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Most feedlot finishing diets contain cereal grain. In order to increase total starch digestibility and energy availability, grains are typically processed. Roughage is fed to maintain rumen health in cattle and to reduce the incidence of digestive... more...
02/08/2010 11:14am
Most feedlot finishing diets contain cereal grain. In order to increase total starch digestibility and energy availability, grains are typically processed. Roughage is fed to maintain rumen health in cattle and to reduce the incidence of digestive...
  02/08/2010 11:14am
Roundin' up cattle with the ole Ford is not a sport for sissies. The faint hearted need not apply.
  01/29/2010 8:24am
The 9th Annual Heart City Bull Bash in Valentine, Neb., will be held Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010. Billed as the Heart City's “Main” Event, over 120 bulls along with displays of stallions and commercial equipment will line Valentine's Main Street.
  01/29/2010 7:46am
Cattle typically can withstand a single snow storm. However, this winter's back-to-back snow storms combined with high winds and low temperatures mean cattle may not make it to market as fast, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln beef cattle specialist...
  01/22/2010 3:44pm
A home study course aimed at providing important information for beef producers has been updated to include the latest research available, according to University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension. Beef Basics II recently was unveiled, focusing on breeding...
  01/22/2010 3:39pm
DENVER — Attendance at the 104th National Western Stock Show was 633,003, down 1.6 percent from the 643,100 for the 2009 show.
  01/26/2010 6:51am
Erin Dorsey has completed the circle.

“I showed my first steer down here when I was 3 years old. That was when they still had an open steer show,” Dorsey said last week.

That also was nearly 40 years ago.
  01/25/2010 2:21pm
“If given opportunities, the youth of the region have remarkable talent and potential,” said Ryan Stainbrook. “[The Livestock Judging Team] believes that by offering youth programs, competitions, and support we are ultimately helping...
  01/22/2010 6:40pm
Interest in raising meat goats has gained momentum with the increasing demand for goat meat in the United States. UNL Extension is sponsoring an Eastern Nebraska Meat Goat Workshop to assist those currently involved in goat production and others...
  01/22/2010 11:14am
DENVER — Sydney Schnoor didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she did a little of both after her 1,305-pound steer — called Bob — was named grand champion of the National Western Stock Show Market Beef Show Thursday afternoon.
  01/22/2010 5:04pm
DENVER — Rebecca Peter accomplished her goal at her last National Western Stock Show Market Swine Show on Wednesday when she took Lip Gloss to the championship of the Chester White division of the show.
  01/22/2010 6:35pm
Producers are invited to attend Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture's 100 Beef Cow Ownership Advantage Seminar on Jan. 21 at 1 p.m. at the NCTA Veterinary Hospital Amphitheater in Curtis, Neb.
  01/22/2010 6:40pm
In January and February, two University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension workshops at extension offices across the state will provide livestock and crop farmers with the latest information on how to turn manure nutrients into better crop yields while...
  01/15/2010 10:21am
DENVER — The coming year could be good for cattle producers, but there are a lot of “ifs” attached to that forecast.
  01/17/2010 7:50am
The Nebraska Beef Council Board of Directors will hold their annual board meeting at the NBC office in Kearney located at 1319 Central Avenue on Tuesday, January 19, 2010, beginning at 8:00 a.m. CST.
  01/15/2010 9:50am
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