As Climate Change Ramps Up Heat, Farmers Struggle To Keep Animals Cool
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NOEL KING, HOST: Just as people need to find ways to cool off in the summer, so do livestock. And the past few years for farmers, it s been a struggle.
Here s Dana Cronin from Illinois Public Media.
DANA CRONIN, BYLINE: It s feeding time on Borgic Farms in central Illinois. Hundreds of 12-week-old pigs are crammed into a long barn, climbing over each other to stick their snouts in feed. It s pushing 90 degrees today. And the air here is humid and heavy with the smell of pig manure.