Hot summer: Risks at the production and welfare level in cattle can be prevented

Livestock farming is an open-air production, climatic factors play a role in the results, having technological tools that allow for the prediction of management is of great importance for producers, explained Dr. Guadalupe Tiscornia, coordinator of the Agroclima and Information Systems Unit (GRAS) of the National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA). Among these factors, those linked to climatic variability are often critical; we can have a January with water deficit, the next year with excess rainfall, and another normal one, all of which weigh heavily on Uruguay. It is in this context that tools that allow for the prediction of different situations or conditions, such as the presence of heat in the coming days, are so important at the national level. INIA Termoestrés is a mobile application developed to prevent the effect caused by excess heat in dairy and beef cattle. A tool developed by the national programs in research on meat and wool production and milk and the GRAS ...