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6 Feb 2018
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor PHOENIX, Ariz. (DTN) -- Cattle suffering from pain due to foot rot, or a fever associated with bovine respiratory disease (BRD), can now be treated with a pour-on application of Banamine Transdermal. The product, manufactured by Merck Animal Health, was introduced to cattle producers at this year...
5 Feb 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A federal judge's ruling blocks the National Pork Board from paying $3 million annually to the National Pork Producers Council for trademarks such as "Pork. The Other White Meat." The ruling from a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia essentially blocks the U.S. Department of...
5 Feb 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WICHITA, Kan. (DTN) -- Brice Custer breaks down the economics of cover crops on his operation in western Kansas by comparing what his cover crops cost compared to how much he saves by not spraying weeds. In northwest Oklahoma, Jimmy Emmons adds to the finances of cover cropping by showing the pounds per-head of...
5 Feb 2018
By Dan MillerProgressive Farmer Senior Editor Jamie Blythe stands atop a red-clay knob one August afternoon. As this is Alabama, the humidity and the temperature blend into the 90s. Even the cicadas buzzing in the background are hot. Corn and soybeans trace the roll of the hill down past a finger of hardwoods and onto a flat bottom. It's a pretty v...
2 Feb 2018
By Dan MillerProgressive Farmer Senior Editor A loaded semitruck idled at the edge of a newly harvested cornfield one night last fall. Wade Wilhour stood nearby, his arm draped over the shoulder of his 10-year-old son, Andrew. Both look out into the darkness. It's as if they saw a similar future. Wade is a thoughtful man, spare with words, wary of ...