Fire being used as a precursor to sheep grazing. Cultural and mechanical controls such as reseeding, clipping and burning can be used to give desirable grasses and plants a competitive advantage while reducing leafy spurge's dominance. Kevin Dietz of Sentinel Butte, ND 3. Multi-species grazing can provide leafy spurge control while increasing ranch profitability by diversifying cattle grazing operations with sheep or goats. Most ranchers do not have the equipment needed for sheep, or are not interested in sheep.
Biological control is economically sustainable.
Leafy spurge biocontrol agents can usually be obtained or collected for free, and do not require a large investment of money or time to use or maintain. Other tools require a greater investment of resources. Biological control is ecologically sustainable. In addition, biocontrol agents are not known to cause any adverse ecological consequences. Aphthona lacertosa eating leafy spurge plant.