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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

Alfalfa harvest

July 14, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Mid-Season Forage Check, Rained-On Hay and the 2025 Grazing Conference

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

tractor harvests hay in pasture

July 3, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Optimizing Summer Forages

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

interior view of tractor in field while harvesting alfalfa

June 17, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Windrow Disease, Forage Economics and First Cut Field Checks

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

cattle grazing sorghum-sudangrass field

May 30, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Getting Ahead of Summer Grazing Challenges

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

leafy spurge in field

May 23, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Spring Weed Control, Hay Harvest and Grazing Mixed Grass

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

foxtail millet in grass meadow

May 12, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Selecting Summer Forage, Managing Wheatlage and Grasshoppers

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

cattle grazing spring pasture

April 11, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Grass Tetany, Spring Grass Seeding

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

nebraska farm with pond and haybales

April 1, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Insights on 2025 Land Values and Rental Rates, Grass-Alfalfa Mixtures

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

cattle drink from stream during drought

February 28, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Preparing for Drought

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