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grazing

Beef, Forage Crops, Lacey Vilhauer

Consider barley in the High Plains  

Barley is an underused crop that offers High Plains producers options for grazing, feed, malting and crop rotation flexibility. Read More

Bale in field. (Adobe Stock-#213993339 │ Dusan Kostic)
Disaster, Fire, Hay Range Pasture, Wildlife

Emergency haying and grazing conservation reserve program acres

Pig nose in the pen. (Adobe Stock-#223646422 │ Nexa)
Loos Tales, Opinion, Swine

The land needed to produce animal protein

Nebraska beef producers facing tough decisions, challenging year 

  • July 17, 2026
  • By Kylene Scott
Herd of grazing cows on a vast field. (Adobe Stock-#168421307 │ Maryna Konoplytska)

Conservation, grazing, and forage situation

  • July 15, 2026
  • By Matthew Diersen │ South Dakota State University Extension
Herd of cows grazing on a field of sorghum sudangrass. (Photo: iStock │ #1204531201 - PBouman)

Registration open for grazing schools

  • July 7, 2026
  • By hpj-editorial

Wet conditions can cause more problems than the obvious ones with hay 

  • March 13, 2026
  • By Kylene Scott

Consider grazing-friendly alfalfa varieties for pastures 

  • March 13, 2026
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
(Photo courtesy of Colorado Parks and Wildlife.)

Lesser prairie-chicken removed from endangered species list 

  • February 27, 2026
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
Cattle - forage (Journal photo by Lacey Newlin.)

Planning for spring annual forages

  • January 20, 2026
  • By Jerry Volesky │ University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension

You’re invited! High Plains Journal invites farmers, ranchers to Crops & Cattle Conference

  • January 5, 2026
  • By Kylene Scott
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