6 NEBRASKA CATTLEMAN February 2025 THE ONLY PUBLICATION DEDICATED TO THE NEBRASKA CATTLE INDUSTRY. NEBRASKA CATTLEMAN February 2025 Vol. 81 | Issue 2 REGULARS Insights .................................................8 Ruminations .......................................10 Consider This ....................................22 NC Dispatch........................................ 84 BQA ......................................................86 US MARC............................................90 MRS .....................................................94 NC Foundation...................................98 NC Partners ...................................... 104 Advertiser Index .............................106 Sale & Event Calendar ...................108 Membership Application................ 110 FEATURES PRODUCTION Trusting Your Cows to Produce the Best Colostrum ........................................14 A look at how trace mineral nutrition helps cows make better colostrum and healthier calves. Maximize Your Cow Herd Pregnancy Rates .....................................................30 Explore three key management areas to limit the number of open females on your operation. Protecting the U.S. Cattle Herd from New World Screwworm....................... 34 What producers need to know about New World screwworm. Managing Mud........................................................................................................ 40 From calving to feedlot, consider these strategies when extreme moisture hits. PEOPLE Meet NC’s Newest Board Members ....................................................................52 Get to know Nebraska Cattlemen’s newest leaders. PAST Strengthening Nebraska Agriculture.................................................................. 24 For more than a century, UNL’s Research, Extension and Education Centers have served Nebraska. POLICY 2024 Financial Policy Victories and 2025 Death Tax Preview .......................58 NCBA’s Kent Bacus recaps 2024 and previews tax policy changes expected in 2025. PERSPECTIVES Celebrating 40 Years of Empowering Women in Nebraska Agriculture .......18 UNL program offers unbiased, research-based education to women involved in all aspects of agriculture. Stress Management in Cattle Country ...............................................................48 Explore stress, its impact on producers and strategies to find calm in the middle of chaos. SPECIAL TO THIS ISSUE 2024 Nebraska Cattlemen Annual Convention Recap..................................... 62 2024 Nebraska Cattlemen Annual Convention Sponsors ............................... 78 Curt Friesen Honored with NC Industry Service Award ................................80 Dave Burkholder Honored with NC Hall of Fame Award ...............................82 Manuscripts and advertisements are welcome. Nebraska Cattlemen reserves the right to edit and refuse advertisements. Readers are welcome to submit letters to the editor. Full name and address of writer must accompany all letters. Letters are accepted with the understanding that they may be condensed to fit the magazine format and edited for accuracy and clarity. Letters contain the opinion of the writer and not that of the Nebraska Cattlemen. You can get Nebraska Cattleman via email. Receive each issue even before the Post O ce ships the printed edition. Just send an email to us at NCmag@necattlemen.org and put “Email NC Magazine” in the subject line. We assure you we will not share your email address with anyone! ON THE COVER: Another spring calf is born on the Diamond Bar Ranch at Stapleton. Photo courtesy of Natalie Jones.
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