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We are in Blizzard Warning for Saturday, 11-15" of snow with 45 mph winds. If it plays out that way, it will be our 4th 6"+ snow event in April. It makes for shitty calving weather.

5 years ago, I was planting corn on April 11th. This year, have to deal with all the snow and moisture, 40" of frost in the ground, need some heat and sunshine and a warm T-Storm and we still won't get corn in the ground until May.

Originally posted by Cowpoker
We are in Blizzard Warning for Saturday, 11-15" of snow with 45 mph winds. If it plays out that way, it will be our 4th 6"+ snow event in April. It makes for shitty calving weather.

5 years ago, I was planting corn on April 11th. This year, have to deal with all the snow and moisture, 40" of frost in the ground, need some heat and sunshine and a warm T-Storm and we still won't get corn in the ground until May.


Yeah. Most decent farmers try to time their calving to April which usually guarantees plenty of food for the nursing mothers (unless working a totally bottle feeding operation as some Dairies do) and the calves as well as not having the calves die from exposure. This prolonged winter for the northern midwest is gonna smack a lotta farmers upside the head.

They closed sections of the state highways here, do you know how ugly it has to get to close highways in MN

Make America Warm Again!

Originally posted by Corndog
Make America Warm Again!

I'm burning tires when the blizzard lets up, doing my part

Originally posted by Cowpoker
They closed sections of the state highways here, do you know how ugly it has to get to close highways in MN

the plane my daughter was supposed to take home from San Antonio never left Minnesota - was going to have to spend the night but they got another plane instead

Originally posted by reddogrw
the plane my daughter was supposed to take home from San Antonio never left Minnesota - was going to have to spend the night but they got another plane instead

Similar story here. Friend's wife and kids trip got delayed a day because the plane could not leave MN.

Originally posted by Corndog
Make America Warm Again!

lol

Crazy, 30 days ago we were dealing with a foot of snow and freezing temps and now 100 degrees.

Hard on the cattle, still have their winter coats and hard on the people taking care of them. In a perfect world, there would be a smoother transition to allow every living beast to acclimate to a change in season.

Be careful what you ask for, CP.

Originally posted by Cowpoker
Crazy, 30 days ago we were dealing with a foot of snow and freezing temps and now 100 degrees.

Hard on the cattle, still have their winter coats and hard on the people taking care of them. In a perfect world, there would be a smoother transition to allow every living beast to acclimate to a change in season.

Its as if there was a natural cycle and it has been disrupted by some unknown force in recent times. Interesting.

Originally posted by Theo Wizzago
Be careful what you ask for, CP.

We needed the heat to catch everything up, it's all good.

Originally posted by Cowpoker
Crazy, 30 days ago we were dealing with a foot of snow and freezing temps and now 100 degrees.

Hard on the cattle, still have their winter coats and hard on the people taking care of them. In a perfect world, there would be a smoother transition to allow every living beast to acclimate to a change in season.

yep - we go right from Winter to Summer

Spring is a myth