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Jerry Volesky - Nebraska Extension Range and Forage Specialist

Hunter with German shorthaired pointers in field

October 3, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Hunting Rights with Land Leases, Fall Thistle Control

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

Cheatgrass closeup

September 19, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Managing Cheatgrass, Last Alfalfa Harvest and Fall Armyworms

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

Cattle grazing field

September 12, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Planning Cover Crops, Testing Hay Quality and Nitrate Management

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

Loading corn silage after harvest

September 6, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Understanding Nitrate Scores, Corn Silage Pricing

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

Grasshopper in field

August 23, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Managing Grasshoppers, Pasture Weeds and Wet Hay

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

Pasture in drought

August 17, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Managing Drought-stressed Brome, Alfalfa Seeding

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

Corn silage harvesting

August 3, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Corn Silage Harvest and Storage, Rejuvenating Thin Alfalfa

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

Cattle in pasture during storm

July 26, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Forage Considerations for Hail, High Temperatures

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alfalfa field

May 4, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Weevil, Weed Control and Summer Pasture Turn-out

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

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

Alfalfa field

April 10, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: Alfalfa Weed and Stand Management, Grazing Winter Annuals

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

Cattle grazing pasture

March 30, 2023

Pasture and Forage Minute: 2023 Grazing Plans, Preventing Grass Tetany

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