Warmer weather, sun and rain. What does that equal? Flies! Every year horse owners struggle to control them. “It is important to know the flies you are dealing with and the potential they have to bother horses,” says Bob Coleman, PhD, PAS, Extension Horse Specialist at the University of Kentucky.
While there is no single answer to fly control, there are ways to be proactive and keep their numbers down. Jessica Starcevich, MS in entomology from University of Minnesota and chief science officer at Spalding Labs, states that the best way to control flies is not with a single method, but rather by using a four-pronged
