Red Meat Producers Organization

BEESTE EET MINDER AS DIT WARM IS / CATTLE EAT LESS WHEN IT IS HOT

Wanneer beeste te warm kry, is hulle geneig om op te hou vreet, sê Raluca Mateescu van die Universiteit van Florida se Instituut vir Voedsel- en Landbouwetenskappe / When cattle are too hot, they tend to stop eating, said Raluca Mateescu, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences professor in the department of animal science.

OORMATIGE TEMPERATURE KAN LAE SKAAPKUDDES VEROORSAAK / EXCESS TEMPERATURES CAUSE LOW FLOCKING CONCERNS IN SHEEP

Hoë temperature gedurende kritieke tydperke van die voortplantingsiklus van skape lei daartoe dat 2,1 miljoen minder lammers elke jaar in Australië geproduseer word. Dit kos skaapboere jaarliks na raming $97 miljoen. / High temperatures during critical periods of the reproductive cycle of sheep result in 2.1 million fewer lambs produced in Australia each year, costing sheep farmers an estimated $97 million annually.