While COVID-19 remains in the front of everyone’s mind, the coming of mosquito season means that both people and livestock are vulnerable to other serious illnesses if the farm infrastructure is not sound.
But plenty of measures can be taken to protect the landscape, waters, and structures from mass mosquito gathering and the disease they bring, says David Anderson (www.horsedrinker.com), president and CEO of Bar-Bar-A, a company that produces mosquito- and algae-free automatic livestock drinkers.
Anderson offers the following tips to firm up the farm infrastructure and eliminate mosquito breeding grounds:
Mosquitoes are annoying to people but a meal to other creatures.
Anderson says there’s a remarkable number of places on farms to watch out for standing water – thus, more mosquito havens.
A developer of varied products and designs, he received an International MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, AZ.
