Data also suggests that feeding insects to livestock has a smaller environmental footprint than conventional feed crops such as soybean meal. Among thousands of edible insect species, one that’s ...

Dairy cows graze on a farm near Oxford, in the South Island of New Zealand on Oct. 8, ... Black soldier fly larvae. An insect farming industry is emerging rapidly across the globe.

Fly and insect control can lead to healthier cattle and more money in producer's pockets. ... so that’s going to impact both dairy cattle and also our cow-calf operations,” Cammack said.

By dropping the sterile, fully developed flies, the USDA plans to prevent flesh-eating maggots from reaching the United ...

For instance, black soldier fly larvae—not to be confused with the black flies that are a notorious summertime nuisance in some northern ... They can outcompete some other noxious insects, ...

Among thousands of edible insect species, one that’s attracting attention is the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens). In their larval form, black soldier flies are 45% protein and 35% fat .

Insects, it seems, ... (Paint fumes apparently were not enough to deter flies, since black-striped cows were bitten just as often as the control group.) ...

As a result of reduced biting fly attacks, the cows painted with white stripes showed 20% reduction in fly-repelling behaviour — foot stamping, tail flicking, skin twitching and head throwing.