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Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist

tractor preparing field for planting

January 14, 2025

Selecting Alfalfa Varieties and Snow Cover Impacts

By Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

radish and cereal cover crop

January 9, 2025

Cover Crop Termination and Cornstalk Grazing Recommendations

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

hay bales on snowy farm ground

December 13, 2024

Removing Bale Twine and Final Hay Inventory

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

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

Cow grazes in corn residue

November 6, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Grazing Strategies for Residue and Winter Feed Considerations

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

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

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

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

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

Alfalfa field during summer

September 3, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Fall Planting Alfalfa and Winter Annual Forages

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

Cow drinking water from stocktank

August 5, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Heat Effects on Alfalfa, Stock Tank Algae Control

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

Water hemlock plant

July 31, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Improving Alfalfa Stands and Hay Bale Storage, Water Hemlock Control

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

Hereford cow in pasture

July 16, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Nebraska Grazing Conference Aug. 6-7

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

Cattle drinking from pond

July 9, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Forage, Insect and Water Quality Issues for Grazing Livestock

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

Alfalfa windrow being collected by harvester

June 25, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Considerations for Alfalfa Disease, Harvesting During Wet Summers and Weevil Feeding on Regrowth

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

Grasshopper on plant leaf

June 20, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Management Considerations for Grasshopper, Poison Hemlock and Yucca

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

Cattle stand in pasture below thunderstorm

June 11, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Hail Damage to Pasture and Hay, Alfalfa Irrigation After a Wet Spring

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

Harvested alfalfa falls from combine

June 6, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Harvest Checklist, Managing Pasture Weeds After Drought

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

Silage pit on farm covered with tires

May 21, 2024

Pasture and Forage Minute: Retaining Silage Quality During Feedout, Grasshopper Management

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