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Published: August 4, 2017

Drying Sorghums and Millets for Baling

Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist

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Published: July 18, 2017

Adjusting Forage Management for Summer Heat

Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist

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Published: July 18, 2017

Forage Options with Damaged Corn

Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist

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Published: June 16, 2017

Options for Forage Following Wheat

Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist

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Published: May 24, 2017

Plan the Timing of Grass Hay Harvest

Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist

forage windrows

Published: April 18, 2017

Annual Forages and Windrow Grazing as an Alternative to Cash Grain Crops

Aaron Berger - Beef Extension Educator

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Published: December 2, 2016

Small Grain Annual Forages Following Soybean Production

Robert Mitchell - USDA-ARS Research Agronomist, Daren Redfearn - Extension Forage Crop Residue Specialist

Figure 1. Steers grazing a mix of oats, turnips and radishes in mid-December. At this point in Experiment 4 there was still 1.5 ton dry matter per acre and calves grazed until mid-January when the weather ended grazing due to the forage being iced to the ground.

Published: December 1, 2016

Value of Oats and Brassicas for Fall Forage

Mary Drewnoski - Beef Systems Specialist, Jim MacDonald - Associate Professor in Animal Science, Kristen Ulmer - M.S. Student in Animal Science, Jordan Cox - M.S. Student in Animal Science

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Published: November 11, 2016

High Quality Hay Still Brings Top Dollar

Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist

Sarah Morton examining perennial grasses.

Published: November 4, 2016

Student Research: Do Winter Annual Small Grains Reduce Perennial Grass Establishment?

Cattle grazing cereal rye cover crop near Tecumseh on April 9, 2016. (Photo by Mary Drewnoski)

Published: November 2, 2016

Student Research: Does the Grazing of Cover Crops by Cattle Compact Soil?

Figure 1. Before turning cattle into your fields check grazing restrictions on the labels of any herbicides applied.

Published: November 1, 2016

Forage, Feed, and Grazing Restrictions for Row Crop Herbicides

Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator

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Published: October 26, 2016

Nitrate Nitrogen or Nitrate — What's the Difference?

Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist

Thick, dense, upper canopy of sorghum-sudangrass, taken in late September in Lincoln.

Published: October 5, 2016

Student Research: Potential Benefits of Sorghum-Sudangrass as a Companion Crop to Establish Forage and Native Legume Species

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Published: August 12, 2016

Which Winter Forage is Best Suited to Your Operation

Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist

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Published: August 4, 2016

Nebraska Hay & Forage Hotline

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Published: July 15, 2016

Harvesting Summer Annual Grasses for Hay

Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist

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Published: June 16, 2016

Growers Report Oats Not Performing As Expected

Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist

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Published: June 10, 2016

Successfully Seeding Forages Into Wheat Stubble

Bruce Anderson - Emeritus Extension Forage Specialist

Screen capture of RMA forage insurance decision support tool

Published: May 23, 2016

July 15 Deadlines Approaching For Annual Forage Insurance

Jay Parsons - Farm and Ranch Management Specialist