How do cattle handle extreme summer heat?

CBC Radio Active Interview – August 26, 2025.

It’s not just humans dealing with hot weather this week. Beef cattle on Alberta pastures are also feeling it. A study is looking at how to help ranchers manage their grazing herds in our warming climate. Edward Bork, a professor of rangeland ecology and management at the University of Alberta, is a co-author of the study.

Listen to the CBC Radio Interview (6 minutes, 53 sec)- Radio Active host Jessica Jessica Ng and Dr. Edward Bork