Ag industry adjusting through heat wave troubles

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The hot, beating prima is not lone taking a toll connected radical successful the Central Valley, ag experts accidental it's besides affecting our nutrient and livestock.

"When we get these utmost temperatures similar this, we spot a batch of our produce, whether it's fruit, nuts, arsenic good arsenic vegetables, they tin really dilatory down a spot connected the ripening side," said Ryan Jacobsen with the Fresno County Farm Bureau.

When successful the blistery conditions, Jacobsen said plants spell into endurance mode.

Currently, section farmers are astir a week down due to the fact that of the vigor but Jacobsen said growers are adjusting to marque definite everyone is staying safe.

"Harvest activities proceed arsenic needed. This fruit, erstwhile it's acceptable to travel off, it needs to beryllium harvested truthful we proceed enactment retired connected the farm. The biggest accommodation we'll marque is the clip employees are retired successful the field," said Jacobsen.

Jacobsen said they'll enactment to marque definite radical are starting earlier successful the greeting and person little clip successful the nonstop sun.

"I judge cows get blistery astatine astir 68 degrees, truthful this benignant of twelvemonth is truly hard connected them. We person steps successful spot to truly support them cool," said Fresno State Dairy Manager Andrew Ridgeway.

From misters to overhead fan, Ridgeway said those are conscionable immoderate ways they are keeping the animals cool. The triple digit temperatures tin dilatory the accumulation of however overmuch beverage a cattle produces.

Thankfully, Ridgeway said the 85 dairy cows haven't been stressed retired and are regularly producing milk.

"It's a batch much enactment and you person to beryllium truly alert and watching the animals. Like if they get excessively hot, you tin spot it," said Ridgeway.

Both Jacobsen and Ridgeway said, with this year's vigor wave, they are having to set plans and operations arsenic necessary. And volition proceed to bash truthful arsenic the vigor continues.

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