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Animal Health, Avian, Backyard Birds, Chicken Chatter, Chickens, Lacey, Opinion, Poultry

How to help your chickens beat the heat 

(Photo by Pauline Loroy via Unsplash.) The dog days of summer can be miserable for chickens. The tell-tale signs of a hot bird are panting by holding their mouth open, holding their wings out from their bodies, and trying to cool off in the shade. An overheated bird could show... Read More

Cattle in pasture (University of Missouri File photo)
Animal Health, Beef, Cow Calf, Livestock, Midwestern Region, Missouri

Tall fescue adds to heat stress in cattle

(Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Michael Miller)
Home and Family, Outdoors

Protect pets during the dog days of summer



Hostas, the stars of shady landscapes, earned the National Garden Bureau’s nod as Perennial of the Year for 2024. (Photo by David Trinklein.)

Hosta steps out of the shadows in 2024

  • By Linda Geist │ University of Missouri Extension

Farm tour shows how shade improves profits, cow comfort

Tips for shade and cattle during the hot summer

  • By David Burton, University of Missouri Extension