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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

Drought- and disease-damaged corn plants in a Nebraska field, with stalks leaning and ears exposed as plants mature.

Published: September 19, 2025

Harvest 2025 Prep Guide: Minimize Losses in Disease-Stressed Corn

Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Jenny Brhel - Former Extension Educator, David S. Wangila - Extension Educator

A combine unloads freshly harvested soybean into a grain cart in the middle of a field under a partly cloudy sky. The harvested field stretches into the distance, and the grain cart is nearly full of golden soybean.

Published: September 11, 2025

Plan Harvest to Deliver Soybean at Optimum Moisture

Randy Pryor - Extension Educator, Keith Glewen - Extension Educator Emeritus, Paul Jasa - Former Extension Engineer, Retired, Jenny Brhel - Former Extension Educator | Updated by: Jenny Brhel - Former Extension Educator, | Updated by: Aaron Nygren - Extension Educator, | Updated by: Anastasia Meyer - Agricultural Economist and Extension Instructor

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

Volunteer corn plants scattered across a harvested field, illustrating a widespread post-harvest infestation with uneven growth and weed pressure.

Published: July 31, 2025

Managing Corn Harvest Loss: A Key to Controlling Volunteer Corn in Rotated Cropping Systems

Trey Stephens - Former Graduate Student, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Vipin Kumar - Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Jenny Brhel - Former Extension Educator, Amit Jhala - Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

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

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

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

Published: October 25, 2024

This Week on N Field: Harvest Fires Happen — How to be Prepared

Soybean harvest

Published: October 18, 2024

Crop Progress: Harvest on Track, Drought Enhances Pasture Decline

Published: October 11, 2024

This Week on N Field: Fire Prevention During Harvest

Hay in stacks

Published: September 26, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Fall Thistle Control, Hay Prices and Drought Concerns

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

Combine harvesting soybean

Published: September 20, 2024

Setting Custom Rates for Fall Harvest

Glennis McClure - Extension Farm and Ranch Management Analyst

Temperature outlook map

Published: September 19, 2024

Weekly Weather Outlook and Update: Sept. 19, 2024

Eric Hunt - Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience Extension Educator, Camille Shifrin - Nebraska State Climate Office

Alfalfa exiting machinery during harvest

Published: September 17, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Timing Last Alfalfa Harvest with GDD, Sampling Hay

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

Closeup of sorghum plants

Published: September 16, 2024

Crop Progress: Harvest '24 in Full Swing

Grasshopper on plant leaf

Published: September 12, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Irrigation and Last Cutting, Grasshopper Management

Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

Sunflower field in full bloom

Published: August 26, 2024

Full Soil Water Profile Encouraged to Finish Crops Before Harvest

Chabella Guzman - Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center Communications Specialist, Gary Stone - Extension Educator

Field of maturing soybean under fog

Published: August 26, 2024

Crop Progress: Nebraska Crops on Track for Timely Harvest

Fall armyworm on damaged leaf

Published: August 20, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Tips for Fall Armyworm Scouting and Corn Silage Harvest