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We have mineral in our product line that contains cinnamon and garlic. We have been asked about garlic controlling flies,
as that seems to be the chatter out there. There has been no research to support this that I can find, so I can't say that it does. We have one customer that has used it for a few years now, likes what it does for weaning weight, but he hasn't noticed any difference in fly load, but he also says the flies last summer were really bad regardless of what was used.
So then I came across this article and would appreciate your thoughts. It is the only thing I can find that talks about
garlic controlling flies. That product smells so bad, I'm suprised anything would eat it. Maybe that's why the control
cattle stayed within the recommended consumption levels, because any of you that feed mineral know that cattle eat it in
peaks and valleys. The first rule of mineral is "Quality and Quantity of forage dictates mineral consumption". That's why
when you move cattle to a fresh pasture, they back off the mineral.
This mixture wasn't really in mineral, but in salt and hand mixed.
https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2017/06/30/garlic-is-worth-its-salt-for-fly-control/
as that seems to be the chatter out there. There has been no research to support this that I can find, so I can't say that it does. We have one customer that has used it for a few years now, likes what it does for weaning weight, but he hasn't noticed any difference in fly load, but he also says the flies last summer were really bad regardless of what was used.
So then I came across this article and would appreciate your thoughts. It is the only thing I can find that talks about
garlic controlling flies. That product smells so bad, I'm suprised anything would eat it. Maybe that's why the control
cattle stayed within the recommended consumption levels, because any of you that feed mineral know that cattle eat it in
peaks and valleys. The first rule of mineral is "Quality and Quantity of forage dictates mineral consumption". That's why
when you move cattle to a fresh pasture, they back off the mineral.
This mixture wasn't really in mineral, but in salt and hand mixed.
https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2017/06/30/garlic-is-worth-its-salt-for-fly-control/