December strawberry growing in Independence County, Arkansas, found just before Christmas. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Matt Davis.)

Warm weather prompts early undercover strawberries, but winter’s cold looms

  • By Mary Hightower │ U of A System Division of Agriculture
Cows graze a field in northeast Wyoming. (Photo courtesy of University of Wyoming Extension.)

Weather will always be on the mind 

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Rain, snow fell in parts of Plains

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Another round of moisture hits Plains states

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Southwestern Plains received beneficial moisture

Red barn in winter (Photo: Dale Fehr, Hampton, IL)

Weathering winter

  • By Valori Stone │ Kansas State University Research and Extension
The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Weather disturbance felt in the West

Rule of thumb: For every degree below the lower critical temperature, a cow’s energy requirement increases by 1%. That’s assuming the cow is in a body condition score 5 or greater. (Photo courtesy of Purina.)

Don’t let cold weather freeze cattle performance this winter