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Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist

Fall armyworm caterpillar

September 27, 2022

Pasture and Forage Minute: Grazing for Interseeding, Controlling Thistles and Fall Armyworms

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

Hay

September 21, 2022

Pasture and Forage Minute: Monitoring Hay Quality and Pests, Early Cornstalk Harvest

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

Cattle grazing cornstalks

September 14, 2022

Pasture and Forage Minute: Grazing High Nitrate Cornstalks, Late Summer Weed Control

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

Alfalfa harvest

September 8, 2022

Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Irrigation and Last Cutting, Winter Annual Brome Control

By Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist, Brad Schick - Former Extension Educator

Orchardgrass

August 24, 2022

Pasture and Forage Minute: Valuing Drought Forage, Late Summer Planting, Managing High Nitrates

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

Corn silage

August 17, 2022

Pasture and Forage Minute: Storage Considerations for Corn Silage and Hay

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

Corn silage

August 11, 2022

Pasture and Forage Minute: Considerations for Inoculants, Thinning and Heat-stressed Alfalfa

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

Drought-stressed corn

July 27, 2022

Pasture and Forage Minute: Managing Volunteer Wheat, Drought-stressed Corn Options

By Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist, Brad Schick - Former Extension Educator

Sorghum-sudangrass

July 20, 2022

Pasture and Forage Minute: Options for Wet Hay Meadow, Harvesting Summer Annual Forages

By Daren Redfearn - Extension Forage Crop Residue Specialist, Brad Schick - Former Extension Educator, Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist

Grasshopper

July 13, 2022

Pasture and Forage Minute: Grasshopper Control, Safe Grazing Guidelines And Blue-green Algae Poisoning

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

Cattle in thunderstorm

July 7, 2022

Pasture and Forage Minute: Forage Options for Post-Harvest Wheat Fields, Grazing Strategies for Inclement Weather

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

Alfalfa harvest

June 14, 2022

Pasture and Forage Minute: Toxic Plants, Managing First-Year Alfalfa

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

Leafy spurge

June 1, 2022

Pasture and Forage Minute: Controlling Leafy Spurge, Timing Grass Hay Harvest

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

Sorghum-sudangrass

May 24, 2022

Pasture and Forage Minute: Cool-season Annuals and Alfalfa Harvest, Selecting Summer Forage

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

Silage making

May 18, 2022

Pasture and Forage Minute: Small Grain Harvesting for Forage, Management Strategies for Musk Thistle, Pasture Fertilizer

By Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist, Brad Schick - Former Extension Educator

Burned field

May 10, 2022

Pasture and Forage Minute: Grazing Management After Wildfire, Pasture Fertility and Cross Fencing

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

Cattle in pasture

April 25, 2022

Pasture and Forage Minute: Calculation Animal Units, Stocking Rates and Spring Turn-out Timetable

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

Cattle in pasture

April 21, 2022

Pasture and Forage Minute: Spring Weed Control, Pasture Conditions and Alfalfa Irrigation

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

April 12, 2022

Pasture and Forage Minute: Improving Alfalfa Production, Alternative Forages in a Drought

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

Prescribed burn image

April 5, 2022

Pasture and Forage Minute: Management Strategies for Prescribed Burning, Grass Tetany and Winter Annual Weeds

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