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Ron(AB) 
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 Topic: at least 2000 cattle dead in Kansas
Posted: 16 Jun 2022 at 7:11pm |
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KJCHRIS
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Posted: 16 Jun 2022 at 8:11pm |
A combination of extreme heat and extreme humidity are being blamed according to what was on ag day news. The size/weight of them maybe part of issue. It happened in W C Iowa about 25 years ago, 105 by 3pm, clear sky, very humid, no wind. Luckily the small town volunteer fire departments were running to farms hoseiing down cattle & the lots. Neighbor lost around 100 head that were nearly market ready, quite a few other also.
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DougG
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Posted: 16 Jun 2022 at 8:25pm |
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Very sad as those working the feedlots should have been ready
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shameless dude
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Posted: 17 Jun 2022 at 1:12am |
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i remember as a kid spraying our animals down when the temps were hot and humid, we also chased alot of our pigs out onto dirt lots and made them water/mud puddles to lay in.
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Thad in AR.
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Posted: 17 Jun 2022 at 9:12am |
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That along with thousands upon thousands of momma cows going to slaughter every week for the past year. Cows gonna be in short supply soon.
Scary
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Tbone95
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Posted: 17 Jun 2022 at 9:36am |
 Thad in AR. wrote:
That along with thousands upon thousands of momma cows going to slaughter every week for the past year. Cows gonna be in short supply soon.
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Hadn't heard about this "angle" of things. Why?
I mean, I can put together lots of reasons why: Price of fertilizer, price of fuel, relatively "high" sale price of these momma cows, price of feed, lack of feedlot labor. . . . But, is there a biggest factor or other factor driving this?
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Ray54
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Posted: 17 Jun 2022 at 11:16am |
From area from Texas to the Dakotas west to the Pacific has been in drought. From a year to 3 years. That is home to about half the beef cows in the USA. Most all that area shipped 10% more than normal of there cows last season, some way over 50%.
In my own case we finally kept a few heifers, just because we have dropped cow numbers for 3 years. Right now as hay is being baled here $300 a ton is cheap hay, really good hay is $400 and up.
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Posted: 17 Jun 2022 at 11:31am |
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Talk about the looming food crisis. . . . . and pumping the aquifer dry to keep going. It's going to implode. Feeders ~ 1.75 right now. Which, is nice for me, but man what's coming in the next few years.
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Ray54
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Posted: 17 Jun 2022 at 11:48am |
Tbone95 wrote:
Talk about the looming food crisis. . . . . and pumping the aquifer dry to keep going. It's going to implode. Feeders ~ 1.75 right now. Which, is nice for me, but man what's coming in the next few years. |
Foot and Mouth desdiese cattle out of Brazil by JBS. Mystery meat from Australia that has a good bit of kangaroo ( don't laugh they got caught doing it before) A mix of chemical out of a lab, that is labeled lab grown meat
ALMOST forgot plant proteins combined with mystery chemicals called veg looks like meat
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Tbone95
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Posted: 17 Jun 2022 at 12:15pm |
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Yummy. Hopefully my health and means remain to continue to eat what I raise!
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tadams(OH)
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Posted: 17 Jun 2022 at 12:33pm |
Makes the meat at the local slaughter house even better
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Thad in AR.
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Posted: 17 Jun 2022 at 3:14pm |
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Like Ray I believe it is mostly drought and the fact that younger generations don’t like calving cows at 3:00 am on a nice frosty January morning
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tomNE
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Posted: 18 Jun 2022 at 1:19pm |
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Personally i'm waiting for the rest of the story! as paul harvey would say! those feedlot dudes are sharp and have dealt with heat stress for years!
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bigal121892
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Posted: 18 Jun 2022 at 1:58pm |
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About 25, 30 years ago, it was a real hot Sunday, high humidity, and about 5:00 that evening, the wind just stopped, no breeze, nothing. Cattle just started dropping dead. I know of one operation, that lost about 5% of the herd.
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tomNE
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Posted: 18 Jun 2022 at 8:28pm |
in the olden days where cattle were fed corn; death loss was expected. in today's world with feeding gluten; death loss is almost unheard of!
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Wayne180d
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Posted: 21 Jun 2022 at 1:07am |
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Drought is the biggest reason for the herd reduction. The guy I help we have a couple of extra cows that will be hamburger by year's end. But we keep the herd size at a constant number..
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Rex N.C.
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Posted: 29 Jun 2022 at 9:57pm |
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My neighbor that was a dairy farmer never lost any due to heat. His pastures usually had a couple ponds and a creek ran through it also. He did loose a big holstein bull to lightening 1 night though.
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