In this episode of Cornell Cow Convos, Lindsay Ferlito, Cornell PRO-DAIRY’s Dairy Animal Welfare Specialist and Dr. Kaitlyn Lutz, Dairy Management Specialist with CCE Northwest NY Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Team, interview Katie Ballard, Research Director at the William H. Miner Institute. They discuss the impacts of heat stress in dairy cows in NY, the takeaways from Katie’s research in this area, and heat abatement strategies to consider on our region’s dairy farms.

Resources:

"The Effectiveness of Heat Stress Abatement on Lactating Dairy Cows’ Performance, Behavior & Health in NNY: Year 3"

https://nnyagdev.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/NNYADP19HeatStressReport20FINAL_1-1.pdf

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