Livestock: Cattle

Cattle

Nebraska Extension

• Beef Cattle Production Website
• Beef Basics Home Study Courses

Beef Management

• Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports 1996-2009
• Managing Feedlot Heat Stress
• Commercially Available DNA Tests for the Genetic Improvement of Beef Cattle, G1856

Business Management

• Nebraska's Cattle Feeding Industry: Size, Structure and Related Industries, EC847
• Nebraska Cattle Budgets, EC857
• Direct Sales of Beef, G1420
• Biosecurity Basics for Cattle Operations and Good Management Practices (GMP) for Controlling Infectious Diseases , G1411
• Beef Export Verification Programs: What Should Cattle Producers Do?, G1637
• Beef Cattle Share Lease Agreements, EC841  
• Livestock Risk Protection Insurance, G1723
• Hedging and Basis Considerations For Feeder Cattle Livestock Risk Protection Insurance, EC835  
• An Introduction to Agricultural Production and Marketing Contracts, G1613
• EC858 An Economic Overview of Ethanol Co-product Utilization in Nebraska

Feeding & Nutrition

• 2007 Beef Report Summaries
• Body Condition Scoring Beef Cows: A Tool for Managing the Nutrition Program for Beef Herds
• Impact of Feeding Distillers Grain on Nutrient Management Planning for Beef Cattle Systems, RP190
• Feeding High Moisture Corn
• Feed Value of Alternative Crops for Beef Cattle
• Grazing Crop Residues with Beef Cattle, EC278
• Grazing Alfalfa G-2030  
• Minerals and Vitamins For Beef Cows
• Understanding and Using a Feed Analysis Report
• Bloat Prevention and Treatment in Cattle
• The Use and Pricing of Drought-Stressed Corn
• Nitrates in Livestock Feeding
• Blending Grains and Feedstuffs - How to Figure the Proper Proportions
• St. Johnswort: Identification, Mangement & Control
• Tall Fescue as a Forage
• Harvesting Crop Residues, G1846

Marketing

• Beef Export Verification Programs: What Should Cattle Producers Do?
• Livestock Gross Margin Insurance for Cattle  
• Economic Indexes for Beef Sire Selection, G1847

Miscelleaneous

• Biosecurity Basics for Cattle Operations and Good Management Practices (GMP) for Controlling Infectious Diseases, G1411
• Understanding Beef Carcass Contest Information
• Feedlot Abandonment  
• LB 108 Repeals Fence Viewer Process 3/7/07 Cornhusker Economics Newsletter

Information from Neighboring States

• Iowa State - Livestock Publications
• OSU - Breeds of Livestock
• OSU - Livestock Virtual Library - Beef Cattle (Great Database & Links)

Other Sources of Information

• Cattle Today Online!
• The Cattle Pages (good breed photos)

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