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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

Corn field after harvest with rows of dry stalk stubble and fallen leaves, viewed at ground level under a clear evening sky.

Published: August 26, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Considerations for Corn Silage Harvest and Following Cover Crops

Plus: Managing Forage Risk with PRF Insurance

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

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