Relief from the Heat; Farm Bill program compensates for heat-related livestock deaths.
Breaking news...it's been hot across the Midwest for the past two weeks. Okay, so it is not breaking news and it is not breaking news to livestock producers that the heat has stressed herds across the country. The record low national cattle herd has been especially stressed with Iowa alone estimating between 3,400 and 4,000 heat-related cattle deaths. Per Dan Pillar's Des Moines Register article found here. However, what many producers may not know is that a [...]