How cow showers and fans help farmers keep cattle cool
"There's no leaf to it, they don't get any nutritional quality from this rubbish."His family have farmed dairy cows just outside Swindon for five generations. They have seen hot summers and wet ones, but now Woolford, aged 20, and his dad and grandad have noticed a permanent change in the weather."We're praying it's not going to become the new norm," he says."But it looks like it will recur."It's really tough. Grass can't rebound after grazing, or after cutting for hay or silage."Woolford's cows still come out into the fields in the morning, but by midday they are back in the barns, sheltering from the sun and eating feedstocks that should have been saved for the winter.
- ▪"There's no leaf to it, they don't get any nutritional quality from this rubbish."His family have farmed dairy cows just outside Swindon for five generations.
- ▪They have seen hot summers and wet ones, but now Woolford, aged 20, and his dad and grandad have noticed a permanent change in the weather."We're praying it's not going to become the new norm," he says."But it looks like it will recur."It's
- ▪Grass can't rebound after grazing, or after cutting for hay or silage."Woolford's cows still come out into the fields in the morning, but by midday they are back in the barns, sheltering from the sun and eating feedstocks that should have b
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How cow showers and fans help farmers keep cattle coolImage caption, Cows at a dairy farm near Chippenham are doused with cool water to beat the heatByDave HarveyWest of England business and environment correspondentPublished29 July 2026, 06:18 BSTUpdated Just nowDairy farmers are installing "cow showers" and giant cooling fans as hotter, drier summers become more common and an official drought has been declared.Extreme heat has cut milk production by up to 20% and farmers are spending thousands of pounds to keep their cattle cool and protect milk yields.Sarah Godwin's family have invested £15,000 in a ventilation and sprinkler system at their farm near Chippenham, Wiltshire, to help their animals cope with the "nearly continuous heatwave we are living through".Professor Nicola Cannon…
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