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Female horse flies can be stubborn, aggressive blood feeders. Reports of the pest have not been high so far, but they are expected to increase in areas that received heavy rains over recent weeks. (Bart Drees/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Cow Calf, Horses, Livestock

Livestock, humans at risk of painful bites as horse fly populations increase

Be on the lookout for an especially nasty and tenacious biting insect pest – the horse fly – as it hunts for its next blood meal. Read More

A walleye with a metal tag is in its jaw is being tracked as part of a study to understand declines in the walleye and sauger fisheries in the Missouri River and Lewis and Clark Lake between Fort Randall and Gavins Point dams following flooding in 2011. (Photo by Eric Fowler for Nebraskaland Magazine and Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.)

Ag News

Take care of important ice-fishing prep now