Forages, Pasture, and Range Management

Previous Articles

• Test Don't Guess (October 2017)
• Using CRP Hay during a Drought (August 2017)
• Grazing Considerations in a Drought Year (August 2017)
• Sweetclover - Friend or Foe? (June 2017)
• Grass Hay Production Practices Simply Stated (June 2017)
• Feeding Cow-Calf Pairs Grazing Smooth Bromegrass Pastures can Increase Stocking Rates (May 2017)
• Plan for Pasture Production Variation (April 2017)
• When Does Fertilizing Pasture or Hayland Pay? (February 2017)
• Reducing Yucca in Rangeland (December 2016)
• Summer Pasture Rental Rates on a Price per Ton Basis Consumed by the Cow-calf Pair (June 2016)
• Know Your Rangeland for Better Beef Production (September 2016)
• Summer Pasture Rental Rates on a Price per Ton Basis Consumed by the Cow-calf Pair (June 2016)
• Be Realistic With Irrigated Pastures (May 2016)
• Management of Spring Burned Pastures in the Nebraska Sandhills (April 2016)
• Emergency Confinement Feeding after a Disaster (April 2016)
• Planted Forages as Options to Recovering Native Range (April 2016)
• Performance and Economics of Supplementing Yearlings on Smooth Bromegrass Pastures Research Summary (April 2016)
• Efficacy of Bovatec 2.2 Mineral Blocks for Cattle Grazing Crested Wheatgrass Pastures (April 2016)
• Snow is Good for Alfalfa (February 2016)
• Winter Grazing On Upland Rangelands (December 2015)
• Ditch the Trees to Keep the Grass: Eastern Redcedar Invasion into Nebraska Grasslands (September 2015)
• Converting Marginal Irrigated Cropland to Cool Season Perennial Forage Production: Will it pay? (August 2015)
• Body Condition Score your Pasture (August 2015)
• Understanding The Intensive In Intensive Grazing (July 2015)
• Plan When To Cut Grass Hay (June 2015)
• Windrow Grazing Annual Forages in the Growing Season to Increase Harvest Efficiency and Productivity (May 2015)
• Weed Management on the Range (April 2015)
• Managing for Variation in Forage Production with Trigger Dates and Stocking Rates (April 2015)
• Tips to Maximize Forage Yields When Establishing Perennial Forages (March 2015)
• Plan For Drought When Preparing Pasture Lease (February 2015)
• Getting Ready for the Grazing Season (February 2015)
• Evaluating Fertilizing Cool Season Grass Pastures (February 2015)
• Converting Cropland Back to Grass Pastures (January 2015)
• Profit Tip: Understanding a Forage Analysis (January 2015)
• Profit Tip: Balancing Timing of Hay Harvest on Subsequent Forage Productivity (January 2015)
• Profit Tip: Forage Feeding Losses Can Add Up (January 2015)
• Challenges Feeding Weather-damaged Hay (December 2014)
• Perennial Grass Irrigated Pasture (December 2014)
• Grazing Alfalfa in the Fall (October 2014)
• Minimizing Storage and Feeding Losses of Round Bale Hay (October 2014)
• Making It Work for Land and Livestock Owners in a Grazing Lease Agreement (August 2014)
• More Grass, Same Acres? (August 2014)
• Helpful Components of Grazing Leases (July 2014)
• Consider Storing Distillers Grains for Fall and Winter Use (June 2014)
• Monitoring pasture condition? UNL Extension has an app for that! (June 2014)
• Livestock Forage Disaster Program Will Pay Producers for Drought Grazing Loss in 2012 and 2013 (May 2014)
• Consider Feeding Hay and Other Strategies to Compensate for Drought-Stressed Pastures (April 2014)
• Management of Cheatgrass in Rangelands & Pastures (March 2014)
• Pasture Lease Agreements (March 2014)
   

Articles prior to 2014

Related NebGuides

Forages

• Cyanide Poisoning, G2184 (PDF version, 463KB)
• Grazing Alfalfa, G2030 (PDF version, 641KB)
• Windrow Grazing, G1616 (PDF version, 623KB)

Pasture  &  Range Management

• Common Grasses of Nebraska: Prairies, Rangelands, Pasturelands, EC170
  Illustrated identification guide, including descriptions of infloresence and vegetative characteristics, distribution and habitat, uses and values for 88 grass and grass-like plants in Nebraska.
  (Print version, available for purchase for $5.00 at UNL Marketplace)
• Forbs and Shrubs of Nebraska, EC118
  Illustrated guide to the identification, distribution, use and value of 117 forbs, 17 shrubs and 4 cacti common to Nebraska.
  (Print version, available for purchase for $12.50 at UNL Marketplace).
• Fertilizing Grass Pastures and Hayland, G1977 (PDF version, 711KB)
• Forage Production with Limited Irrigation, G2012 (PDF version, 860KB)
• Getting to Know Your Pastures, Techniques to Enhance Monitoring, G2212 (PDF version 1.48MB)
• Grazing and Hay Records: Spreadsheet Template, EC165 (PDF 1.87MB)
     download Grazing and Hay Records Excel spreadsheet file
• Grazing Systems for Nebraska Sandhills Rangeland, EC127 (PDF 1.18MB)
  (Print version, available for purchase for $1.00 at UNL Marketplace)
• Integrating Management Objectives and Grazing Strategies on Semiarid Rangeland, EC158 (PDF 1.31MB)
  (Print version, available for purchase for $2.00 at UNL Marketplace).
• Perennial Forages for Irrigated Pasture, G1502 (PDF version, 688KB)
• Skillful Grazing Management on Semiarid Rangelands, EC162 (PDF 1.24MB)
  (Print version, available for purchase for $1.00 at UNL Marketplace)
• Switchgrass, Big Bluestem, and Indiangrass for Grazing and Hay, G1908 (PDF version, 872KB)
• Water Development Costs for Grazing Livestock, EC821 (PDF version, 722KB)
  (Print version, available for purchase for $3.00 at UNL Marketplace)