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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

Front-end loader piling freshly chopped corn silage in a large outdoor silage pile under a clear blue sky.

Published: September 3, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Managing Winter Annual Forages, Verbal Lease Agreements and Corn Silage Pricing

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

Closeup of hay bales wrapped in twine and stacked in a single line

Published: August 22, 2025

What’s in Your Manure? Keeping Plastic and Other Junk Out of Your Fields

Leslie Johnson - Animal Manure Management Extension Educator

Tractor harvesting corn silage with a forage chopper blowing chopped material into a wagon as plants mature.

Published: August 18, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Corn Silage Kernel Processing, Cover Crop Grazing and Pasture Weeds

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

Cattle drinking from a stock tank with visible algae floating on the water’s surface.

Published: August 14, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Silage Inoculants, Fall Armyworms, and Managing Stock Tank Algae

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

Center pivot sprinkler irrigates a lush green alfalfa field under a clear blue sky as plants mature.

Published: August 5, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Boosting Water Efficiency and Feed Value

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

A mature common mullein plant in bloom, with tall flower spikes of small yellow blossoms standing in a grassy pasture.

Published: July 30, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: How to Manage Heat, Weeds and Pests in Peak Season

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

A round bale of forage sorghum sits in a harvested field, with more bales scattered in rows across the background as plants mature.

Published: July 23, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: 2025 Rental Rates, Summer Haying Tips and Yucca Control Strategies

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

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