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Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

Alfalfa plant

March 31, 2021

Pasture and Forage Minute: Assessing Alfalfa and Fertilizer Needs

By Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Brad Schick - Former Extension Educator

Cattle grazing pasture

April 7, 2021

Pasture and Forage Minute: Preventing Grass Tetany, Flash Grazing for Early Weed Control

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

cropwatch graphic

April 8, 2021

Controlling Summer Annual Grasses in Forages

By Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Nevin Lawrence - Integrated Weed Management Specialist

Cattle in pasture

April 15, 2021

Pasture and Forage Minute: Adjusting Stocking Rates, Baleage Equipment and Summer Annual Grass Control

By Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Brad Schick - Former Extension Educator

Pasture grass

April 19, 2021

Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Growth and Seeding Concerns, Selecting Herbicides

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

Cattle grazing pasture

April 27, 2021

Pasture and Forage Minute: Spring Turn-out Strategies, Seedbed Preparation and Grazing Reed Canarygrass

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

Pivot irrigation

May 4, 2021

Pasture and Forage Minute: Weed Control and Cross Fencing Strategies

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

Hay meadow

May 13, 2021

Pasture and Forage Minute: Harvesting Small Grains, Fertilizing Hay Meadows and Selecting Summer Annual Grass

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

Alfalfa harvest

May 19, 2021

Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Cutting Prep and Weevil Control

By Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Brad Schick - Former Extension Educator

Leafy spurge

May 25, 2021

Pasture and Forage Minute: Time for Forage Program Analysis, Fertilizing Grasses and Spurge Control

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

New alfalfa regrowth

June 1, 2021

Pasture and Forage Minute: Scouting Plant Growth for Harvest, Grazing

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

New seeding alfalfa

June 17, 2021

Pasture and Forage Minute: Management Strategies for Alfalfa Insects, Irrigation

By Melissa Bartels - Former Extension Educator, Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator