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1 Important Happenings

2 AgNext Listener's Choice Podcast

3 Faculty Corner

4 AgNext Blog

5 AgNext in the Media

AgNext is proud to announce that two members of our team have been awarded a Western SARE grant for their research regarding air quality and dairies. Our new blog post details Dr. Diego Manriquez and Afrin Jannat's exciting accomplishment.

Utilizing Pedometers to Measure Beef Cattle Activity Levels

Check out this new blog post discussing our use of technology and pedometers at the Climate-Smart Research Facility. The information gathered by this technology will inform how different beef breeds and their activity levels are affected by various weather conditions.

National Junior Angus Association Tours the

Climate-Smart Research Facility

Dr. Pedro Carvalho and other members of the AgNext team led a group of students from the National Junior Angus Association on a tour of our Climate-Smart Research Facility. This was an excellent opportunity to connect with some future experts of animal agriculture!

Celebrating International Women's Day

AgNext is lucky to have an amazing group of hardworking women on our team. Check out this photo we snapped on International Women's Day!

The cattle and research team are excited for the beginning of spring at the Climate-Smart Research Facility! Our conducts research year-round and the geographical location of the Climate-Smart Research Facility is unique because our research team can study intake, performance, and more throughout four distinct seasons of the year.

The first Listener's Choice episode of the AgNext Podcast is available now! In this episode, Dr. Sara Place talks with JR and Pedro about methane mitigation opportunities for dairy and beef. Dr. Place is a true expert in the field with over a decade of experience studying greenhouse gases in beef and dairy systems. Stream now on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music!

Want to have a say in the next Listener's Choice episode of the AgNext Podcast? Dr. Diego Manriquez, one of our Dairy Systems Specialists, will be the next guest and you can help decide the topic he covers. Click one of the buttons below to vote on social media:

"Adaptive multi-paddock grazing management reduces diet quality of yearling cattle in shortgrass steppe"

Tamarah R. Jorns, J. Derek Scasta, Justin D. Derner, David J. Augustine, Lauren M. Porensky, EJ Raynor, and the CARM Stakeholder Group

"AgNext Researchers Receive Western SARE Grant for Air Quality and Dairy Research"

"AgNext Utilizes Pedometers to Track Animal Activity Related to Heat Adaptability Across Beef Breeds"

"AgNext develops grazing handbook"

Western Livestock Journal

"Feed additive calculator tool released"

Western Livestock Journal