Gongju City, entering "emergency mode" in response to livestock heat waves

"Chickens are laying fewer eggs and pigs are exhausted... Gongju City makes all-out efforts for emergency support and preventive management of livestock Targeting 123 poultry and pig farms... Support for animal vitamins and betaine to minimize damage Heatwaves are threatening livestock. While people are struggling in the suffocating heat, livestock have no choice but to suffer. Chickens are not laying eggs, dairy cows' milk production is noticeably decreasing, and pigs, which lack sweat glands, are not eating well. The livestock farming scene is truly in a 'heatwave emergency.' Gongju City (Mayor Choi Won-cheol) announced on the 5th that it has provided emergency support for heat stress relievers to 123 poultry and pig farms to minimize damage to livestock farms due to the ongoing heatwave. The city invested 100 million won from the special disaster and safety grant, and purchased animal nutrition supplements containing vitamins and betaine, focusing on livestock species ...