U.S. farmers spent $367.3 billion on agricultural production in 2013, a 2 percent increase from 2012, according to the Farm Production Expenditures report, published by the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

After sending the H.R. 5021 back and forth between the Senate and House, the chambers came to agreement on funding the Highway Trust Fund through May 2015.

Graduate from The Ohio State University – Agricultural Technical Institute Livestock Technician Intern at Select Sires Plain City, Ohio

Junior, University of Wisconsin – Platteville Marketing Communications Intern at Accelerated Genetics Baraboo, Wisconsin

Graduated Senior from Berry College Summer Intern at Center for Dairy Excellence Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Old-fashioned fly swatters may be the most foolproof housefly killer, but for dairy farms, insecticides are the practical choice. Flies spread disease and a host of pathogens that cost farms hundreds of millions of dollars in annual losses.