Thousands of cattle have died in recent days in Kansas where temperatures have exceeded 100 degrees as the region remains in the grip of a heat wave that threatens livestock.
as the region remains in the grip of a heat wave that threatens livestock.
The deaths add pain to the US cattle industry as producers have reduced herds due to drought and grappled with feed costs that climbed as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine tightened global grain supplies. Temperatures reached 108 degrees Fahrenheit in northwest Kansas by Monday, said Drew Lerner, president of World Weather Inc.
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