By Erin Laborie, Nebraska Extension Livestock Educator Vitamin A plays a critical role in young calf health. Calves are born with very limited vitamin A stores because little transfers from the cow during gestation. Newly born calves rely heavily on colostrum for their supply of vitamin A, making the cow’s late-gestation diet critically important. For most herds calving in late winter or spring, cows are fed stored or stockpiled forages during their last trimester. Recent research suggests that late gestation cows need 75,000 to 90,000 IU/d of vitamin A, but the amount of vitamin A in hay varies widely. Factors such as forage type, maturity at harvest, haying and storage conditions, as well as how long hay has been stored influence vitamin A levels. This can mean supplementation needs range from none at all to nearly the full requirement coming from a supplement.

Cambridge Lions hold hamburger feed

8/10/25: Accident property damage 299 Rd, NE; Animal other, 23 Hwy, NE; Ambulance, illness, Pear St., Maywood, NE. 8/11/25: Animal on roadway, NE; Animal on roadway, 23 Hwy, Farnam, NE; 911 Ghost clls, 2nd st.

Maywood Thursday, August 21: Grilled chicken sandwich, sweet potato friess, apple slices. Friday, August 22: Ham or turkey sandwich, chips, baby carrots, grapes.

Patricia R. Johnson, 91 of Cozad, formally of Eustis, passed away on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at Meadowlark Pointe at Cozad.

BEAVER CITY – In a meeting that lasted almost 2-1/2 hours, three members of Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN) met with city council members and fielded questions. MEAN is the wholesale electric contractor for Beaver City.

10 years ago Arapahoe High School started the new school year with three new teachers. Kaitlin Spaulding is a first year teacher and will teach Family Consumer Science classes Comprehensive Health Parenting, Family Health, Foods, and Family Consumer Science for seven and eight grades and Adult Living.

10 years ago A card club that has been around since the 1940’s is facing extinction or will need to find a new home. Information from former member Ed Puritan said the recreation card club started in 1940’s and was in the basement of the building beside what is now the Thrift Shop.

10 years ago Elwood welcomes three new teachers are Emily Devine will teach fourth grade, Danielle Carpenter student teacher starting in January and special education, and Kimberly Heimann and teaches 5th grade in Elwood Public Schools. Competing at the Phelps-Gosper Horse Show were: Danielle Foreter, Allassabeth Abrahamson, Taytum Dickman, Tessa Stump, Alec Lovitt, Cauy Bennett, Bridget Beisel, Clayton Bohr, and Nicole Beisel.

10 years ago In preparation for Tuesday night’s meet-andgreet open house, Southwest elementary students took to the social media craze, “Chalk the Walk”, using sidewalk chalk to draw illustrations and write motivational or comical sayings. The Bartley Board approved a $250 donation for Fire Safety Week and $1,200 donation to the Legion Hall and an $850 donation to the Methodist Church.