I've seen lots of vids like with Joel salatine where they run chickens behind the cows which reduces the fly populations. Not sure that would be practical here though.
Jim, I really enjoyed your video and I have a suggestion for your Horn Fly infestation and that is applying Diatomaceous Earth to the animails coats. There's a lot of good information on the Internet concerning this product. Please review Pauly Piccirillo TH-cam channel on how he uses Diatomaceous Earth on his goats and chickens. Not only will it control all insect problems, it will help add essential minerals back to your land when the rock dust falls off of the cows hides. Hope that this was helpful and I wish you the best!
Geoff Lawton, of the permaculture fame, has a video which shows his milking cow passing under a roll of hessian soaked in neem oil. It is like a long sausage stung across the race (path), so his cows have no choice but to go under, and it deposits a little neem oil as it rubs down their spine. That is probably not a very good explanation, but I hope you get the idea of what I am trying to convey, as I thought it may be a possibility for you to adapt the idea to your situation. It was a way to treat the cows without having to apply yourself and it appeared to be cost effective.
I've seen lots of vids like with Joel salatine where they run chickens behind the cows which reduces the fly populations. Not sure that would be practical here though.
Jim, I really enjoyed your video and I have a suggestion for your Horn Fly infestation and that is applying Diatomaceous Earth to the animails coats. There's a lot of good information on the Internet concerning this product. Please review Pauly Piccirillo TH-cam channel on how he uses Diatomaceous Earth on his goats and chickens. Not only will it control all insect problems, it will help add essential minerals back to your land when the rock dust falls off of the cows hides. Hope that this was helpful and I wish you the best!
Geoff Lawton, of the permaculture fame, has a video which shows his milking cow passing under a roll of hessian soaked in neem oil. It is like a long sausage stung across the race (path), so his cows have no choice but to go under, and it deposits a little neem oil as it rubs down their spine.
That is probably not a very good explanation, but I hope you get the idea of what I am trying to convey, as I thought it may be a possibility for you to adapt the idea to your situation. It was a way to treat the cows without having to apply yourself and it appeared to be cost effective.
I just read Aviator Dave's suggestion, which was an excellent one, and this this method could be used for Diatomaceous Earth also.
What breed of cattle is that.
Winter? In Florida?
how to intern with him?
"winter"!?
In Florida, yes.
"Winter" in Florida means no rain for weeks at a time. It can be terrible for the pasture.