B.C. university partners with local rancher to breed heat-wave resistant cattle

Joanne Nicklas says it’s exciting to think that, in future, ranchers like her may not have to worry about constant shade or turning on sprinklers around the clock to cool their cattle if summer temperatures soar like they did in B.C.’s last heat dome.

Nicklas and her husband operate a small ranch in Whitecroft, a village located 20 kilometres northwest of Kamloops, B.C. Over the past three years, they have collaborated with Thompson Rivers University on a research project focused on breeding cattle that can withstand extreme heat more effectively.

In partnership with TRU’s professor of natural resource science, John Church, the couple crossbred Red Angus with Senepol, a breed of cattle from Saint Croix

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