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Celebrating Make A Dog's Day (and Diatomaceous Earth Insecticide)

Posted by Julie Brown

Oct 22, 2019 11:15:00 AM

Harper and Cale-1Harper Brown and Cale Wallis, DE filter aid spokesdogs, and DEsect diatomaceous earth insecticide users

Happy Make A Dog's Day! Here at EP Minerals, a U.S. Silica company, we are big animal lovers, and many of us own dogs, (but also cats, horses and a myriad of other pets,) and consider them part of the family. We’re sure you probably do, too! And we want to keep them as happy and healthy as possible. That means keeping them bug-free.

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Topics: DEsect, de, organic insecticide, diatomaceous earth for fleas, diatomaceous earth insecticide, national pet day

Groundbreaking for U.S. Silica Clark, NV diatomaceous earth plant expansion

Posted by Julie Brown

Oct 3, 2019 2:33:57 PM

clark2Groundbreaking event with the Clark, NV plant team. Love the gold shovels.

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Topics: Functional Additives, Filtration, Agriculture, absorbents, DEsect, Diatomaceous Earth, Floor Dry, Filter aid, diatomaceous earth filter aid, agready, fertilizer carrier, natural insecticide

Groundhog Day Alert! Punxsutawney Phil Uses Diatomaceous Earth Insecticide!

Posted by Julie Brown

Jan 31, 2019 3:40:08 PM

 groundhog.pngPunxsutawney Phil, Official Rodent Meteorologist

Dateline: Gobbler's Knob, PA. This Saturday, everyone will be holding their breath to see what the world's most famous groundhog predicts. Will he see his shadow? Will we really have six more weeks of winter? It's been a pretty crazy year for weather everywhere, so you just don't know. What do you think Phil is hoping for? Alfalfa and berries are his favorite foods. And we've heard that he's looking for more diatomaceous earth insecticide(DE) to help control fleas. Lots of nasty bugs in those burrows. Phil's looking for a DE insecticide that kills fleas. Hey, we have a product like that!

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Topics: DEsect, organic insecticide, diatomaceous earth for fleas, diatomaceous earth insecticide, natural insecticide

Got a farm, ranch, chickens or baby goats? You need diatomaceous earth!

Posted by Julie Brown

Oct 11, 2018 10:12:05 AM

 goat 1 

I love goats. Especially baby goats. Who doesn't? They’re smart and funny. They’ll jump on to anything. And my neighbor's goat Daisy just had two adorable dwarf pygmy baby goats.  

With all the horses, dogs, goats, chickens, cats, donkeys and llamas in our neighborhood, we’re all using a lot of diatomaceous earth. Why? Here are the top reasons why diatomaceous earth is great for the farm or ranch.

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Topics: absorbents, DEsect, organic insecticide, diatomaceous earth insecticide, absorbent products

Diatomaceous Earth insecticide, a bad year for bugs and National Help a Horse Day

Posted by Julie Brown

Apr 26, 2018 11:17:28 AM

brit1.jpgHappy bug free National Help a Horse Day!

From all the reports we’re seeing lately, this is another bad year for bugs. In the West, they say we will have more bugs because it was a fairly dry winter. In the East, they say we will have more bugs because it was a longer, wetter winter. Whatever. All I know is that I’m seeing an early bunch of ants, spiders, earwigs and flies at my house, and I hate bugs.

Unfortunately, I picked a hobby that is intrinsically associated with bugs. Horses! (fyi, that would be my 25-year-old retired dressage horse Brit in the photo.) This year I’m starting my bug killer mission early with my secret weapon – diatomaceous earth insecticide (DE). The DE insecticide is made from microscopic skeletons of prehistoric algae – diatoms - that simply dry out and slice up insects like a samurai swordsman!

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Topics: DEsect, de, organic insecticide, diatomaceous earth for fleas, diatomaceous earth insecticide

National Pet Day and the Benefits of Diatomaceous Earth Insecticide

Posted by Julie Brown

Apr 11, 2018 11:17:24 AM

Lisa_N_dogsOdin and Vali Nilsson

Happy National Pet Day! Here at EP Minerals, we are big animal lovers, and many of us own dogs, cats, horses and a myriad of other pets, and consider them part of the family. We’re sure you probably do, too! And we want to keep them as happy and healthy as possible. That means keeping them bug-free.

