What types of stresses are there for animal agriculture in the summer?
Note: The posts are read from top to bottom.
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cowartandmore:
Q1 The larger the animal, the sooner (e.g. lower temps) they start feeling heat stress. #agchat
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sollmana:
Q1: Making sure there's always water and shade is huge. Barns help and with the pigs we have auto waterers, so that's nice :) #agchat
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NYFEA:
Q1 I'm not directly involved in animal ag, but I'd think heat, specifically in really hot/humid places like TX, would be a big issue #agchat
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cowartandmore:
Q1 Depending on the humidity, cattle start feeling heat stress somewhere around 70 degrees F. #agchat
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SlowMoneyFarm:
Q1 Heat is definitely a factor; can be deadly for some species more than others #agchat
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SlowMoneyFarm:
Q1 shade, water, monitoring, fans help animals deal with it; especially critical w/ rabbits #agchat
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JPlovesCOTTON:
Q1 This animal enjoys AC during the summer months, drinking lots of water, taking a dip now & then. etc :-) #agchat
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NYFEA:
Q1 for farmer's safety, keeping your health in check & staying hydrated. #agchat
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sollmana:
Q1: It's really important to keep sheep sheared in the summer, both to prevent bugs from nesting and to keep them cool. #agchat
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sollmana:
Q1: Need to make sure that there is adequate air flow through barns. Shade may be good but stale, hot air isn't. #agchat
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hogs_r_us:
Q1 We raise hogs and they don't tolerant heat very well they don't sweet unlike me. We drip water on them to cool them down #agchat
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TruffleMedia:
@JeffFowle #agchat q1 open field vs tree shade: is that because the cattle get more breeze in open field? Or just trying to get away ?
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hogs_r_us:
Q1 With the longs day light hrs. we have trouble getting the young female pigs (gilts) to cycle #agchat
agchat: Q1 via @TruffleMedia What types of stresses are there for animal agriculture in the summer? #agchat
cowartandmore: RT @agchat Q1 via @TruffleMedia What types of stresses are there for animal agriculture in the summer? #agchat
JPlovesCOTTON: I'll B listening unless U mean animals like me RT @agchat: Q1 via @TruffleMedia What types stresses R there 4 animal ag in summer? #agchat
cownutritionist: RT @agchat: Q1 via @TruffleMedia What types of stresses are there for animal agriculture in the summer? #agchat
SlowMoneyFarm: Q1 Heat is definitely a factor; can be deadly for some species more than others #agchat
orangepatchdary: Q1: I'm about to head out to milk, but #cows love sprinklers & shade inside the barn on hot summer days! #agchat
KyFarmersMatter: Q1 Fly control, Heat stress, poke week, getting hay in tween showers #agchat
TruffleMedia: @JeffFowle #agchat q1 open field vs tree shade: is that because the cattle get more breeze in open field? Or just trying to get away ?
