Rick Funston

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Rick Funston

Professor & Extension Beef Reproductive Specialist Animal Science University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contact

Address
402 W State Farm Rd
North Platte NE 69101-7751
Phone
3086966703
Email
rick.funston@unl.edu
Website

Dr. Rick Funston joined the Department of Animal Science as a Professor and Extension Beef Reproductive Specialist in 2002. He is based at the West Central Research, Extension & Education Center in North Platte, Neb.

Education

Ph.D., Reproductive Biology, University of Wyoming, 1993
M.S., Animal Science, Montana State University, 1987
B.S., Animal Science, North Dakota State University, 1985

Research

My research focus is on beef systems, heifer development, fetal programming, synchronization systems.

Extension

My extension program focus is on increasing production efficiency, helping producers increase profit on a fixed set of resources through strategic management decisions.

Selected Publications

  • Tibbitts, B.T., R.M. Jones, C.A. Welchons, R.L. Ziegler, K.H. Wilke, R.N. Funston, and J.C. MacDonald. 2024. Effects of supplemental rumen-degradable protein, rumen undegradable protein, and energy on performance of growing steers grazing corn residue. Applied Anim. Sci. 40:526–534 https://doi.org/10.15232/aas.2023-02522 
  • Tadich, L.F., R. Rodgers, and R.N. Funston.2024. Effect of short-term nutritional increase prior to artificial insemination on average daily gain and reproductive efficiency in March-calving beef heifer development systems. Applied Anim. Sci.40-191-198.doi.org/10.15232/aas.2023-02399 
  • Beard, J.K., J. A. Musgrave, K. J. Hanford, E. Sharkey, R. N. Funston, and J. T. Mulliniks. 2023. The effect of dam age on progeny pre- and post-weaning growth and performance. Transl. Anim. Sci. 
  • Rich, J.J., R., E.J. Northrop, K.M. Epperson,, S.M Zoca, S.D. Perkins, J.A. Walker, R.N. Funston, V.R.G. Mercadante, and G.A. Perry. 2023. Supplemental GnRH used in synchronization protocols among beef cows and heifers. Applied Animal Science 39:443–448 https://doi.org/10.15232/aas.2023-02429. 
  • Christenson, D.M., J. M. Thomas, D. J. Kelly, and R. N. Funston. 2022 Extending melengestrol acetate feeding from fourteen to eighteen days during an estrus synchronization and artificial insemination protocol for March-calving beef heifers. Applied Anim. Sci.38:499-504. https://doi.org/10.15232/aas.2022-02317 
  • Musgrave, J.A., D.L. Broadhead, and R.N. Funston. 2022. Impact of pre- and postpartum nutrition on March-calving beef cow and progeny productivity grazing corn residue and subirrigated meadow and/or fed hay. Applied Anim. Sci. 38:620-626. https://doi.org/10.15232/aas.2022-02316