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Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

cattle grazing pasture near wheat

April 22, 2025

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

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

alfalfa field

April 9, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Weevil Prep and Evaluating Stands

By Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

people scout for weevils in alfalfa field

April 3, 2025

On the Lookout for Alfalfa Weevil Emergence and Scouting

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

county map of nebraska with at-risk counties highlighted

April 2, 2025

Increased Risk of Grasshoppers in 2025

By Ruby Collins - Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

grasshopper risk map

March 27, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: 2025 Grasshopper Risk Amplified in Nebraska

By Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

alfalfa weevil on leaf

March 18, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Lease Considerations and Alfalfa Insect Control

By Shannon Sand - Agricultural Economics Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

grub in mound of soil

January 14, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Spring Annual Forage Prep, Insect Mortality During Severe Cold

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

tractor preparing field for planting

January 14, 2025

Selecting Alfalfa Varieties and Snow Cover Impacts

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

Woman pulling soil sample from ground

November 26, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Fall Soil Sampling and Reducing Hay Feeding Losses

By Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

Alfalfa exiting machinery during harvest

September 17, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Timing Last Alfalfa Harvest with GDD, Sampling Hay

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

Grasshopper on plant leaf

September 12, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Irrigation and Last Cutting, Grasshopper Management

By Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

Hereford cow in pasture

July 16, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Nebraska Grazing Conference Aug. 6-7

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

Photo collage of insect on plant leaf and hand holding bisected plant stem

July 10, 2024

Dectes Stem Borer in Soybean

By Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Ruby Collins - Extension Educator

Cattle drinking from pond

July 9, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Forage, Insect and Water Quality Issues for Grazing Livestock

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

Alfalfa windrow being collected by harvester

June 25, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Considerations for Alfalfa Disease, Harvesting During Wet Summers and Weevil Feeding on Regrowth

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

Grasshopper on plant leaf

June 20, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Management Considerations for Grasshopper, Poison Hemlock and Yucca

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

Insects in a line on flat surface

June 12, 2024

Wheat Stem Sawfly Flights Peaked, New Reports of Range Expansion

By Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Jessica Groskopf - Extension Educator for Agricultural Economics, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Pin-Chu Lai - Extension Entomologist

Leafy spurge closeup

May 28, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Controlling Leafy Spurge and Alfalfa Weevil, Planting Warm-season Annuals

By Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator

Silage pit on farm covered with tires

May 21, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Retaining Silage Quality During Feedout, Grasshopper Management

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

Army cutworm eating wheat

April 29, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Fertilizing Cool-season Pasture, Army Cutworm Control

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