HADLEY — In the barns at Barstow’s Longview Farm, workers will be drawing the curtains and turning on fans this summer to cool the cows and lower humidity. Cattle can’t endure the scorching summer heat many are blaming on climate change.
“When animals are stressed by the heat, they tend to be less healthy, they’re more susceptible to disease and infection,” said Denise Barstow Manz, who manages the dairy barn. “Every dairy farmer in the world knows that a comfortable dairy cow is going to give you more and better quality milk.”
