You can subscribe to the weekly Pasture and Forage Minute at: https://gmail.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=5c438ee4998f5db5645a35e0e&id=c2f262f559 CORN STALK QUALITY AFTER WEATHERING – Jerry Volesky Fall rain and snow are good for wheat and next year’s crops, but it does have its drawbacks. One challenge is its impact on corn stalk feed quality. While this fall has been quite dry, there […] Continue reading → You can subscribe to the weekly Pasture and Forage Minute at: https://gmail.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=5c438ee4998f5db5645a35e0e&id=c2f262f559 BLACK NIGHTSHADE IN CORN RESIDUE – Jerry Volesky Have you noticed any black nightshade in your corn stalks that you are grazing or plan to graze? If these fields have too much black nightshade, be careful, it might be toxic. Black nightshade is common […] Continue reading → 
HAY STORAGE – by Ben Beckman, Beef Systems Extension Educator A number of factors go into ensuring a quality hay crop is harvested each year. Proper storage of hay may be just as important for a quality forage as efforts in the field. Don’t let your work to put up quality hay be wasted by […] Continue reading → 
As a cropping systems Extension educator or public agronomist for the University of Nebraska in Saline, Jefferson and Gage counties, you would assume that I get many calls about corn and soybean production given it makes up a bulk of the acres. However, questions related to pasture, grass hay, and alfalfa production are actually the […] Continue reading → 
Corn Corn planting was complete along the route, other than a few seed corn fields near Dorchester (Figure 1). Planting progress was well ahead of normal this season due to the dry weather during April and May, with an average of 5.3 days suitable for field work per week locally since the beginning of April […] Continue reading → 
With warm weather the first week of April and the current cold spell, questions about freeze damage to alfalfa will be on the rise. Friend, Plymouth, and Beatrice reached 86, 87, and 89 degrees respectively on April 7. In Lincoln, a record high was set for the day of April 7 (87 degrees) and a […] Continue reading → 