Lancaster County 4-H Virtual Ag Literacy Festival: Beef Cattle

This is Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County’s Virtual Agricultural Literacy Festival beef lesson (8 min. 13 sec.). Lancaster County farmer Paula Peterson provides an overview of the beef industry while teaching ag literacy using examples on her farm. Note: this video shows a calf being born (at 1 min. 35 sec.). The Lancaster County Ag Festival is typically held in person each spring, partnering with local schools to reach 4th grade youth. This video was reviewed and approved by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (learn about at https://research.unl.edu/researchresponsibility/the-institutional-animal-care-and-use-committee-at-unl).