100s Of Dead Cattle Hit By Kansas Heatwave

[jazz]

https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/viral-video-seems-show-100s-dead-cattle-hit-kansas-heatwave

Looks more like a poisoning or bloat.

[helmach]

[dmlfarmer]

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment knew of at least 2,000 cattle deaths due to high temperatures and humidity as of Tuesday, spokesperson Matthew Lara said. The toll represents facilities that contacted the agency for help disposing of carcasses, he said.

https://www.agcanada.com/daily/heat-humidity-kill-at-least-2000-kansas-cattle-state-says#_ga=2.135820470.681088403.1655346071-258394876.1654212716

[helmach]

They got cooked all right... but not from the sun


https://dsiac.org/articles/high-power-microwave-directed-energy-weapons-a-model-and-simulation-toolbox/

[helmach]

your defense department just loves "soft" kills

[dmlfarmer]

The current heat wave blazing through Kansas feedlots has killed an estimated 10,000 head of fat cattle. From Progressive Farmer/DTN

https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2022/06/14/heat-stress-kills-estimated-10-000

[furrowtickler]

How many tens of thousands of cattle died in the dozens of other heat waves as bad or worse over the past century?
Just curious

[WiltonRanch]

How many tens of thousands of cattle died in the dozens of other heat waves as bad or worse over the past century?
Just curious

Many. I wonder though about cows but if they’re mostly angus and not have any zebu in them they’re wimps in heat like a zebu/Brahma in cold. Feedlot calves if weather is too stressful they’ll die like flies hot or cold. Drastic change in temperature especially a rising temperature causes the most havoc. When you get into ambient temperature above body temperature and on 80% grain the body can’t cope.

[furrowtickler]

Kansas

Also …


Be interesting to see the cattle Death stats from that time period when it was hotter

[furrowtickler]

Strange how not one mention of the record cold the past two months in the Pacific NW of the U.S.

[dmlfarmer]

Strange how not one mention of the record cold the past two months in the Pacific NW of the U.S.

Maybe it has happened in the past too therefore it isn’t news just as you downplay this heat event. So if extreme weather is not news and should not be talked about if happened in the past I expect you will no longer bring up spring frosts in nw sask, or drought on your farm as both have happened many times in the past

[Guest]

the difference is that spring frosts don't make every news channel

[furrowtickler]

Maybe it has happened in the past too therefore it isn’t news just as you downplay this heat event. So if extreme weather is not news and should not be talked about if happened in the past I expect you will no longer bring up spring frosts in nw sask, or drought on your farm as both have happened many times in the past

Where did I down play the current situation?
Simply asking about cattle deaths in recent heat waves .
And I will bring up spring frosts , drought , rains , snow and everything else that effects all of us on a daily basis as farmers .
Not extreme events , never ever once mentioned extreme events, but they do definitely effect our growing season and general plant growth and crop quality .
But they do contrast with the b/s narrative being pushed , if you don’t like reality for most of us ignore the posts .

[Blaithin]

Cattle, especially Bos Taurus breeds, handle cold better than heat. Bos Indicus can’t handle as cold and are capable of handling higher heat.

Heat causes many different issues. Going off feed, loss of gain, abortion, heat stress, and even death.

The rumen ferments their feed which causes a lot of body heat to be produced. They are not effective at sweating and rely on respiration. Since they are not effective at reducing their own heat, they will actually accumulate body heat and their temperature will continue to increase until a time it’s cool enough to help them cool down. Usually this will happen at night. If night time temperatures are staying high as well then you will see more cattle effected than if temperatures are extremely high during the day but still cool off sufficiently at night.

Considering this, the environment the cattle are in will also play a factor. A green pasture with space and the chance of shade and a breeze will cool off more at night. A feedlot with bare ground and a large collection of animals in close proximity will not cool down at night as easily.

A temperature-humidity index over 80 will cause animals to be heat stressed. Overnight temperatures above 70 will increase this.

So yes, 113 can definitely kill. Especially fat, black cattle. Those are like the canary in the coal mine when it comes to heat. Why do you think you never see fields of black cattle in tropical areas? The Black Angus marketing coup would have never worked closer to the equator.

[helmach]

25% of Australia's cattle heard is black angus. I heard it gets hot down there?