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Nebraska Sandhills

Published: June 1, 2022 | Updated: June 10, 2025

Tools for Adjusting Stocking Rates during Drought

Ryan Benjamin, Nebraska Extension Educator

Rangeland

Published: April 1, 2022 | Updated: June 10, 2025

Pastures and Drought: Response and Impact

Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cane field

Published: July 19, 2023 | Updated: June 10, 2025

Options for Safely Using High-Nitrate Forage: Grazing, Silage and Haying

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

Heifers

Published: May 1, 2021 | Updated: June 10, 2025

Feed, Ship or Sell – Three Options to Reduce Stocking Rates

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

cattle grazing in drought stressed pasture

Published: February 8, 2021 | Updated: June 10, 2025

Grazing and Forage Management During and After Drought

Jerry Volesky, Extension Range and Forage Specialist

Dry pastures due to drought

June 10, 2025

How Plants Respond to Drought—and Why It Matters

Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator; Ryan Benjamin, Nebraska Extension Educator; Jacob Harvey, UNL Barta Brothers Ranch, Research Project Coordinator

Cow and calf in pasture

Published: June 1, 2021 | Updated: June 2, 2025

Beware of Stocking Rate Creep

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator; T.L. Meyer, Nebraska Extension Educator

Yearling on grass. Photo credit: Troy Walz

June 1, 2025

Does It Pay to Target Compensatory Growth in Yearlings During the Summer?

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

cattle grazing in a field

Published: May 15, 2019 | Updated: May 15, 2025

Evaluating Winter Wheat for Forage or for Grain

Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Leafy spurge flowering

May 1, 2025

Impacts of Earlier Blooming Leafy Spurge

Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator; Jacob Harvey, UNL Barta Brothers Ranch, Research Project Coordinator; Ryan Benjamin, Nebraska Extension Educator

Nebraska cattle near pond on grassland

April 30, 2025

How much water do cattle need and what water problems should cattle producers watch for?

Troy Walz, Nebraska Extension Educator; Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator

Invasive leafy spurge in a pasture.  Photo Credit: Troy Walz

April 2, 2025

Proactive Weed Control in Pastures: Tips for Early Season Success

Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator; Ryan Benjamin, Nebraska Extension Educator

Burned pastures after a wildfire (Photo credit: Bethany Johnston)

April 1, 2025

Managing Burned Pastures After a Wildfire- How to Graze

Bethany Johnston, Nebraska Extension Educator; Jerry Volesky, Extension Range and Forage Specialist; Mitch Stephenson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Range Management Specialist

Seeds and seedlings will spread up to 200 yards from an eastern red cedar seed source.  (Photo credit: Bethany Johnston)

April 1, 2025

What Drives the Spread of Cedar Trees-The Most Important Predictor

Bethany Johnston, Nebraska Extension Educator

Green grasshopper nymph on grass blade.

April 1, 2025

Rangeland Grasshoppers in 2025

Dave Boxler, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cattle on pasture. Photo Credit: TL Meyer

April 1, 2025

2025 Drought Planning Trigger Dates

Ryan Benjamin, Nebraska Extension Educator; T.L. Meyer, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cow grazing lush green forages.  Photo credit: Troy Walz

April 1, 2025

Going to Grass: Preventing Grass Tetany with Magnesium Supplementation

Brock Ortner, Nebraska Extension Livestock System Educator; Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

Sandhills after wildfire

Published: October 1, 2023 | Updated: March 17, 2025

Protecting Farms & Ranches from Wildfires

Randy Saner, Nebraska Extension Educator; Rob Eirich, Nebraska Extension Educator; Ryan Benjamin, Nebraska Extension Educator

Spring oat for forage during droughts.  Photo by Troy Walz.

March 1, 2025

Annual Forages- Plan Now in Case of Drought

Jerry Volesky, Extension Range and Forage Specialist

Consider drought in a lease. Photo by Troy Walz.

March 1, 2025

Build Resilience into Your Pasture Lease: The Drought/Disaster Clause

Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator; Ryan Benjamin, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cow grazes green cover crop. Photo by Mary Drewnoski.

March 1, 2025

What Needs to be in Your Free-Choice Mineral Supplement When Grazing Cereal Rye or Other Small Cereals?

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

Switchgrass field, sampling, and stage sorting. Photo credits: Carolina Córdova

February 5, 2025

Nature's Algorithm: Tiller Demography in Perennial Forage Grass, Explained

Carolina Córdova, Assistant Professor and Statewide Soil Health Specialist

Cattle strip grazing a field

October 25, 2024

Getting more out of fall and winter grazing

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist; Erin Laborie, Nebraska Extension Educator

Cows grazing cornstalks

October 1, 2024

How Grazing Corn Residue Affects the Soil

Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist

hay bales in a field

August 16, 2024

Haying and Cattle Grazing Areas with Hemlock

Brian Vander Ley, DVM Epidemiologist, Great Plains Veterinary Education Center; Bethany Johnston, Nebraska Extension Educator; Scott Fritz, DVM, Kansas State University Clinical Assistant Professor of Toxicology

Sericea lespedeza. Photo by SR Turner, missouriplants.com.

July 29, 2024

Invading Nebraska: The Growing Threat of Certain Invasive Plant Species

Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator; Cheryl Dunn, Research Manager & Herbarium Curator, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Stable flies on cattle legs

June 12, 2024

Stable Flies on Pastured Cattle

Dave Boxler, Nebraska Extension Educator