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Tractor mowing alfalfa in long green windrows on a sunny fall afternoon, with trees and hills in the background.

September 22, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Using GDD for Final Alfalfa Harvest, Fall Grazing vs. Stockpiling, and Thistle Control

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

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

Front-end loader piling freshly chopped corn silage in a large outdoor silage pile under a clear blue sky.

September 3, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Managing Winter Annual Forages, Verbal Lease Agreements and Corn Silage Pricing

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

Corn field after harvest with rows of dry stalk stubble and fallen leaves, viewed at ground level under a clear evening sky.

August 26, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Considerations for Corn Silage Harvest and Following Cover Crops

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

Tractor harvesting corn silage with a forage chopper blowing chopped material into a wagon as plants mature.

August 18, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Corn Silage Kernel Processing, Cover Crop Grazing and Pasture Weeds

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

Cattle drinking from a stock tank with visible algae floating on the water’s surface.

August 14, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Silage Inoculants, Fall Armyworms, and Managing Stock Tank Algae

By Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

Center pivot sprinkler irrigates a lush green alfalfa field under a clear blue sky as plants mature.

August 5, 2025

Pasture and Forage Minute: Boosting Water Efficiency and Feed Value

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

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