Dave Boxler discusses conditions that enhance lice activity, thresholds at which treatment is warranted and different products that are avaiable for lice control.

Myra Hipke Richardson from near Stuart, Nebraska discusses how they have integrated windrow grazing of summer annual forages for fall and winter feeding of the cow herd. She also talks about the logistics of fence and water that are needed to make this system work.

Harold Gaugler from Grant County, North Dakota discusses how they have utilized bale grazing to reduce equipment and labor for winter feeding. He also shares how they have improved forage production from bale grazing on locations where the soil and plant community will benefit from nutrients and organic matter.

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.