The hot and humid weather isn't just souring moods, it's affecting milk production.
Cows are a lot like people, the weather gets to them. During the summer, they tend to be less active and eat and drink less. Because the cows are consuming less, they give less milk.
"Luckily for us, at the same time, summer, consumption is down. Schools are out for the summer and colleges. Then in the fall, they'll pick back up and about the same time the milk production will as well," said Doug Wray.
At the Homestead Creamery farms in Franklin County, the cows are given shade during the day and put out to pasture in the evening.
Inside the barns, there are fans and misters to keep the animals cool. The biggest deficit the Creamery sees this time of year is for cream, but the company says it "makes due."
