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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension goals include finding ways to make environ­mental regulations compatible and affordable for family livestock farmers, ranchers and feeders.

RICHARD BAUMERT was assisted in setting up a sprinkler vegetative treatment system on his West Point farm by Jason Gross, a University of Nebraska Extension engineer technician. Baumert’s system drains two hog platforms and cattle yards.

John Nye of K-Line North America explains the optimum number of pods per line for a portable pasture irrigation system.

Grass needs water, and an increasing number of graziers are showing interest in irrigation to provide at least a portion of it. What they've found isn't always encouraging.