Fertilizing pastures

Are low rate herbicide applications worth the risk?

Pastureland lease rates continue to grow

GPS-Based, Virtual Fencing Technology Granted License

Adaptive management of rangelands

Maximizing Marginal Pastures

By Larry Stalcup

Close your eyes and envision this lush, green fields heavy with grass and loaded with nutrition. If that's what you see without closing your eyes, count...

Manage Your Minerals

By Larry Stalcup

Greg Moore knows what it's like to manage on the edge. He runs 500 mother cows near Wagon Mound, NM country generously described as Calving is April and...

Bruce Anderson Offers Two Alfalfa Tips

By Bruce Anderson, UNL Extension forage specialist

Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist, offers the following tips on spring cultivation of established alfalfa, as well as fertilization advice. ...

7 Common Fencing Mistakes

By Alaina Burt Managing Editor

Whether you're an old specialist with a pair of fencing pliers for a right hand, or just learning the ropes of wood, wire and tape, there's always something...

Jim Gerrish Poses A Question: “Why Do You Make Hay?”

Do you ever stop and think what your primary objective is for making hay? Providing winter feed is the most common...

House Committee Conducts Animal ID Hearing

By P. Scott Shearer, Washington, D.C. correspondent

The House Agriculture Livestock Subcommittee held a hearing this week to review animal ID systems. Collin Peterson (D-MN), House Ag Committee chairman, said, “After five years of throwing over $100 million at a voluntary system......