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Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist

Cattle eating hay during winter

January 30, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Considerations for Pasture Leases and Winter Hay Nutrition

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

Oat field in summer

January 23, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Preparing Your Operation for 2024, Planning Spring Annual Forages

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

Calculator on top of tax paperwork

January 9, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Record-keeping for Taxes, Selecting Alfalfa Varieties

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

Cattle in snow-covered corn residue

December 26, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Tips for Cornstalk Grazing, Using Bad Hay and Silage

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

Cattle eating hay during winter

December 12, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Water Costs for Grazing Cattle, Twine in Feed

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

Controlled burn of red cedar trees

November 29, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Red Cedar Control and Fall Hay Inventory

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

Hay in stacks

November 21, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Reducing Hay Losses, Understanding Relative Feed Value of Hay

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

Field of corn residue

November 14, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Considerations for Grazing Corn Residue

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

Stacked hay bales

November 2, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Winter Grazing Pastures and Hay Testing

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

Irrigating alfalfa field during autumn

October 18, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Grazing and Fall Irrigation of Alfalfa

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

Hunter with German shorthaired pointers in field

October 3, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Hunting Rights with Land Leases, Fall Thistle Control

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

Cheatgrass closeup

September 19, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Managing Cheatgrass, Last Alfalfa Harvest and Fall Armyworms

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

Cattle grazing field

September 12, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Planning Cover Crops, Testing Hay Quality and Nitrate Management

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

Loading corn silage after harvest

September 6, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Understanding Nitrate Scores, Corn Silage Pricing

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

Grasshopper in field

August 23, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Managing Grasshoppers, Pasture Weeds and Wet Hay

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

Pasture in drought

August 17, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Managing Drought-stressed Brome, Alfalfa Seeding

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

Corn silage harvesting

August 3, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Corn Silage Harvest and Storage, Rejuvenating Thin Alfalfa

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

Cattle in pasture during storm

July 26, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Forage Considerations for Hail, High Temperatures

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

Alfalfa windrows

July 10, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Managing Alfalfa Windows, Grazing Summer Annual Forages and Water Quality

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

Grasshopper in meadow

July 7, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Grasshopper Control, Sub-irrigated Meadow Hay Harvest

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