During the summer, marked by drought and 53 cumulative days of heat wave, an unprecedented duration, millions of poultry died, sow and calf mortality increased and pig weights decreased. In heat-stressed dairy cows, milk production suffered and the quality of cheeses suffered. Another consequence for the beef industry was that the growth of grasslands at the end of August was almost 40% below the average for the period 1989-2018. Grain crops, es…
During the summer, marked by drought and 53 cumulative days of heat wave, an unprecedented duration, millions of poultry died, sow and calf mortality increased and pig weights decreased. In heat-stressed dairy cows, milk production suffered and the quality of cheeses suffered. Another consequence for the beef industry was that the growth of grasslands at the end of August was almost 40% below the average for the period 1989-2018. Grain crops, es…
The International Livestock Fair (Space) opens on Tuesday in Rennes, after a tedious summer for both cattle and herders, concerned about a lack of forage for the winter and government aid deemed insufficient.