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A partially eaten round hay bale sits beside a metal feeder ring in a muddy winter pasture with leafless trees in the background.

Published: December 8, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Tips for Safe, Efficient Hay Feeding During Winter

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

White C-shaped grub larva curled among dense plant roots in dark soil.

Published: December 4, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Hay Field Soil Sampling, Winter Insect Mortality

Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

Angus cattle graze corn residue field under a blue sky

Published: December 2, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Partial Budgeting for Forage Changes, Grazing Bt Corn Residue

Shannon Sand - Agricultural Economics Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

Prescribed burn on farmland

Published: November 17, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Corn Residue Grazing Impacts, Controlling Eastern Red Cedar

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

A field of standing milo with green seedheads and some yellowing lower leaves, growing in dry, sandy soil under a light blue sky.

Published: November 14, 2025

Direct Grazing of Standing Milo with Cows Examined in Webinar

Aaron Berger - Beef Extension Educator

Close-up of ripe grain sorghum heads in a sunlit field, with golden leaves and warm evening light in the background.

Published: November 10, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Winter Grazing Native Range and Standing Milo

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

Holstein cattle graze a grassy field beside a mature soybean field ready for harvest.

Published: November 3, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Late Fall Rye Planting, Soybean Residue for Forage

Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

Black Angus cattle graze corn residue in a harvested field under a partly cloudy sky near a distant grain elevator.

Published: October 28, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Nutrition, Disease Concerns for Crop Residue Grazing

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator

Several cattle with reddish-brown coats and white faces grazing in a frosted pasture on a clear fall morning.

Published: October 20, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Managing Bloat and Prussic Acid When Grazing Fall Alfalfa, Sorghum

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

Beef cattle grazing in a dry fall pasture with one animal resting in the foreground as others graze in the distance.

Published: October 14, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Stacking Insurance Programs to Manage Risk, Tips for Grazing Fall Forages

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Shannon Sand - Agricultural Economics Extension Educator

cattle drink from stream during drought

Published: October 7, 2025

Pasture, Rangeland, Forage Insurance as a Risk Management Tool

Shannon Sand - Agricultural Economics Extension Educator

Alfalfa regrowth emerging from recently cut stems after harvest, showing healthy green shoots as plants mature.

Published: October 6, 2025

Fall Alfalfa Fertility: Setting Up for Stand Success

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

Severely defoliated alfalfa field by fall armyworms visible on alfalfa stems throughout photo

Published: October 6, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Fall Armyworm Recovery and Reducing Hay Storage Loss

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

Black and red cattle graze corn stalk residue in a snow-covered field on the edge of town.

Published: October 3, 2025

Keys for Cornstalk Grazing

Aaron Berger - Beef Extension Educator

male pheasant with bright plumage stands among corn stalk residue in a harvested field, with green grass and bare trees in the background.

Published: September 29, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Controlling Cheatgrass, Grazing for Interseeding and Hunting Rights for Land Leases

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

Tractor mowing alfalfa in long green windrows on a sunny fall afternoon, with trees and hills in the background.

Published: September 22, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Using GDD for Final Alfalfa Harvest, Fall Grazing vs. Stockpiling, and Thistle Control

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

Pile of chopped corn silage under a blue sky with an inset photo showing southern rust pustules on a corn leaf, highlighting disease risk at harvest.

Published: September 15, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Southern Rust Impacts on Corn Silage, Testing Hay Quality and Fall Armyworm Management

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

Field of green alfalfa surrounded by yellow and orange trees in autumn

Published: September 8, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Considerations for Fall Forage Harvest, Alfalfa Irrigation and Last Cutting

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator

fall armyworm with distinctive white and dark green stripes and dots across body

Published: September 5, 2025

Fall Armyworms in Pastures, Alfalfa, Small Grains, Cover Crops and Lawns

Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Melissa Bartels - Former Extension Educator, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Brad Schick - Former Extension Educator, Daren Redfearn - Associate Professor Agronomy | Updated by: Matheus Ribeiro - Assistant Extension Educator, | Updated by: David Wangila - Extension Educator, | Updated by: Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator

A rangeland area with dense patches of dried, brown cheatgrass among scattered green grasses and weeds.

Published: September 3, 2025

Using Herbicide for Cheatgrass (Bromus Tectorum) Management in the Nebraska Panhandle

Mitchell Stephenson - Extension Range and Forage Management Specialist, Aaron Berger - Beef Extension Educator