Pasture and Forage Minute: Forage Harvest, Pasture Rental Rates and Controlling Yucca
July 24, 2024
Considerations for harvest of slow-to-dry summer annual grasses, setting 2024 pasture rental rates, and controlling yucca on Nebraska rangelands.
Pasture and Forage Minute: Forage, Insect and Water Quality Issues for Grazing Livestock
July 9, 2024
Extension educators review common issues for producers to bear in mind as livestock graze throughout the summer, including prussic acid, horn flies and face flies, and water contamination.
Pasture and Forage Minute: Controlling Leafy Spurge and Alfalfa Weevil, Planting Warm-season Annuals
May 28, 2024
Strategies for reducing spread of leafy spurge and scouting for alfalfa weevil, plus insights on selecting and planting warm-season annuals.
Measuring Up: Annual Forage vs. Row Crop
May 10, 2024
This webinar highlights the economics and production benefits of incorporating annual forage systems into crop rotations for producers interested in diversifying their operation.
Pasture and Forage Minute: Selecting Summer Forages, Thistle Control Options
May 9, 2024
Insights on pasture rental rates, selecting summer forage based on needs for your operation, and control options for noxious weed thistles in pastures.
![While most areas in Nebraska have received good snowfall or rain this winter, there is always some uncertainty for spring and summer precipitation. So, the key first step in devising a successful spring and summer grazing and forage strategy is to develop or adjust a good drought plan for your operation. Cattle grazing pasture under storm clouds](https://cropwatch.unl.edu/styles/large/public/images/hero/2024/cattle-grazing-storm.png?itok=wIRgCo1a)
Pasture and Forage Minute: Understanding Fall Dormancy in Alfalfa, Planning Summer Grazing
February 27, 2024
Extension educators share growth impacts of fall dormancy in alfalfa and recommendations for building your spring and summer grazing and forage plans.
This Week on N Field: Frost and Prussic Acid
October 27, 2023
Sorghum, soghum-sudan and milo are great options for fall grazing, but producers should be cautious of frost damage and prussic acid prior to putting cattle out to graze.
Pasture and Forage Minute: Prussic Acid Following Freeze, Soybean Residue for Forage
October 12, 2023
Learn more about avoiding prussic acid poisoning in sorghum following a freeze, and why producers should always supplement when feeding soybean residue.