Check out our new livestock fly control experiment. 

You bet!

I will keep you updated on this project.

Thank you very much!

Love it!

We will

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher been using the wasps for years now. Works great. Hugo, Colorado

Thanks for sharing your experience with us!

Sure thing!

Parasitic wasp can be used for many different insects what happens Is there tiny wasps and they either sting the insect laying eggs inside once they hatch there larvae gotta eat killing the insects the larvae of predator bugs are the killers

Will do.

Can you share a URL or something re: garlic powder for dogs? That's interesting. Is it useful for fleas, too?

​@@tedbastwock3810 Hi, Ted. I replied to this two weeks ago, but either it was removed for some reason or I forgot to hit "Reply." For the garlic, I would just check out the spice section of your local grocery store and see if they have a large size container and start with that. Some dogs won't eat garlic and others love it. Start with just a sprinkle and work up from there. My three weren't too thrilled with it so I only fed it once a day and only during fly season. If your dog likes it then feed year-round, about one teaspoon per 60 pounds. Only feed powdered or granulated garlic; not garlic salt or fresh garlic. Fresh garlic and onions can cause a hemolytic anemia in dogs. For larger quantities of granulated/powdered garlic either CostCo or Springtime, Inc. would be the places to go. And yes, it's supposed to repel fleas, ticks, gnats, mosquitoes, etc. We don't have fleas, ticks, or mosquitoes where I live so I can't speak from experience regarding those pests, only the flies. Good luck and let us all know if it worked for you.

@@valeriestevens5250 Wow, thanks much

@@tedbastwock3810 You are welcome very much! :)

Wow!

Where can I buy them ?

We will see, hope your right!!

Sounds great!

Thank you for the information!

If you read his books he gets lots of dung beetles. They're already one part of the arsenal.

Patience is a virtue, you will get there but it takes time. Spread as much carbon on the land as possible, followed by livestock.

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher I hear you. Have you seen any evidence of so called carbon lock from too much carbon to nitrogen ratio? I hear it can lock up nutrients and prevent plants from being able to use them for a while, setting yourself back. Im in Idaho, being overrun by fleeing Californians driving up land prices so I need to make some good land. Thank you for your time.

No

You and me both!

We never spray, that is old stockpiled grass under the hot wire fence.

Just spray down good before going in there, then check yourself good when you come out.

No they did not work

We sell them

We are using apple cider vinegar and sea salt now. Redmond garlic mineral is coming next.

Geez! We have same issue here in Nova Scotia but with eagles going after our lambs 😳

I wonder what the life cycle is on them?

No there natural predators there tiny and will die off once there target food source runs out hints why they need to be released yearly. Cheers

@@rickayers3150 the adult wasps sting and lay eggs making it a host for there larvae once hatched they need to eat killing the insects inside out once grown the cycle starts over which doesn’t take very long once the food source runs out they will die off don’t know exact lifespan but most insects can reproduce every 3 days to a week the goal is breaking the fly or other pests life cycle there’s many different predator wasps that target certain insects from flys to caterpillars and the tiny ones in between

Glad it was helpful!

We were told to cover then up to prevent birds from eating the wasp larvae until they hatch.

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher yes, here in West Texas we don't have the green grass that you do, so no where to for them to hide. We haven't had any problems with birds. I would think all that green grass would give them good cover? Hope they work for you. They work great for us.

We are using the 400 head program, with 80,000 wasps shipped every Thursday. We will be getting 2 double shipments of 160,000 wasps in this period as well. Hold off until I get done with this experiment Grass Whisperer, don't want you spending money on this if it does not work. I'm your Guinee pig :)

Johann Zietsmann and others say genetics is the key to that.

@@rogerdubarry8505 thanks mate👍👍

A deer repellent would be nice. Whitetail deer are a primary vector for ticks.

Our local forecast looks good for the next 10 days.

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher good. I'm seeing reports of a very large cold front of unseasonably cold weather coming down from Canada likely east of you. Looking at thr imagery it just had me thinking about how its going to affect people since alot of seeded forage is now coming up. I pray it's all smooth. God bless you and your family.

Tried that, not a solution at all for us. We move our cattle onto large areas twice per day, the chicken coops could not keep up. No money in layers when the neighbors are selling eggs for $1.75 a dozen!!!

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher I would imagine it would only work for with much smaller herds. Let us know how the wasps work out.

They have good heat tolerance!

If you're not deep south they will take a hit at the sale barn for color and ear. I'm not a proponent of black cattle just passing info.

Not sure, we are still in the learning phase.

We will be sharing all the numbers with you at the end along with our results.

We will see!

Everyone should have bat boxes up even in track homes and if on some land owl boxes are great to .

The ones with horns are 3/4 South Poll. We do not dehorn our cattle.

We will see, this is an experiment.

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Ah, gotcha.

No, these guys are the size of tiny ants

Yes.

We sell them as bottle calves.

I agree with you 100%.

We are going to find out!

@Karalevsky Borzoi yes we have only the red headed ones where we are. Some of those being a nuisance last year. We haven't seen the black ones. I'm going to be sick if we lose calves to this. Tks

Yes I have, no chickens for me.

No problems have arisen yet in 18 years.

All the poo is going back to the earth no need to collect and compost it if your pastures are full of life the worms and soil food web will do the job right where it lands.

Nature knows !!!

Carhartt

We saw no results at all from using the parasitic wasps. Waste of money and time.

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher My guess is that they weren't effective in your operation as your grazing methods more mimic natural animal movement in the environment. Folks keeping animals in close to barns and corrals probably get the benefit.