The most common answer to questions about winter is that its
welcome is wearing thin. Platte County, Missouri farmer Hal Swaney, who farms near
the Kansas City Airport, tells Brownfield his cattle have problems with the big
swings in temperature.
“One day it’s muddy and the next day it’s frozen, the cows are having trouble
getting around walking,” Swaney told Brownfield Ag News, “and then the days that
it’s easy for them to walk I can’t get to them to feed them.”
The wet harvest left deep ruts that Swaney says he’ll have to deal with before
planting.
Continue reading Farmer has had enough winter at Brownfield Ag News.
