Winds are up today from yesterday. Visibility is down. Cattle are yarding up in places where there is the best protection. The main obstacle with getting them from today through Saturday when the temps are supposed to break will be to keep them eating. They won't go looking in this weather so it is getting the hay to them. Digestion is critical for cattle in the cold for the body heat it creates, as well as the nutrition, of course.
The hogs should be alright in their beds, but they get reluctant to get up and get to the feeder in the cold. The other major question is how many of the drinkers will freeze. The question over all this is: "Can the power Co-op keep the lines up and the electricity coming to the farm?
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