heat stress

A young woman sits in the garden, wiping the sweat from her brow. (iStock-#1366545439 │ Ildar Abulkhanov)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Helping gardens survive summer heat

When temperatures top 86 degrees, many plants slow their growth. Here's how to protecting gardens, lawns and landscapes during prolonged heat. Read More

Animal Health, Beef, Feeder, Iowa, Lacey Vilhauer, Stocker

From bunk to gut: Digestive health a key to beef profitability 

Cattle getting a morning drink of water. (Photo: iStock - Chester Leeds)
New Mexico, Regional Roundup, Southern Region, Water

NMSU to host water management workshop

Kansas State University Cattlemen's Day

Genetic selection can help producers advance their operation

  • By Colton Tripp │ K-State Extension news service

Bovine Congestive Heart Failure continues to be problematic for feedyards

Blossom end rot on a tomato. (Cindy Haynes │ Iowa State University Extension and Outreach)

Managing weather-related problems in the vegetable garden

  • By Aaron J. Steil │ Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Cows in a pasture (University of Missouri Extension)

Prepare cattle for second heat wave

  • By Linda Geist & Julie Harker│ University of Missouri Extension
Watering a garden bed with watering can. (Adobe Stock │ #526862504 - Valerii Honcharuk)

How to brace the garden to resist heat stress

Cattle in pasture (University of Missouri File photo)

Tall fescue adds to heat stress in cattle

  • By Linda Geist │ University of Missouri Extension
Westy beef cattle (Kansas State University Beef Cattle Institute)

Simple changes make the difference in cooling off cattle

  • By K-State Research and Extension news service
chicken in grass on a farm. Hen on a traditional free range poultry organic farm grazing on the grass with copy space or for banner.

Keeping chickens cool in the summer