A contract calf-rearing business has cut its use of chemical fly treatments by nearly one-third since introducing parasitic wasp controls at a cost of 50p an animal. The wasps are used to reduce populations of nuisance and biting flies at Cobblers Farm, Worcester, where fruit growers Rob and Hannah Collins diversified into contract calf rearing […]
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