DiamondSCattleCo said:Y'all just keep that snow down south for a couple more weeks. After burning my tractor down and working fulltime in the day, I'm running a hair late hauling hay home this year. :roll:
But next weekend should see it done. Or at least as done as its gonna git this year. I'm taking a couple weekends off to go snowmobiling before calving season on Feb 15. Hope the cold breaks by then...
Rod
WyomingRancher said:Wow, now that is COLD :shock: :shock: :shock: ! You sure have taken good care of your cattle, how much hay will they go through on a day like today?
Big Swede said:Have you guys heard the latest? All of a sudden there is talk of Global Cooling for the next couple of decades. I've read it in a few magazines in the last couple of weeks. Lack of sunspots or something I guess. Maybe we could tax the citizens of the world for the precious methane that our cattle are exhaling to try to "warm the world." Maybe Al Gore will take up the cause and fix it for us. :roll:
You Canadians and as far as that goes Minnesotans and eastern Dakotans are some tough creatures. We get cold down here in SW South Dakota but the other day it was in the upper 50's. How you and your livestock can take month after month of winter is beyond me.
Denny said:Nothing feels better on cold day as a house at 80 degrees.
Big Swede said:Have you guys heard the latest? All of a sudden there is talk of Global Cooling for the next couple of decades. I've read it in a few magazines in the last couple of weeks. Lack of sunspots or something I guess.
DiamondSCattleCo said:Well I certainly found out (or rather, had a reminder) that nothing separates water from fuel better than being in the middle of a hayfield 3 miles from home in -37C weather. Managed to cripple the tractor home in first gear and found both filters right full of ice.
<chuckle> Someone wanna buy a northern Saskatchewan ranch?
Rod
Jake said:I have a question for you up north. I've always been taught that when it gets real cold out to feed the poorer quality, stemmy type hay because it produces more heat when digested because the rumen microbes are working over time to digest it. Any of ya'll up there practice this feeding method or since it's so cold for so long do you have the choice to ration what hay is fed when?