How do all the cattle everywhere that’s hot like that every year survive? Been record highs here and always have stupid high humidity. It was almost 90 still as of a little while ago when I looked. They aren’t dying by the thousands here. Maybe state wide, but not one place.
Mammals in general can adapt to extreme conditions but it takes time. When i worked with wild horses it was not uncommon for entire herds to succumb to extreme shifts in the local climate. Also, depending on the feedlot, a lot of the cows on standing around or on concrete with just reflects the heat back onto them.
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Heh heh, VooDoo said 'climate change' heh heh. That old conservative trigger word.
Thats a lot of farts. We need a way to siphon off that gas and use it for cars and home heat. Ruck the Russian oil.Nebraska and Kansas are the second and third largest states, in terms of cow population, with 6.8 million and 6.3 million cattle heads respectively.
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The US is the world’s fourth-largest keeper of cows. But how many cows are there in the US, including beef cows, dairy cows, and more?
10,000 out of 6,800,000 in KS. Probably more than that were born during the same time period.
What about Australian cows ? Live in 40deg weather for weeks at a time, not much water, produce AMAZING quality meat.
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Personally, I think only a moron would trust what these scientist paid to push political agendas say after what we have seen and learned since 2019. You think we are warming the planet with cow farts? How exactly do you estimate we are effecting our environment? I.E What is changing the temperature, that is not changing, and the weather that has always been unpredictable? They talk about "above average" like its abnormal. Its not, half the time it should be above average, thats how average works.
Yeah, how would they do in 15 degree F weather? Probably not so well, they are bred for a particular climate, generally HOT, they have extremely mild winters in Australia.What about Australian cows ? Live in 40deg weather for weeks at a time, not much water, produce AMAZING quality meat.
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different breed of cattle down there, fat cattle on a hot finishing ration can't take the heat and humidity that has occurred, they typically have most of the fats gone by the heat of summer. This was probably at one of the very large cattle feeding operations. Some hold 50,000+ head at a time. They use the time to start smaller cattle and clean pens etc. Nothing new here other than the news media in a frenzy over any type of mass casualty event.
I understand it is a different breed of cattle, that was my point.
And all I had to do was drop the trigger word.
My point is only that when there are few cattle at sale, the price will be up- if only $10-20 per 100lbs. Yes the margins are thin for the growers. The packers can show more "value add" for their labor.
For those not aware, the Santa Gertrudis are the only true American developed cattle.
Not true. There are a number of "crossbred" cattle breeds, and many have been developed in the US. For example, we raised Beefmaster cattle when I was a kid.
One of my uncles had a thing against limousine bulls. Said they threw calves with giant heads. IDK. One jumped our fence and none of the neighbors would claim to have owned it. Became ours. I don't remember how long we had him, whether he was actually used for breeding, or what was done with him. I think if my uncle had his way, he'd have been shot and left for the buzzards.
I believe they were the first developed here. The longhorn, a powerful animal, was brought by the Spanish.Not true. There are a number of "crossbred" cattle breeds, and many have been developed in the US. For example, we raised Beefmaster cattle when I was a kid.
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Brangus is another.
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My dad liked Santa Gertrudis bulls because they threw small calves that were unlikely to cause complications during birth. At least, that was his belief. But, we had beefmaster, charolais, Brahman, Santa Gertrudis, and even a Limousine bull at various times. We slowly moved away from registered cattle, especially when the market turned with the rise of "Angus Brand" cattle. Black skin carries a premium, even at the cattle auction barn- and they don't even need to be Angus breed cattle to be "angus brand" cattle.
What started as Spanish stock, had 400 years of semi-feral existence in the arid and harsh environment of what is now Northern Mexico and South Texas in order to develop into what we now recognize as Texas Longhorns.
Worlds been changing a long time chief. Ill just leave this beside your popcorn. Get back to us on it when you get a chance.
