Summer’s here and with it, unfortunately, comes flying insects. Not only do they make it difficult to enjoy time with your horse, but some of them are downright dangerous, disease carrying blood-suckers! Fortunately just a few simple maintenance tricks, along with a quality insecticide can take the fright out of the bite and offer both, […]
Fly Control Strategies for Your Barn
This blog post on fly control strategies was supplied by W.F. Young Corp. (Absorbine) for Jeffers Fly Week 2016 and written by Amy Cairy, Absorbine Marketing Manager – Equine Division. From horse flies, stables flies, mosquitoes, and more, flying insects have been pestering horses and humans for thousands of years. These winged warriors can interrupt […]
The Benefits of Natural Fly Control
There are thousands of chemicals on the market today used in almost every product you use on a daily basis. You rub them into your skin, you feed them to your children, you drink them down and you breathe them. If there were a way to get the desired benefits from a natural fly control spray […]
Top 10 Fly Sprays for Horses
Help protect your horse this summer with an effective and fast-acting fly spray. In this post, we are going to go over our top 10 picks for fly sprays and what makes them great. There are a variety of options when it comes to fly sprays, such as ready-to-use spray, premise spray, concentrated formula, wipe-on, […]
6 Tips on Flies in the Home
Flies are annoying enough outside, but when they get into your house and buzz around all day long, landing on food and counters, they become a serious nuisance as well as a health concern. House flies can transmit diseases, which they spread by picking up pathogens on their legs after landing on feces or rotting […]