Heat stress related resources

Increasing heat and humidity requires awareness of your livestock and possible adjustments to your grazing practices, feed supplies and management practices.

Check out this list of resources from Iowa State University and other appropriate sources.

Iowa State University People
Iowa State University Extension beef specialists
Iowa State University Extension field agronomists
Iowa State University Extension farm management specialists

Awareness
USDA-ARS U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Neb.

• Main heat stress website
• Actions to minimize heat stress
• Cattle risk factors
• Forecasting heat stress
  

Using USDA-ARS Heat Stress App (IBC video, 4:01)

IBC news and releases
Heat Stress article (June 2020 IBC Growing Beef newsletter)

Resources
Grazing Down Corn (IBC)
Heat Stress in Beef Cattle (ISU PMR-1016)

Other topics
Blue-green Algae (ISU)

Weather maps and reports
USDA-ARS detailed heat stress forecasts for the United States