Corn earworms, also known as cotton bollworms, migrate at night, making them notoriously hard to track. Farmers worried about controlling infestations have to make educated guesses about the pest's movements, based on reports from other areas and past experience. Guessing wrong can be expensive: The pest costs cotton producers an estimated $200 million a year.

Byrne Dairy is now producing Greek yogurt in Cortland, New York, for retail sale. The products are available in Byrne's retail stores in central New York and in area groceries, according to the (Syracuse) Post-Standard.

The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (WMMB) is launching "Have U Herd?," a new column on the Dairy Doing More websitethat will provide fascinating facts and insights about one of Wisconsin’s treasures: dairy cows.

Brian Brooks Area Marketing Manager Genex Cooperative Inc. Geneva, New York

Dairy producers can now select for cows genetically designed to thrive in commercial dairy environments.

As summer comes to an end, we must remember that heat stress can still play a role in our dairy production and that we still need to be vigilant on heat abatement for our dairy herds. We may be enjoying some cooler weather, but for high-producing dairy cows, the temperature is still running plenty warm for peak production. Days warmer than 50ºF still can create problems in the holding pens and milking parlors where cows are crowded together.

Rain damage costs for the Idaho hay crop are conservatively estimated at $87 million, according to a University of Idaho report, and Idaho isn't the only state hurting from rain or lack of it.

Select Sires is excited to announce it is the exclusive supplier in North America of the CowManager system, developed by Agis Automatisering.