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Alfalfa harvest

Published: July 14, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Mid-Season Forage Check, Rained-On Hay and the 2025 Grazing Conference

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist

A forage field shows widespread yellowing and stubble following hail damage, with low vegetation and patchy regrowth under a bright blue sky with light clouds.

Published: July 10, 2025

Managing Hail-Damaged Pastures, Alfalfa and Annual Forages

Aaron Berger - Beef Extension Educator

black cow stands in pond near pasture

Published: July 7, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Managing Pastures Through Weather Swings, Water Risks and Summer Pests

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

tractor harvests hay in pasture

Published: July 3, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Optimizing Summer Forages

Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

poison hemlock plants with white flowers in green meadow with trees in the background

Published: June 26, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Battling Summer Weeds, Toxic Invaders and Pasture Pests

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

interior view of tractor in field while harvesting alfalfa

Published: June 17, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Windrow Disease, Forage Economics and First Cut Field Checks

Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist, Shannon Sand - Agricultural Economics Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

calf eating young yucca plant

Published: June 9, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: What You Might Be Missing in Your Fields This Week

Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

alfalfa weevil larva eating alfalfa leaf

Published: June 5, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Watch for Toxic Weeds, Insect Pressure in Alfalfa, and Build Flexibility into Drought Plans

Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

cattle grazing sorghum-sudangrass field

Published: May 30, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Getting Ahead of Summer Grazing Challenges

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist

leafy spurge in field

Published: May 23, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Spring Weed Control, Hay Harvest and Grazing Mixed Grass

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist

foxtail millet in grass meadow

Published: May 12, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Selecting Summer Forage, Managing Wheatlage and Grasshoppers

Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

center pivot irrigating alfalfa field

Published: May 6, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Irrigation, Turn-out Timing and Equipment Maintenance

Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator

alfalfa harvester in field

Published: April 28, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Tips on Flash Grazing, Double Cropping and First Cutting Alfalfa

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist

cattle grazing pasture near wheat

Published: April 22, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Budgeting Forage During Drought, Wheat Grazing vs. Grain Value

Plus Insights on Army Cutworm Scouting in Alfalfa

Shannon Sand - Agricultural Economics Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator

alfalfa field on bright day

Published: April 14, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Spring Grass Management — Fertilizer, Weed Control and Grazing

Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

cattle grazing spring pasture

Published: April 11, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Grass Tetany, Spring Grass Seeding

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist

alfalfa field

Published: April 9, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Weevil Prep and Evaluating Stands

Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

nebraska farm with pond and haybales

Published: April 1, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Insights on 2025 Land Values and Rental Rates, Grass-Alfalfa Mixtures

Shannon Sand - Agricultural Economics Extension Educator, Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist

grasshopper risk map

Published: March 27, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: 2025 Grasshopper Risk Amplified in Nebraska

Insights on Evaluating Alfalfa Stand Health

Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

alfalfa weevil on leaf

Published: March 18, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Lease Considerations and Alfalfa Insect Control

Shannon Sand - Agricultural Economics Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator