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  • Most people don’t recognize fireflies by day as they hang out waiting for nightfall to remind us to go check our crops for destructive pests, Image by Pamela Smith

    CropLink

    Flickering fireflies are a sure sign of summer, and farming tradition has long held that they also signal the beginning of Western corn rootworm egg hatch.

  • Entomologists have identified a handful of sorghum hybrids that show good tolerance of the sugarcane aphid, Image by Gabriela Esparza-Díaz, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

    CropLink

    After five years in sorghum fields, the sugarcane aphid is firmly established as a permanent pest of this crop.

  • Image by Jim Patrico

    Family Business Matters

    Each family business has its own culture--a unique combination of beliefs and actions that shapes the way the business understands itself. This family business culture, while neither right or wrong, reflects the way members speak and act, what they consider most important...

  • Image by Steve Thompson

    Ask The Mechanic

    Q: I have a B8200E Kubota that has a hydraulic problem. The tractor has been resting for about two months, and now, the hydraulic lift won't rise up. The tractor has a standard transmission. I checked the transmission oil on the dipstick under the seat, and it is milky...

  • Image by Jim Patrico

    Ask The Vet

    Q: We had a very bad cold, wet snap with lots of snow, ice and rain right in the middle of calving season. Several calves started scouring, and we treated them with scour boluses and penicillin. We lost four of them. We have not had any more cases since, but we'd like to...

  • Image by Rob Lagerstrom

    First Look

    We're looking for great shops--imaginative, innovative, productive and smart--shops planned for hard work, equipped to make work profitable and full of the ideas that make work efficient.

  • Image by Jim Patrico

    FirstLook

    So you want to know the secret of profitably feeding cattle in 2018? The winning formula is as easy as containing North Korea, forging a national consensus on gun control and convincing President Trump to switch from his Twitter account to a locked diary. To further...

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