The new Cool Cowâ„¢ mobile app from Purina Animal Health puts the tools dairy producers need to monitor and address heat stress at their fingertips. Research shows that cows can begin to show the ...
While recent studies have shown climate change will cut crop production, there has been less research into its impacts on livestock. Dairy farmers already know their cows are vulnerable to heat. What ...
The dairy industry might not seem like a major climate villain, but it’s responsible for about 4% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, most of that from cow burps. That’s right: when ...
It’s hot! It hit about 110 degrees in the Columbia Basin this week. So how do dairy cows, with no air conditioning, stay cool? Turns out one Sunnyside, Washington, dairy farm is using 6-foot fans, ...
A new study finds extreme heat reduces milk production by up to 10 percent and adding cooling technologies only offsets about half of the loss. While recent studies have shown climate change will cut ...