Pasture and Forage Minute: Wheat Grazing vs. Grain Value, Choosing Summer Forage
May 16, 2023
This week — Recommendations for producers considering wheat for forage, including varieties and planting timelines for summer annual grasses, plus tips on control measures for poison hemlock.
Pasture and Forage Minute: Equipment Maintenance, Controlling Musk Thistle and No-Till on the Plains Tours
May 11, 2023
This week, extension educators review a checklist for pre-season hay equipment maintenance, tips for controlling musk thistle in pastures, and details of this year's No-Till on the Plains Whirlwind tours in June.
Winter Wheat May Have More Value as Forage Than Taking It to Grain
May 4, 2023
Due to current cattle market conditions, and the price and availability of hay, Nebraska Extension Educator Aaron Berger evaluates the value of grazing or haying winter wheat this year.
Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Weevil, Weed Control and Summer Pasture Turn-out
May 4, 2023
This week — Controlling alfalfa weeds with post-emergent herbicides, scouting for alfalfa weevil, and planning the date and pastures for spring turn-out.
Pasture and Forage Minute: Calculate ROI Before Fertilizing Pastures
April 26, 2023
This week: Fertilizing pastures — an in-depth analysis on the economics of applying fertilizer to Nebraska pastures this season.
Pasture and Forage Minute: Early Season Alfalfa Irrigation, Trigger Dates and Weed Control
April 19, 2023
This week — Strategies for irrigating alfalfa in early season dry soil conditions, grazing to control abundant weed growth due to drought and forming a drought plan.
Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Weed and Stand Management, Grazing Winter Annuals
April 10, 2023
This week — Tips on controlling winter annual weeds for optimum first cutting hay quality, evaluating alfalfa stands with a hay square, and grazing rye, winter wheat and triticale during a cool start to spring.
Center for Ag Profitability Collaborates on Sandhills Grassland Management Project
April 7, 2023
First-year results of the study concluded that burn/graze systems can increase a producer's profitability while also controlling invasive eastern red cedar encroachment.