TOPEKA, Kan. -- Thousands of cattle in Kansas have died as a national heat wave scorches the U.S., leaving one of the country's leading cattle farming states with a loss amid rising production costs.

Due to the immense work cows must do to process food through four stomachs and produce gallons of milk daily, they’re more prone to overheating and vulnerable to climate change.

AMS reports the National Feeder and Stocker Cattle Summary each week. Feeder and stocker receipts in this data series averaged 255,941 head during the first eight months of 2025. This is 7.6 percent ...

This is expected during periods of hot weather, but as more recently the weather has been slightly cooler and wetter, are cows still experiencing heat stress? Heat stress occurs when a cow’s body ...

As the summer heatwave scorches the region, local farmers are working hard to keep their animals cool, especially those whose milk keeps the ice cream flowing. At Manning’s Dairy Farm, ice cream ...

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. — Northern California firefighters helped keep cows cool by spraying them with water after the truck that was transporting them broke down on Saturday. With triple-digit ...

The U.S. dairy industry is facing a potential shortage of its most important resource — milk cows. The number of replacement heifers available to enter the dairy herd as milk producing cows has ...

Recent heat waves, droughts and floods are expected to slow economic activity in 2025 and beyond. The losses far exceed the ...