Articles

Dry ground with scattered grass and small green alfalfa plants.

Published: May 28, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Managing Drought-Stunted Alfalfa and First-Cutting Irrigation

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

Yellow wildflowers blooming in a lush green field under sunlight.

Published: May 18, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Spring Weeds, Grass Hay Harvest and Alfalfa Weevil

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

Published: May 14, 2026

Drought-Stunted Alfalfa: Cut It or Leave It?

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Jenny Brhel - Extension Educator

Farm field view through a tractor window, green crops and blue sky visible.

Published: May 4, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: First Alfalfa Cutting, Selecting Summer Annual Forages, Hay Equipment Maintenance

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

Published: May 1, 2026

Assessing Spring Freeze Damage in Alfalfa: Wait Before You Cut

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

Sun setting over a lush green field under a cloudy sky.

Published: April 20, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Evaluating Alfalfa Stands, Fertilizing Pasture and Flash Grazing

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

Tractor with boom sprayer applying pesticide across a green crop field beside a mature wheat field.

Published: March 31, 2026

Current Status of Chlorpyrifos Use and Registration

Silvana Paula-Moraes - Extension Entomologist, Josh Villazana - Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator, Extension Educator

Closeup of green alfalfa leaves covered in light spring frost

Published: March 30, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Assessing Alfalfa Health, Irrigated Annual Forage Options

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

Map of Nebraska showing alfalfa weevil growing degree day totals (base 48°F) from Jan. 1–March 15, with most areas exceeding the 200 GDD scouting threshold.

Published: March 16, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Early Scouting Urged for Alfalfa Weevil

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

Alfalfa weevil larva feeding inside an alfalfa leaf, showing characteristic windowpane damage.

Published: March 9, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Managing Weeds and Insect Pressure Following a Mild Winter

Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

Frost-covered winter wheat seedlings in cracked soil during late winter dormancy.

Published: February 25, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Establishing Perennial Grasses, Dry Winter Forage Irrigation

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

Published: February 10, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Weevil Resistance to Pyrethroids, Expectations for Old Hay

Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

Published: February 2, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Seed Selection to Combat Disease, Pasture Lease Considerations

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

Tractor with a red spreader drives across a snow-covered field, with tire tracks visible and sparse green plants poking through the snow.

Published: January 26, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Frost Seeding Legumes, Grass Tetany and Nitrate Poisoning

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

A field of healthy green alfalfa in spring under a cloudy sky.

Published: January 20, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Snow Cover Concerns, Selecting Alfalfa Varieties

Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - 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

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

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