I've been told to take an ear tag used on cattle to repel insects and place it in the bottom of your feeder- not in the hopper where it contacts the feed, but under the hopper e.g. under the blower assembly. Haven't tried it but guess it depends on the type of tag and what the active ingredient is.

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