Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator

Dry pastures due to drought

June 10, 2025

How Plants Respond to Drought—and Why It Matters

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

Leafy spurge flowering

May 1, 2025

Impacts of Earlier Blooming Leafy Spurge

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

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

Consider drought in a lease. Photo by Troy Walz.

March 1, 2025

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

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

beefwatch graphic

March 21, 2019

Reclaiming Flood-damaged Pastures and Forage Production

By Daren Redfearn, Nebraska Extension Forage and Crop Residue Specialist, Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator

weeds

May 1, 2019

Controlling Weeds in Pastures and Rangeland

By Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator

hay bales

January 1, 2020

Burning Your Bottom Line: How Hot Hay Changes Forage Quality

By Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator

Meadow hay bales

February 1, 2020

Wet Bales Can Tip the Scales

By Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator

heifer grazing cheatgrass

April 1, 2020

Targeted Grazing to Manage Cheatgrass

By Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator, Mitch Stephenson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Range Management Specialist

Cows grazing flooded meadow

May 1, 2020

Flooded Sandhills Subirrigated Meadows and Upland Sites

By Mitch Stephenson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Range Management Specialist, Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator, Jerry Volesky, Extension Range and Forage Specialist