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Controlling flies on cattle

Fly issues can cause significant damage financially and on the herd health front. Step one: ID the culprit. Step two: Choose your weapons.

August 5, 2024

Carmen Willmore

The best way to treat flies is to first understand what fly you are treating for. Remember: Face flies are found on the face, stable flies are found on front legs, and horn flies are found on the back and sides.

Stable flies on pastured cattle

Warmer weather means flies. But why is that and what can you do to limit their effect on your cattle? Continue reading for more information.

May 6, 2024

Dave Boxler

Pastured animals that exhibit defensive behaviors such as tail flicking, skin twitching, leg stamping, lying with their legs tucked underneath, standing in water and bunching in corners of pastures are likely being attacked by the stable fly.

Horn flies on pastured cattle

Horn flies can be a major pest for cattle and cattle producers across the U.S. Pest control should start before the start of the pest season. Continue reading for some pest control methods.

February 20, 2024

Dave Boxler

The horn fly is a major pest of pasture and rangeland cattle throughout the U.S. Adult horn flies are blood-feeding flies taking, on average, 30 blood meals per day.

West: Pinkeye prevention and treatment

July 27, 2023

Meranda Small

As we continue into late summer, we continue the fly control battle.

Options for feed-through fly control with costs and benefits

April 22, 2022

Stephen B. Blezinger

Every year about this time, producer attention turns to fly control. Especially in the southern U.S., by the time early spring rolls around, the flies are coming back to the cows with a vengeance, assuming they ever left at all.

Controlling profit-robbing flies

March 24, 2021

Aimee Robinson

Flies are much more than a nuisance. Their economic impact can reach deep into a cattleman’s pockets.

The stagnant future of fly control

March 24, 2020

Melissa Beck

We have billion-dollar problems in the beef industry. Here are a few of the commonly reported billion-dollar hits we take annually: fescue toxicosis, bovine respiratory disease (BRD) and, surprisingly, flies.

Can we control flies naturally?

May 29, 2019

Mayzie Purviance

Sonja Swiger is the livestock veterinary extension entomologist for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Services. When asked, “What are the natural remedies for fly control?” Swiger has a simple answer: there aren’t any.