As temperatures start to rise, is your dairy operation ready to take the heat? Western DairyBusiness’ recent article “The heat is on: Dairies need to prepare” has tips from dairy specialists on updating dairy facilities for summer.
It touches on how warmer weather impacts cow diets, which is important to remember. You should definitely be feeding cows different feed formulations in the summer to maintain productivity and reduce heat stress.
Jerry Weigel, our manager of nutrition and technical services, provided some tips on this same topic in August for a podcast about special measures dairy farmers should take to keep profitability up, and they still hold true as we change seasons again.
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