oldnslo
Super Member
My only experience is dairy cattle and they like the shade vs standing in the direct sun. No experience with beef but suspect given option they would head towards shade also.I've heard arguments for and against leaving trees in pasture. Cattle will some times shelter in a storm, and those trees attract lightning; and you Could loose 10+ head off a single lighting strike. What I don't know, is would an open field have the same number of lighting kills over time? In theory, the lighting is gonna strike in the field somewhere, regardless of there not being a tree; but the cattle won't be as tightly packed in the area of the lightning.
I would consider Lightning a lesser concern that heat but again that is based on dairy cattle experience.