Most of those look like black angus steer. Angus is a highland breed of cattle, cool climate animal. A sudden, intense heatwave for an animal with a dark hide will cause sunstroke. Angus is a big money cow, but is not built to grow in the U.S. market. It's considered a risky breed among historic cattlemen.
Florida, fun fact, was the largest cattle producer in the western hemisphere for a time. The breed? Florida Cracker Cattle. Small cows with lean frames that could sustain themselves on scrub in drought conditions. Heavy breeds only came about 100 years ago because they were finally able to tolerate and florida was being reengineered by the Army Corps of Engineers. By then, more heat tolerant breeds were being introduced elsewhere and Florida's market collapsed.
Heat tolerant does not mean they can survive the extremes, it means they can take the averages. Like citrus, cattle are a risky investment in most places outside their native habitat.
Many possibilities but all of them agreed it wasn’t the heat.
Heat doesn't just kill directly. There are pests that grow in water during extreme heat. It turns stomachs and cows use bacteria to digest their food. Heat causes certain genetically modified grasses to become cyanotic. Releases of toxic chemicals/toxic blooms from ground cracking during the heat. Lightning strikes in a feed lot, especially when the ground is compacted from heat/foot prints and water can't drain into the soil.
There are lots of reasons, but heat is a good general idea.
Most of those look like black angus steer. Angus is a highland breed of cattle, cool climate animal. A sudden, intense heatwave for an animal with a dark hide will cause sunstroke. Angus is a big money cow, but is not built to grow in the U.S. market. It's considered a risky breed among historic cattlemen.
Florida, fun fact, was the largest cattle producer in the western hemisphere for a time. The breed? Florida Cracker Cattle. Small cows with lean frames that could sustain themselves on scrub in drought conditions. Heavy breeds only came about 100 years ago because they were finally able to tolerate and florida was being reengineered by the Army Corps of Engineers. By then, more heat tolerant breeds were being introduced elsewhere and Florida's market collapsed.
Heat tolerant does not mean they can survive the extremes, it means they can take the averages. Like citrus, cattle are a risky investment in most places outside their native habitat.
Heat doesn't just kill directly. There are pests that grow in water during extreme heat. It turns stomachs and cows use bacteria to digest their food. Heat causes certain genetically modified grasses to become cyanotic. Releases of toxic chemicals/toxic blooms from ground cracking during the heat. Lightning strikes in a feed lot, especially when the ground is compacted from heat/foot prints and water can't drain into the soil.
There are lots of reasons, but heat is a good general idea.
No, added more context. Because the idiot was so certain it wasn't the heat, but it clearly is the fucking heat one way or another.
Forgot to add in the original post and it was long enough already.