Cool Those Cattle

Ed Haag

Angus Journal

Heat stress doesn’t just mean lower productivity in beef cows. If not dealt with appropriately, it can be fatal. In 2007 a heat event in northwest South Dakota killed up to 7,000 animals. During the last decade, events of similar magnitude have been recorded in northeast and southeast Nebraska.

These events and the resulting deaths have not gone unnoticed by the staff at the Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) at Clay Center, Neb. The U.S. Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) scientists there were convinced that providing beef producers an accurate forecasting tool specifically designed to predict such heat events would help them explore all their options and launch a timely response.

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