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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

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

White C-shaped grub larva curled among dense plant roots in dark soil.

December 4, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Hay Field Soil Sampling, Winter Insect Mortality

By Todd Whitney - Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

Severely defoliated alfalfa field by fall armyworms visible on alfalfa stems throughout photo

October 6, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Fall Armyworm Recovery and Reducing Hay Storage Loss

By Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

Hay bale in field during late summer

October 3, 2025

Test, Don’t Guess on Nutrient Value of Hay

By Aaron Berger - Beef Extension Educator

Pile of chopped corn silage under a blue sky with an inset photo showing southern rust pustules on a corn leaf, highlighting disease risk at harvest.

September 15, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Southern Rust Impacts on Corn Silage, Testing Hay Quality and Fall Armyworm Management

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

Field of green alfalfa surrounded by yellow and orange trees in autumn

September 8, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Considerations for Fall Forage Harvest, Alfalfa Irrigation and Last Cutting

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

A rangeland area with dense patches of dried, brown cheatgrass among scattered green grasses and weeds.

September 3, 2025

Using Herbicide for Cheatgrass (Bromus Tectorum) Management in the Nebraska Panhandle

By Mitchell Stephenson - Extension Range and Forage Management Specialist, Aaron Berger - Beef Extension Educator

Closeup of hay bales wrapped in twine and stacked in a single line

August 22, 2025

What’s in Your Manure? Keeping Plastic and Other Junk Out of Your Fields

By Leslie Johnson - Animal Manure Management Extension Educator

A mature common mullein plant in bloom, with tall flower spikes of small yellow blossoms standing in a grassy pasture.

July 30, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: How to Manage Heat, Weeds and Pests in Peak Season

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

A round bale of forage sorghum sits in a harvested field, with more bales scattered in rows across the background as plants mature.

July 23, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: 2025 Rental Rates, Summer Haying Tips and Yucca Control Strategies

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