As the temperatures begin to slowly warm, it is time to start thinking about warm weather parasite control. Controlling external parasites on beef cattle can provide a benefit not only to cattle ...

K-State beef cattle veterinarians share how to keep the fly load down in August It seems like in the heat of the summer an open door can lead to a room full of house flies, leading many to turn to a ...

Pesky horn flies can become prolific during the grazing season. However, there are control tactics that can help keep horn fly populations under wraps. When uncontrolled, horn flies can punish cattle ...

We have reached another fall season according to the calendar, although I’m not sure Mother Nature is paying attention. After living here for almost a decade, the crazy OK weather still surprises me!

In the spring, it is easy to think that flies aren’t an issue. Your to-do list is long enough and there isn’t any more room in the budget for tags or spray. Cattle on pasture aren’t really bothered by ...

Now that warm weather has arrived, everyone will start to focus on all the chores that have to be done to “gear” up for the upcoming season, including fly control. Fly infestation reduces performance ...

Horn flies, face flies and stable flies are the most common and most treated pests on North Dakota livestock operations. “Left untreated, these pests can cause significant losses in production,” says ...

Every week, hundreds of millions of New World screwworm flies are dropped from planes over Panama. It might sound like a scene from an apocalyptic movie, or maybe a biblical plague, with insects ...

Thus, fly tags should be one part of your fly control plan… not the entire plan. Oilers and dustbags are best in forced use scenarios. This means the cattle are required to go under them in a gateway, ...