August 31, 2006 Market Journal Toolbox Allows Producers to Maximize Profitability, Minimize Risk LINCOLN, Neb. — The Market Journal Toolbox is now available to help farmers and ranchers maximize their profitability and minimize their risk when it comes to their bottom line. MoreAugust 31, 2006 Producers Need to Use Strategies to Manage Risk LINCOLN, Neb. — The volatility of market prices has increased the need for producers to set aside old marketing habits and embrace risk management strategies, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln livestock marketing specialist said. MoreAugust 28, 2006 UNL Announces New Offering For State Pork Producers LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the U.S. Pork Center of Excellence have created the Pork Information Gateway, or PIG, for pork producers in Nebraska. MoreAugust 16, 2006 Landowners Need to Exercise Caution in Managing Fire-damaged Rangeland LINCOLN, Neb. — Landowners need to implement management changes to help scorched pastures recover from this summer's wildfires, but even with careful management, it may take several years for the rangeland to be usable again, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln rangeland ecologist says. MoreAugust 9, 2006 Soils Home Study Course, Manure Phosphorus Lessons Now Available Online LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Soils Home Study Course is now available online. MoreAugust 7, 2006 Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory Open House Set For Late August LINCOLN, Neb. — The seventh annual open house and 25th anniversary celebration for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory will be Aug. 30 at the Wagonhammer Education Center and Ray Bohy Conference Room at the Gudmundsen headquarters near Whitman. MoreAugust 7, 2006 UNL Entities Help Nebraska Business Succeed LINCOLN, Neb. — It started over dinner with friends. Two years later business partners Krista Dittman and Charuth Loth are at the beginning stages of having a successful farmstead dairy business. MoreAugust 3, 2006 Be Aware of High Nitrates in Drought-stressed Corn to Prevent Livestock Poisoning LINCOLN, Neb. — Dry conditions this summer have many producers turning to alternative methods of salvaging what's left of heat damaged corn, a feed source that can be dangerously high in nitrates, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln forage specialist said. MoreJuly 31, 2006 Manage Grazing During Drought to Minimize Damage LINCOLN, Neb. — Limited rainfall accompanied by high temperatures has left many pastures in poor condition and producers needing to change grazing management, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln forage specialist said. MoreJuly 26, 2006 Several Years of Drought Shows Farmers, Ranchers Need to Be Prepared LINCOLN, Neb. — Several years of drought across Nebraska have shown farmers and ranchers that the best time to develop a successful drought management plan is before drought strikes. More |
