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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

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

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

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

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

cattle grazing pasture near wheat

Published: April 22, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Budgeting Forage During Drought, Wheat Grazing vs. Grain Value

Plus Insights on Army Cutworm Scouting in Alfalfa

Shannon Sand - Agricultural Economics Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator

alfalfa field on bright day

Published: April 14, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Spring Grass Management — Fertilizer, Weed Control and Grazing

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

alfalfa field

Published: April 9, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Weevil Prep and Evaluating Stands

Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

people scout for weevils in alfalfa field

Published: April 3, 2025

On the Lookout for Alfalfa Weevil Emergence and Scouting

Pin-Chu Lai - Extension Entomologist, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Matheus Ribeiro - Assistant Extension Educator