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Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist

Alfalfa with girdled stems

February 2, 2026

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

By 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.

January 26, 2026

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

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

farmers shaking hands in field

January 14, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Ending Lease Agreements, Planning Spring Annual Forages

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

A beef cow stands in a snow-covered field with corn residue visible, illustrating winter grazing conditions following corn harvest.

December 15, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Record-Keeping for Taxes, Cornstalk Quality After Weathering

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

A partially eaten round hay bale sits beside a metal feeder ring in a muddy winter pasture with leafless trees in the background.

December 8, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Tips for Safe, Efficient Hay Feeding During Winter

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

Prescribed burn on farmland

November 17, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Corn Residue Grazing Impacts, Controlling Eastern Red Cedar

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

Close-up of ripe grain sorghum heads in a sunlit field, with golden leaves and warm evening light in the background.

November 10, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Winter Grazing Native Range and Standing Milo

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

Several cattle with reddish-brown coats and white faces grazing in a frosted pasture on a clear fall morning.

October 20, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Managing Bloat and Prussic Acid When Grazing Fall Alfalfa, Sorghum

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

male pheasant with bright plumage stands among corn stalk residue in a harvested field, with green grass and bare trees in the background.

September 29, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Controlling Cheatgrass, Grazing for Interseeding and Hunting Rights for Land Leases

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

Tractor mowing alfalfa in long green windrows on a sunny fall afternoon, with trees and hills in the background.

September 22, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Using GDD for Final Alfalfa Harvest, Fall Grazing vs. Stockpiling, and Thistle Control

By 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.

September 15, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Southern Rust Impacts on Corn Silage, Testing Hay Quality and Fall Armyworm Management

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

Front-end loader piling freshly chopped corn silage in a large outdoor silage pile under a clear blue sky.

September 3, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Managing Winter Annual Forages, Verbal Lease Agreements and Corn Silage Pricing

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