Most Progressive Cattleman readers said they received good rain and good grass this summer.

Fire ants, as their colonies begin to flood, can join feet or tarsi to form water rafts, and they are more aggressive once in the floating formation, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologists. But other insect pests can also pose human threats in flood conditions, they said.

The enrollment period for participation in the 2018 Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) is open Sept. 1, but don’t rush into your Farm Service Agency (FSA) office just yet. And, U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue has given dairy farmers another option – they can opt out of MPP-Dairy altogether next year.

I’ve been ruminating for awhile now on what is growing in my neighbor’s field. I’ve never seen plants like that before. I drive by it at least twice a day and it bugs me that I don’t know what it is. I tried an internet search with no results.

As I get older, it is just part of life to get a bit set in my ways. Change is inevitable, and sometimes changes come with more than a little heartburn. A good example comes from a form of new technology – social media.