May 15, 2026 · 23 min · 18 segments
Host Erin Beasley sits in studio with Dr. Maggie Justice to discuss heat stress in beef cattle— explaining why humid Alabama summer nights make heat a major hidden performance issue— and who is most…
[upbeat music] Welcome to Cattle Connect, your insight into Alabama's beef cattle industry.
I'm your host, Erin Beasley, and this is Cattle Connect, brought to you by the Alabama Cattlemen's Association.
This week we're starting to get ready for summer months, and I know for anybody like me, that, that sure is a happy thing to hear.
We are looking forward to having what I'm sure will be a very hot summer, and I hope that many of you, like us, have received a little bit of rainfall here the last couple of weeks.
So with any luck, the faucet is turning back on for us, and we are heading into those hot summer Alabama months, and thought that we would address a topic that is important to all of us as we talk about the summer, and that is heat stress.
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[upbeat music] Welcome to Cattle Connect, your insight into Alabama's beef cattle industry.
I'm your host, Erin Beasley, and this is Cattle Connect, brought to you by the Alabama Cattlemen's Association.
This week we're starting to get ready for summer months, and I know for anybody like me, that, that sure is a happy thing to hear.
We are looking forward to having what I'm sure will be a very hot summer, and I hope that many of you, like us, have received a little bit of rainfall here the last couple of weeks.
So with any luck, the faucet is turning back on for us, and we are heading into those hot summer Alabama months, and thought that we would address a topic that is important to all of us as we talk about the summer, and that is heat stress.
