A Dairy Farm in Eastern WA Adapts to Increased Periods of Heat Using Soakers to Cool Cows
Channel: Livestock & Poultry Environ. Learning Community
Date: 07/10/2015

An example of how one dairy in Eastern WA adapted to increased periods of heat by investing in heat stress abatement technology. The dairy farmer, herd manager and consultant at J&K Dairy LLC in Sunnyside, WA speak on how cooling cows with a PLC controlled soaker system have proven to maintain milk production and reproduction even during the heat of the summer months. An additional benefit is that additional water is not used to cool the cows. The dairy is using the same amount of water, only it is being recycled after it cools the cows, and therefore used two times prior to crop irrigation. For more on animal agriculture adaptation to climate change, visit: http://www.extension.org/69055