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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

Hay in stacks

September 26, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Fall Thistle Control, Hay Prices and Drought Concerns

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

Cheatgrass

October 2, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Tips on Lease Agreements, Controlling Cheatgrass and Interseeding Legumes

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

Cattle grazing corn residue

October 9, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Grazing Drought-stressed Crop Residue and Fall Forages

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

No hunting sign on farmland

October 15, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Prussic Acid Management, Hunting Rights for Land Leases

By Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Shannon Sand - Agricultural Economics Extension Educator

Mature soybean field

October 23, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Fall Alfalfa and Soybean Residue Grazing

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

Stacks of hay

October 29, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Grazing Bt Corn Residue and Testing Hay

By Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

Corn residue in field

November 12, 2024

Pasture And Forage Minute: Cornstalk Quality After Rain, Storing Hay to Reduce Loss

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

Prescribed burn on farmland

November 19, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Residue Grazing Impacts, Prescribed Burning for Cedar Control

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

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

Woman working on financial papers

December 3, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Supplementing Winter Feed, Record-keeping Reminders for Tax Season

By Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Shannon Sand - Agricultural Economics Extension Educator