Ben Beckman
faculty
- Assoc Exten Educator NE Ext Engagement Zone 5 University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Work
PO Box 368 101 E Centre
Hartington
NE
68739-0368
US
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402-254-6821
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Weighing Risk and Reward of Annual Forages
June 23, 2022
An influx of prevented plant acres provides freedom for producers to grow annual cover crops to counterbalance current forage prices.
Pasture and Forage Minute: Rain and Hail Damage, Preventing Window Disease
June 20, 2022
Extension insights on reducing rain damage to hay, assessing hail damage to forage crops, and preventing window disease in alfalfa.
Pasture and Forage Minute: Toxic Plants, Managing First-Year Alfalfa
June 14, 2022
Tips for identifying and managing poisonous plants in cattle and equine grazing pastures, and harvest guidelines for getting the most from first-year alfalfa.
Pasture and Forage Minute: Selecting the Right Herbicide, Irrigating Alfalfa and Poison Hemlock
June 6, 2022
Tips on selecting the right herbicide for your operation, overcoming challenges to irrigating alfalfa and poison hemlock management.
Pasture and Forage Minute: Controlling Leafy Spurge, Timing Grass Hay Harvest
June 1, 2022
Extension educators share tips on determining water needs for cattle, options for controlling leafy spurge, and a grass hay harvest timeline.
Pasture and Forage Minute: Cool-season Annuals and Alfalfa Harvest, Selecting Summer Forage
May 24, 2022
The time to harvest cool-season annuals, perennial forages and alfalfa first cutting is quickly approaching. Read these extension tips to get prepared for spring harvest and summer forages.
Pasture and Forage Minute: Grazing Management After Wildfire, Pasture Fertility and Cross Fencing
May 10, 2022
Extension educators advise on grazing strategies for areas affected by wildfire and drought, and review soil sampling techniques for an annual checkup on your pasture soil fertility.
Pasture and Forage Minute: Calculation Animal Units, Stocking Rates and Spring Turn-out Timetable
April 25, 2022
Tips on calculating the correct animal units and stocking rates for your operation after changes in your herd occur, and the best time and location for spring turn-out.