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Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

Person reviewing paperwork and receipts with pen at desk beside laptop.

February 17, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Feed Quality After Calving, IRS Section 180

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

Alfalfa weevil larva feeding inside an alfalfa leaf, showing characteristic windowpane damage.

February 10, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Weevil Resistance to Pyrethroids, Expectations for Old Hay

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

Alfalfa with girdled stems

February 2, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Seed Selection to Combat Disease, Pasture Lease Considerations

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

Tractor with a red spreader drives across a snow-covered field, with tire tracks visible and sparse green plants poking through the snow.

January 26, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Frost Seeding Legumes, Grass Tetany and Nitrate Poisoning

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

A field of healthy green alfalfa in spring under a cloudy sky.

January 20, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Snow Cover Concerns, Selecting Alfalfa Varieties

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

Eastern redcedar encroaching into dormant pasture grass in winter.

January 13, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Planning for 2026, Winter Brush Control

By Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

Round hay bale sitting in a harvested field in late fall, illustrating stored forage supplies for livestock feeding during winter.

January 5, 2026

Pasture and Forage Minute: Final Hay Inventory, 1099s for Taxes

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

A partially eaten round hay bale sits beside a metal feeder ring in a muddy winter pasture with leafless trees in the background.

December 8, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Tips for Safe, Efficient Hay Feeding During Winter

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

Angus cattle graze corn residue field under a blue sky

December 2, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Partial Budgeting for Forage Changes, Grazing Bt Corn Residue

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

Prescribed burn on farmland

November 17, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Corn Residue Grazing Impacts, Controlling Eastern Red Cedar

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

Close-up of ripe grain sorghum heads in a sunlit field, with golden leaves and warm evening light in the background.

November 10, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Winter Grazing Native Range and Standing Milo

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

Holstein cattle graze a grassy field beside a mature soybean field ready for harvest.

November 3, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Late Fall Rye Planting, Soybean Residue for Forage

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