Whether a cow's in heat There's very little romance involved in commercial cattle breeding. For the most part, the cow is artificially inseminated, so the bull's not even around to make awkward ...

Humidity pushes the heat index into triple digits. In a field adjacent to the University of Florida campus, Brahman cows huddle in the shade. Snow white egrets hunt in the grass. The small farm is ...

With rising global temperatures due to climate change, heat stress in livestock is a growing concern. Ranier van Heerden, Evonik’s business manager for ruminant solutions in sub-Saharan Africa, shared ...

While parts of the country are dealing with spring snow and temperatures that feel like winter, spring is upon us, and summer ...

In the hotter, more humid climates of Africa, Asia and India, Zebu cattle (Bos indicus) were better adapted to withstand heat and insects. Their descendants today in North America include Brahman ...

A source with knowledge of the deaths said about 140 head — almost 100 cows and 40 calves — had perished in the summer heat. A theory for the cause was that a tap from a water tank to a ...