Soil microbes are all the buzz these days, but what about rumen microbes? Currently, it is very common to go to a ruminant nutrition meeting and hear about feeding the microbes first. There are four groups of microbes that can [...]
Phewy! Smell that? From an early age, we are often told the old phrase “That’s the smell of money!” Although this phrase is often used to indicate cattle profits, the manure in those pens also holds a wealth of resources [...]
The state of Nebraska is in the center of the High Plains Region of the United States. The states that make up this region are Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, and the Dakotas. I checked the current drought monitor and found [...]
Integrated agriculture can benefit beef producers. Intensive, specialized crop production has several widely agreed upon downfalls. These specialized systems tend to have stationary yields all while profitability is widely dependent on a global market over which we have little control. [...]