#Farming Friday 45: A peek into what a snowy day means for a farmer.
While everyone else is rejoicing the snow day that’s happening here, for us it simply means that life will be more difficult. Every day is work on a dairy farm, but when snow arrives with cold temperatures it can make even the easiest chore hard.The local television news crews may remind viewers to care for their dogs and cats, but a few hundred hungry bovines is a different challenge altogether.
Food and water are not necessities reserved for people. Our young calves stay inside barns and providing extra hay and water for them isn’t too tough. The older heifers that are in the elements require more. They need more to eat because that will provide them with the calories they need to stay warm.
Heifers Eating Hay in the Snow
Heifers Eating Feed
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.
-The Rime of The Ancient Mariner, -Coleridge
Snow, sleet…
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Thank you so much for sharing! Those days are tough, but always worth it.
Thank you for our safe and healthy food system. Always happy to share farmer insights since so many of us, consumers, are not aware of what goes into producing food.