Tag: winter
Didn’t everyone ‘fall’ plow in mild, warm February?
Everyone handled winter differently on the dairy farm of Alan Guebert's youth. He recalls each quirk with reverence in this week's column.
There’s nothing like a snow day
Judith Sutherland recalls the snow day adventures of her youth.
Enjoy every moment each season offers
Eliza Blue ponders the changing of the seasons and the special characteristics of each one.
Adjusting feed requirements for cold weather
Learn how to increase and supplement feed for livestock when the weather is colder to account for the metabolic changes that keep them warm.
Winter’s harshness reminds us of longer days
It is the harshness of winter that makes Julie Geiss appreciate the long days of summer. Now that we're past winter solstice, longer days are coming.
Wishing you peace this holiday season
Eliza Blue is awed and humbled by the beauty of the world as she recovers from the flu and emerges from her South Dakota Ranch following a blizzard.
Sled dogs embody tenacity, grit, determination
Julie Geiss recalls the incredible relay of dog sled teams that transported antitoxin serum to Nome, Alaska during an outbreak of diphtheria in 1924.
Enjoying Lake Erie’s icy offerings, then and now
Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes and has the smallest volume of water, so it is the first to freeze in the winter.
Snow is a ‘poor man’s fertilizer’
Precipitation pulls nitrates down to the ground creating poor man's fertilizer. Rain and snow both contain nitrogen, but snow is a better delivery method.
