2020 Virtual Nebraska Grazing Conference
| 11:30PM | Virtual Lunch and Updates with Walt Schacht, Interim Director, Center for Grassland Studies |
| 12:30PM | Welcome and Opening Remarks by Daren Redfearn, Chair, Nebraska Grazing Conference Steering Committee |
| 12:45PM | Past, Current, and Future Climate Trends with Martha Shulski, Director, Nebraska State Climate Office and Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (listen to Martha Shulski's CGS Podcast episode) |
| 1:15PM | Past, Current, and Future Climate Trends on Rangeland Production and Quality with Justin Derner, Research Leader, USDA ARS Rangeland Resources and Director, Central Plains Experimental Range Long-term Agroecosysem Research |
| 1:45PM | Nebraska Sandhills: Examples of Long-term Vegetation Responses and Quality Trends with Mitchell Stephenson, Range Management Specialist, Nebraska Extension, Scottsbluff, NE (listen to Mitchell Stephenson's CGS Podcast episode) |
| 2:15PM | Producer Panel with Shannon and Melinda Sims, Sims Cattle Company, McFadden, WY and John Halstead, Ranch Manager, Fawn Lake Ranch, Gordon, NE |
| 3:00PM | BREAK |
| 3:15PM | 2019 Leopold Conservation Award Recipients with Russ and Angela Sundstrom, Broken Box Ranch, Moorefield, NE |
| 3:30PM | Using New Technology on the Ranch with Travis Mulliniks, Assistant Professor, Nebraska Extension, North Platte, NE (listen to Travis Mulliniks' CGS Podcast episode) |
| 4:00PM | GrassCast with Dannele Peck, Director, Northern Plains Climate Hub/Agricultural Economist, USDA ARS Crops Research Lab, Fort Collins, CO (listen to Dannele Peck's CGS Podcast episode) |
| 4:30PM | GrassSnap Update and Direction with Ben Beckman, Beef Systems Assistant Extension Educator, Nebraska Extension, Hartington, NE (listen to Ben Beckman's CGS Podcast episode) |
| 4:45PM | Grazing Tool (NGLC / NRCS) with T. L. Meyer, Beef Systems Extension Education, Nebraska Extension, Thedford, NE |
| 5:00PM | VIRTUAL BREAKOUT ROOMS FOR Q&A |
| 11:30PM | Virtual Lunch and Updates with Walt Schacht, Interim Director, Center for Grassland Studies |
| 12:30PM | Can Fire be Replaced in Rangelands to Manage Eastern Redcedar with Dirac Twidwell, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| 1:00PM | Scaling up Management for Resilient Grazing Lands: Outcomes for Livestock and Wildlife with Caleb Roberts, Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (listen to Caleb Robert's CGS Podcast episode) |
| 1:30PM | Fire Management with Chad Bladow, Prescribed Fire Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy—Nebraska Program, Johnstown, NE |
| 2:00PM | BREAK |
| 2:30PM | Managing Re-sprouting Woody Plants with Scott Bodie, Consultant, Environment and Natural Resources Management, Burchard, NE |
| 3:00PM | Precision Conservation: Increase Farm Profitability While Conserving Soil, Water, and Wildlife with Andrew Little, Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (listen to Andrew Little's CGS Podcast episode) |
| 3:30PM | Wildlife Use of Habitat in Response to Prescribed Fire with Dave Londe, Graduate Research Assistant, Oklahoma State University, Department of Natural Resources Ecology and Management, Stillwater, OK (listen to Dave Londe's CGS Podcast episode) |
| 4:00PM | FINAL COMMENTS, EVALUATIONS, VIRTUAL BREAKOUT ROOMS FOR Q&A |