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Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

Irrigated alfalfa

April 19, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Early Season Alfalfa Irrigation, Trigger Dates and Weed Control

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

Musk thistle

May 11, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Equipment Maintenance, Controlling Musk Thistle and No-Till on the Plains Tours

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

Cattle in pasture

May 16, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Wheat Grazing vs. Grain Value, Choosing Summer Forage

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

Hay harvest

May 23, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Small Grains and Grass Harvest, Fencing Costs

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

Leafy spurge

June 1, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Controlling Alfalfa Weevil and Leafy Spurge, First Cutting Alfalfa

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

Black grass bug

June 9, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Irrigating First Cutting Alfalfa, Black Grass Bugs and Short Pastures

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

Poison hemlock

June 13, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Low Hay Stocks, Grazing Shifts, Toxic Pasture Plants

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

Alfalfa harvest

June 20, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Planting Forage in Stubble and Seeding Year Alfalfa Management

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

Drought-stressed alfalfa field

June 27, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Drought-stunted Alfalfa Options, Bluegrass Control

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

Droughty corn

June 29, 2023

Forage Options for Drought-stressed Non-irrigated Vegetative Corn and Nitrate Concerns

By Mary Drewnoski - Beef Systems Specialist, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Jenny Brhel - 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

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