A Louisiana farmer looses much of his cattle due to mosquitoes

A Louisiana farmer looses much of his cattle due to mosquitoes

Jhane stepherson- lowry has more.

Princess jhane 11 sec.

3 the farmer di'nt want to be pictured but tells me after hurricane laura his cattles were covered in mosquitoes.

He says he watched the animals tirelessy try to run away from the insects.abbeville farmer sot 9 sec.

The farmer adds that he just bought a young bull saying he put pesticide and fly tags around i's ears but the mosquitoes were still too strong - the bull later died.

He says one of the hardest parts is the states lack of drainage especially when left over dubree like broken sugar cane cloggs the canals.

Abbeville farmer sot 9 sec.

The farmer says thankfully his cash flow ha'nt taken too much of a hit because h's switched over to a new program saying i's more about quality than quantity now.

Abbeville farmer sot 10 sec.

The farmer tells me that he even hung stuffed socks full of pesticide soaked wash clothes on his trees for his cattle to scratch thier backs but says there comes a point where you ca't do anything.

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