IARN — It is warm out there, and Mother Nature keeps turning up the thermostat a little further each day. Of course, we have the option of air conditioning and multiple ways to keep ourselves cool. When it comes to animals, we need to ensure we are providing options to keep them cool.
We are already starting to hear reports of cattle being lost to extreme heat. In Kansas, they see hot temps, no wind, and cattle dying in feed lots. Warmer areas of the country have cattle who are accustomed to heat, but not the humidity.
Scarlett Hagins is VP of the Kansas Livestock Association, and she talks about the problems cattle have in different types of summer conditions.
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