Associate Professor, Forage & Range Management Specialist
Associate Director Panhandle Research, Extension & Education Center
4502 Ave I, Scottsbluff, NE 69361
Professor, Range and Forage Sciences
Agronomy & Horticulture, 308 Keim Hall
Nebraska has about 22.77 million acres (46% of the total land area) of native rangeland including tallgrass, mixed, and shortgrass communities. About 50% of Nebraska's rangeland is the unique Sandhills which is the largest stabilized sand-dune complex in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the finest cattle producing areas of the world. Rangeland combined with the 2.1 million acres of seeded pastureland accounts for 50% of the total land area in the state. Including cropland harvested for hay or silage, more than 57% of Nebraska is devoted directly to grasslands and forage crops. Source: Rangeland Ecology and Management University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Agronomy & Horticulture webpage (Photo by Jerry Volesky)
