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22 Jul 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Ranchers who use prescribed burns to control invasive plant species on their pastures could soon receive some help from above. Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have developed a prototype unmanned aerial vehicle -- commonly called a drone -- capable of safely igniting prescribed b...
22 Jul 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter Protein supplementation is important for spring-calving beef cattle grazing low-quality dormant forage, but altering the frequency of that supplementation may affect performance, especially in the last 28 days before calving. Grazing low-quality dormant forage typically does not allow spring-calving beef cattle...
21 Jul 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent CLEVELAND (DTN) -- A series of high-ranking Republicans on Wednesday urged farm leaders to be unified in supporting the Republican ticket this fall. But they barely mentioned the name of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, leaving the pitch for him to a Nebraska farmer and agribusiness executive who...
21 Jul 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Sorghum pests never gave Jerry Martin many headaches before last year. Now for the second year in a row, the central Kansas farmer is bracing for infestations of the sugarcane aphid. After a slow start in Texas this year, the pest has moved north and east earlier than ever. In Kentucky...
21 Jul 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- As the waters of the United States rule remains tied up in federal court, a Houston-based attorney who handles Clean Water Act cases said Wednesday farmers should remain vigilant about whether work they do on the land is exempt from the law. Sharon Marie Mattox, an attorney with Mattox Law Firm, said ...