The heat predicted for some time lands on us starting today. Temps of 95 plus are expected plus a rising humidity. We have been busy with preparations. Today we move the bales off the nearby hayfield and set up fence along the adjacent corn field. The cattle will be able to shade up on the yard in the north pen under the shade of trees planted just twenty years ago, and then spend the evening, overnight and early morning grazing the stubble plus ten acres of poor stand we have left them. This should last a week or a bit more, and we hope for a weather change by then.
For the hogs, Andrew has been spreading fresh bedding in all the hoops. When manure is stored under foot it composts, creating heat. This is an attribute of hoop hog production. To counter this, we must spread fresh bedding regularly so that the pigs are not lying in manure and soiled bedding, which is hot.
Additionally, we are able several times a day to wet the concrete area where the feeders stand so that the animals can stay wet.
Heat causes work here as surely as cold does in winter.
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