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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Meeting early with your tax preparer will provide time to make sound tax management decisions and thoughtfully explore options. Prudently paying taxes now may be best for the cow-calf business long term.

Fall regrowth on cool season grasses may seem like a bonus for grazing, but care must be used when utilizing this forage to minimize risk of reducing plant health and vigor for next spring.

Grazing annual forages at and shortly after a freeze event raises the potential for toxicity. The risks and practices to mitigate them are discussed.