UNL BeefWatch

Nick Jorgenson talks about their 7 year journey of using virtual fence and the value it delivers for grazing pasture and crop ground.

Nebraska Extension Specialists discuss research that has been done with virtual fence, what has been learned and the opportunities for producers to utilize this technology for grazing and cattle management.

Dr. Warren Rusche discusses research examining the inclusion of rye grains at various levels of feeding in both growing and finishing diets.

Dr. Warren Rusche from South Dakota State University discusses research showing an advantage in carcass weight for cattle fed extruded and expelled soybean meal as a protein source in finishing diets.

There are advantadges of using an energy dense diet to grow calves instead of one's containing high levels of forage under current market conditions.

Dr. Jim MacDonald discusses the performance of growing cattle fed raw soybeans, roasted soybeans or distillers grains in a silage based diet.

Dr. Drewnoski discusses why Vitamin A is important for health and reproduction and when additional supplement is needed.

Doug Sieck of Selby, South Dakota discusses his experience grazing standing corn and feeding shell corn with hay when forage is short.

Dr. Shike discusses research on feeding cows concentrates when roughage is in short supply.

Drought has stressed calves this summer. Ways to mitigate stress and enhance calf health are discussed.