At any given time of the year, cattle on feed in feedlots exceed 10 million animals. At the same time, dairy cattle number slightly over 9 million animals.
Beef Cattle According to a Texas Tech study, "shaded cattle showed a greater ADG (Average Daily Gain) and carcass weights than their unshaded peers." Fed the same diets, the hot carcass weights of shaded cattle was 17 pounds greater than for unshaded cattle. Dairy Cattle High producing cows are the animals most sensitive to heat stress because of their high feed intake. Dry matter intake starts to drop (8-12%) and milk production losses of 20-30%, which may exceed 10-25 lb./day, occur when temperatures exceed 90° F. It has been found that milk yield peaked at 9 lb. more milk per day by cooled than non-cooled cows. CattleTreesTM are the solution to Heat Stress Working with agricultural experts, AmeriShade has designed two different models of the CattleTreeTM line of products - the PonderosaR and The GroveR. Each will provide years of maintenance-free shade for a cost of pennies per day per animal. They are built to withstand winds up to 100 mph and heavy snow fall. The canopies are designed to provide full clearance to machinery necessary to clean under the covers and are high enough to accomodate a mounted rider.
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