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Topics: DEsect, de, organic insecticide, diatomaceous earth for fleas, diatomaceous earth insecticide

Flynn the Bichon Frise wins Westminster. Think he uses DE for fleas?

Posted by Julie Brown

Feb 14, 2018 1:54:54 PM

 flynn2.pngFlynn, the Bichon Frise, won Best of Show at Westminster (Photo: MarketWatch)

A cute little cotton ball won the Best in Show award at the 142nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show yesterday. Flynn, the little white powder puff pup, also known as aka GCHP CH Belle Creek's All I Care About Is Love, was picked over six other champs including a popular pug named Biggie and Ty the giant schnauzer. We also had a Carson City, NV canine celebrity do well this year. Adele, a Spinone Italiano owned by Carson City Deputy Director of Emergency Management Stacey Belt, won best dog out of 12 in her breed. Yay Adele!

adele.pngAdele, the Spinone Italiano from Carson City, NV won the Best of Breed class.

Now that Flynn the puff ball is a celebrity, he has a busy schedule. Today includes visits to the morning TV news shows, a steak lunch at Sardi's, a trip to the top of the Empire State Building, and he's been invited for a walk-on part at a Broadway hit "Kinky Boots." I tell you. The life of a dog. Flynn's next plan is to retire, so he can just be a dog. He loves belly rubs and rolling in the snow. He's probably allowed to jump on the bed. My guess is he doesn’t have fleas. But if he did, I’m sure his owner would want an organic insecticide that's really effective on fleas. Hey, we have a product like that!

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Topics: DEsect, organic insecticide, diatomaceous earth for fleas, diatomaceous earth insecticide

Groundhog Day! Does Punxsutawney Phil Use Diatomaceous Earth for Fleas? 

Posted by Julie Brown

Feb 1, 2018 1:37:05 PM

 groundhog.pngPunxsutawney Phil, Official Rodent Meteorologist

Dateline: Gobbler's Knob, PA. Everyone's holding their breath to see what the world's most famous groundhog predicts. Will he see his shadow? Will we really have six more weeks of winter? It's been a pretty crazy year for weather everywhere, so you just don't know. What do you think Phil is hoping for? Alfalfa and berries are his favorite foods. And we've heard that he's looking for more diatomaceous earth (DE) to help control fleas. Lots of nasty bugs in those burrows. Phil's looking for an organic DE insecticide that kills fleas. Hey, we have a product like that!

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Topics: DEsect, organic insecticide, diatomaceous earth for fleas, diatomaceous earth insecticide

Groundhog Day News: Punxsutawney Phil Uses Diatomaceous Earth for Fleas!

Posted by Julie Brown

Feb 1, 2017 4:06:28 PM

 groundhog day.jpgPunxsutawney Phil, Chief Spokesanimal for Groundhog Day

Dateline: Gobbler's Knob, PA. Everyone's holding their breath to see what the world's most famous groundhog predicts. Will he see his shadow? Will we really have six more weeks of winter? After our record rains and snows this January, those of us on the west coast are hoping for an overcast day! But, what do you think Phil is hoping for? Alfalfa and berries are his favorite foods. And he's looking for more diatomaceous earth (DE) to help control fleas. Lots of nasty bugs in those burrows. I've heard he's looking for a non-toxic DE insecticide with no man made chemicals that kills fleas. Hey, we have a product like that!

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Topics: DEsect

Crazy ants driving you crazy? Can DE help?

Posted by Julie Brown

Aug 1, 2016 4:41:44 PM

crazy_ant.jpg Crazy ant image: University of Florida

A few years ago when we first started working on our DEsect® organic insecticide, I noticed that “crazy ants” were on the list of insects that DEsect would kill. At first, I thought our product manager was playing a joke on me. I’d never heard of crazy ants before, and we did list other kinds of ants in addition to the largest number of insects killed on the label. I did a little research. Crazy ants are a real thing, and they’re terrible.

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Topics: DEsect

   

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