranch, first break the ranch into enterprises to understand where value is being created ...

Nebraska Extension When beef producers look at annual cow costs and doing an economic analysis, three categories tend to make up the largest percentage of total costs: feed, labor/equipment and cow depreciation. Other expenses, such as breeding expense and veterinary costs, tend to be significantly less than the “Big Three.” To conduct an economic analysis of a ranch, first break the ranch into enterprises to understand where value is being created and costs are occurring. Land ownership, hay production, cow-calf and replacement heifer development are four of the major enterprises on many...