Jerry Volesky

Associate Professor - Extension Range and Forage Specialist

Extension Program Areas:

• Develop, implement and cooperate in range and forage management programming for both youth and adult clientele in the West Central district.
• Participate in and develop appropriate educational materials for youth range camp, range judging contest, range workshops, beef cattle production meetings, and individual consultation.
• Develop and publish educational materials based on research results to support the extension mission.<

Research Areas of Interest:

• Conduct grazing management and systems research at the Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory and other locations.
• Specific interests and projects include livestock and plant responses to management practices on upland range and subirrigated meadow vegetation types.

Selected Publications:

• Reece, P.E., J.D. Volesky, and W.H. Schacht. 2001. Cover for wildlife after summer grazing on Sandhills rangeland. J. Range Manage. 54:126-131.
• Schacht, W.H., J.D. Volesky, D. Bauer, A. Smart, and E. Mousel. 2000. Plant community patterns on upland prairie in the eastern Nebraska Sandhills. The Prairie Natur. 32:43-58.
• Volesky, J.D. and S.B. Connot. 2000. Vegetation response to late growing-season wildfire on Nebraska Sandhills rangeland. J. Range Manage. 53:421-426.
• Volesky, J.D., W.H. Schacht, and P.E. Reece. 1999. Leaf area, visual obstruction, and standing crop relationships on Sandhills Rangeland. J. Range Manage. 52:494-499.
• Adams, D.C., R.T. Clark, P.E. Reece, and J.D. Volesky. 1998. Research and education for managing resources within the Nebraska Sandhills: The Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory. Rangelands 20:4-8.
• Volesky, J.D. and S.W. Coleman. 1996. Estimation of botanical composition of esophageal extrusa samples using near infrared reflectance spectroscopy. J. Range Manage. 49:163-166.
• Volesky, J.D., D.P. Mowrey, and G.R. Smith. 1996. Performance of rose clover and hairy vetch interseeded into Old World bluestem. J. Range Manage. 49:448-451.

Grant Projects and Activities:

• Defoliation Effects on Root Growth of Wet Meadow Forage Species.

Professional Memberships:

• Society for Range Management
• American Society of Animal Science

Education:

• Ph.D., Animal/Range Science, South Dakota State University, 1986.
• M.S., Range Science, North Dakota State University, 1982.
• B.S., Biology, Dickinson State University, 1980.

Professional Experience:

• Associate Professor and Extension Range and Forage Specialist, University of Nebraska, 1995.
• Research Scientist, USDA-ARS, Grazinglands Research Lab., El Reno, OK, 1988 - 1995.
• Research Associate, Montana State University and USDA-ARS Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Lab., Miles City, MT, 1986 - 1988.

Links:

• UNL Agronomy and Horticulture Department
• Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory