July 7, 2025

Barta Brothers Ranch Field Day set for July 16

Barta Brothers Ranch

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Barta Brothers Ranch Field Day is set for Wednesday, July 16, offering a morning of research updates and an optional afternoon tour focused on prescribed fire, grazing strategies, and livestock management.

The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. CT at the Barta Brothers Ranch, located 26 miles south of Bassett on Highway 183, then 8 miles west on 854th Road (listed as 444th Avenue on Apple Maps). On-site registration begins at 9 a.m.

The event is free and includes lunch. Attendees are asked to register by Friday, July 11, to help with meal planning. To register, contact Mitch Stephenson at mstephenson@unl.edu or 308-632-1355.

This year’s program includes:

  • Research updates on prescribed fire, patch-burn grazing, and rangeland production from Mitch Stephenson, Gwendwr Meredith and Hannah Allen
  • Presentations on livestock nutrition and cattle reproduction from Rick Funston
  • Eastern red cedar management in the eastern Sandhills, featuring Bethany Johnston, Grant Gydesen and a panel discussion
  • An optional afternoon tour of the four-pasture patch-burn grazing research project

The field day offers an opportunity to learn and discuss current strategies for managing grasslands, livestock and woody plant encroachment.