Take a look at the new feral hog trapping system developed by the Samuel Noble Foundation. The BoarBuster overhead corral trap utilizes video camera and smartphone systems to catch entire sounders of swine.

Progressive Dairyman editors Walt Cooley and Jenna Hurty, as well as staff writer Melissa Miller, attended World Ag Expo in Tulare, California, Feb. 10-12, 2015. In addition to hosting a video farm tour and other seminars, staff members walked around the show looking for something new or for interesting ideas that might be useful to dairy producers. Below are their thoughts and comments about what they saw.

Dairy farmers in the Northeast may receive payments of around $4,000 as part of a proposed settlement in a 2009 class action lawsuit alleging misconduct by Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Dean Foods.

Champion USA LLC has announced the EPA approval for the new JustiFly 3 percent (diflubenzuron) feedthrough larvicide and for DFBZ Technical Diflubenzuron.

Moly Manufacturing Inc.’s new model, Silencer Maxx, is 4 inches wider for extra large cattle and 10 ½ inches taller for more operator head room during palpation.

Worksaver Inc. has introduced the new Sweep Action Rock Grapple (SARG) for skid steer loaders; it is designed for handling rocks, brush, logs, stumps, debris, scraps and more.

The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) has announced that Craig Huffhines, currently executive vice president of the American Hereford Association, has been selected to assume the executive vice president leadership role for AQHA.

Are you considering planting new alfalfa fields with a Roundup Ready variety but concerned about the higher seed cost? There are ways to hold costs down, but first make sure that the Roundup Ready trait is right for your operation.