May 28, 2025
With its deep taproots and ability to fix nitrogen in the soil, alfalfa has the potential to be an outlet for high-carbon materials like almond shell by-products...


May 28, 2025
The cattle industry is inherently volatile and subject to the unpredictable forces of weather, market prices, and input costs. To navigate these uncertainties, beef producers must adopt resilient strategies that ensure long-term profitability and sustainability...


May 28, 2025
Don't go to the town diner for breakfast in the morning — it’s too far of a drive. I would imagine, though, that with beef prices as high as they are for calves, there would be plenty of ranchers horn-tooting about their recent paychecks...


May 27, 2025
We are all familiar with the three primary nutrients required by plants: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K)...


May 27, 2025
Last year, we started experimenting with virtual fencing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln...


May 12, 2025
In last month’s column, I had talked about where the best place in the U.S. to be in cow-calf production might be...


April 25, 2025
One of the soil functions of widespread interest to country and city dwellers alike is providing a firm foundation, either for growing plants or for the variety of buildings that we house our livestock, harvested grain, or families in...


March 31, 2025
It seems like many of my columns begin with, “A lot of people ask me . . .”...


March 17, 2025
Is it safe to assume that we all look forward to a bit of spring green up?...


March 11, 2025
“We, as cattle producers, row-crop farmers, and as a society, have been pushed toward maximizing production as much as we can,” said Dan Glenn at the Kentucky Cattleman’s Association meeting las...