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Get a Green Barn!

By   |  May 2, 2017

…Step 7: Pest Control Where there are horses, there are flies. Where there’s grain, there are rodents. The United States applies 1.2 billion pounds of pesticides annually; that’s 20 percent…

Natural Fly Spray for Horses

By Nancy  |  September 28, 2017

Sorry, guys, but there’s a reason we have chemical-based pesticides: They work. That said, if we can avoid overusing chemicals on your horse’s skin, we will. We tend to think…

Summer Insect Control

By Jane Pedigo  |  December 30, 2003

…that are still around. The most prevalent insect pest around horses is the common fly (bluebottles, in England). They lay their eggs in horse manure, so it makes good sense…

Fly-Control Battle Plan

By   |  July 15, 2011

…most annoying pest. Flies represent a health threat, too, as they’re highly effective at spreading diseases, including influenza,equineinfectious anemia, pigeon fever (dryland distemper), salmonella, and vesicular stomatitis (a virus that…

Fly Control

By Equisearch  |  April 21, 2016

…see some of our favorites. Mosquitos aren’t the only disease-carrying pests around your barn. Watch this short video to learn how to Protect Your Horse from Diseases Carried By Insect Pests….

Get To The Bottom Of Holes

By HorseJournal  |  September 30, 2003

…holes. Its cooler weather makes the work easier, and you have less of a chance of running into an active ground-bee nest. If you’ve got current pests, you may be…

It’s a Fly’s World: A Rogues’ Gallery

By   |  August 31, 2015

Let’s face it: If you don’t take the proper precautions, your horse is doomed to be harassed by swarms of flying, stinging, biting pests come warmer weather. Called “a divell…