Fire Ant Control · Lake Oconee & Middle Georgia
Fire Ant Control for Acreage: Horse Farms, Fields & Large Grounds
Per-acre fire ant programs for equestrian facilities, ball fields, HOA common areas and campuses. We walk the property, map it by zone, and build a plan around how the ground is actually used.
✓ Free property walk and written per-acre quote
✓ Products matched to each zone — pasture, turf, arenas and play areas
✓ Scheduled around lessons, game days and events
✓ Written service report after every visit
Prefer to talk? Call (470) 474-2847 · Mon–Sun, 8am–6pm
Serving Lake Oconee, Greensboro, Eatonton, Madison, Milledgeville and the surrounding Middle Georgia counties.
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Who the acreage program is for
Horse Farms & Equestrian Facilities
Arenas, paddocks, turnout, barn aprons, trailer parking and the ground around mounting blocks. A horse that stomps into a mound and a rider who comes off next to one are the same incident — and grazed ground limits what can legally be applied.
Sports & Recreational Fields
Ball fields, soccer complexes, practice fields and the sidelines where parents stand. Kids slide into mounds. Treatment is scheduled around your game calendar, not our route.
HOA & Amenity Grounds
Common areas, playgrounds, pool surrounds, walking trails and lake access. One point of contact for the whole property, and written records the board can put in front of residents.
Schools, Churches & Commercial Grounds
Entrances, picnic areas, athletic fields and grounds the public walks across. Before-open, after-close and overnight service, with a service report for every visit.
Why acreage is different
A big property isn’t just a bigger backyard
Five mounds in a backyard is a nuisance. Twenty-five mounds an acre across a riding arena, a soccer complex or an HOA common area is a liability problem and a scheduling problem at the same time.
Acreage doesn’t just mean more product. It means zones. A hay field, a fenced paddock, a bermuda game field and a playground each carry different label restrictions, different foot traffic and different windows when anyone can be on them.
What a good acreage plan accounts for
✓ Which zones are grazed or cut for hay
✓ Where rain can carry granules into ponds and creeks
✓ Where people and animals gather most
✓ When the ground is in use — and when it isn’t
✓ How much is treatable versus wooded or wet
Treatment options
Three ways we treat fire ants on acreage
Most properties end up with a mix, zone by zone. We recommend what fits after we walk the ground.
Option 1
Broadcast Bait Program
Best for: large open acreage and pasture
Bait is spread across the whole area with equipment sized for acreage, not a hand spreader. Worker ants carry it home, so it works at the colony level — including colonies you can’t see yet.
- Applied when ants are actively foraging, roughly when soil runs 65–90°F
- Pasture-labeled options for ground horses or livestock graze
- Works over several weeks rather than overnight
Option 2
Bait + Individual Mound Treatment
Best for: mixed-use properties with high-traffic spots
Broadcast bait handles colonies across the property. Mounds at an arena gate, a dugout, a playground or a walkway get treated directly, so they’re handled now — not in a few weeks.
- Fast knockdown where people and animals gather
- Bait keeps colonies in check across the rest of the ground
- The most common plan on mixed properties
Option 3
Season-Long Residual Barrier
Best for: maintained turf — lawns, sports fields, common areas
A long-residual granular product applied once a year and watered in. On qualifying turf it holds control on the order of 8 to 12 months.
- A strong fit for game fields, lawns and HOA turf
- Never used on grazed pasture or hay ground
- Kept away from ponds, creeks and drainage
In writing, before we treat: every product choice comes with its label rules — re-entry times and any grazing or hay-harvest interval that applies to your ground.
The details that matter
The product changes with the zone
Grazed pasture & hay ground
Grazed ground is the tightest constraint on a horse property. Only a short list of fire ant baits is labeled for pastures and hayfields where livestock graze, and the differences matter: methoprene and pyriproxyfen growth regulator baits carry no hay-harvest wait, while the hydramethylnon products commonly carry a seven-day interval before hay is cut. We work from the label that applies to your ground and give you the interval in writing before anything is applied.
Maintained turf
Lawns, sports turf and common-area turf have more options. They can take a long-residual granular such as fipronil, which is applied once a year, needs to be watered in, and holds control on the order of eight to twelve months. It is not labeled for ground that livestock graze and it does not go near water, so it goes where it belongs and nowhere else.
On a mixed property that usually adds up to a bait program across the acreage, a long-residual treatment on the turf zones that qualify, and direct mound work wherever people and animals are concentrated.
How it works
From first call to a managed property
01
Request your free quote
Fill out the form or call. Tell us the acreage and how the property is used.
02
Walk and map the property
We walk it with you, estimate mound density by zone, and mark grazed ground, water, playgrounds and irrigation.
03
Get a written plan
A plan by zone with a per-acre quote — plus any re-entry, grazing or hay intervals, in writing.
04
Treatment on your schedule
Bait, mound work and residual treatments timed around your calendar, with a service report every visit.
Pricing
Priced per acre, quoted on site
Acreage alone doesn’t set the price, so we quote after we see the ground. The per-acre number moves with:
- Total acres treated
- How many mounds you’re starting with
- How many zones carry label restrictions
- How often you want us back
- How much of the ground is treatable rather than wooded or wet
Continuous acreage prices better per acre than the same total split across scattered parcels.
A word of caution
Don’t accept a per-acre price over the phone
Not from anyone — us included — before someone has walked the property. That’s how grazed pasture ends up with the wrong product, or a bid misses the zones that matter most.
No disruptions
Scheduled around your operation
Turnout, lessons, clinics, game days, tournaments, services and dismissal all have to keep happening. We build the visit schedule around your calendar, and before-open, after-close and overnight work is normal for us on commercial and institutional grounds.
Selling hay or sod?
If you move hay, sod or soil off the property
Georgia is one of the states covered by the federal imported fire ant quarantine. Regulated articles include soil, grass sod, nursery stock, used soil-moving equipment and baled hay that has been stored in contact with the ground. USDA APHIS sets those requirements, not us — but treated ground and clean service records are where that conversation starts.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
What does it cost per acre?
It is quoted after a walk of the property, because acreage alone does not set the price. Mound density, the number of restricted zones, treatment frequency and how much of the ground is treatable all move the number. Call (470) 474-2847 and we will come look.
Can you treat pastures where horses graze?
Yes, using products labeled for pastures and hayfields where livestock graze. That is a short list, and it is not the same product we would use on a maintained lawn. Any grazing or hay-harvest interval that applies to your ground is given to you in writing before we treat.
How soon can we use the field or turn horses back out?
That is set by the label of the product used in that zone, not by us. It is one of the first things we tell you, and it is on the service report for every visit.
Will one treatment clear the property?
No, and be careful with anyone who says otherwise. Broadcast bait programs are generally reported around 80 to 90 percent suppression, and untreated surrounding ground reseeds a property until populations recover, which research puts at roughly 12 to 18 months once treatment stops. Acreage is managed, not cured.
Is there a minimum acreage?
No fixed minimum. Tell us the acreage and how it is used and we will tell you honestly whether the acreage program or our standard fire ant service is the better fit.
What about ponds, creeks and drainage?
Several products cannot be applied where granules can wash into water. Those areas get a different plan, and they are marked during the property walk rather than discovered later.
Can you handle the rest of the pests too?
Yes. Barns, offices and any other structures on the property can go on a recurring plan or a commercial program, and the fire ant acreage work runs alongside it on one account.
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Take back the arena, the field and the common areas
Request a free property walk and a written per-acre quote. Acreage is managed, not cured — we’ll build a plan that keeps it managed.
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