Anyone else feeling six feet under... snow that is! Weather, of course, is probably the most important aspect of a farmer's daily life. One farmer I know keeps a calendar of all precipitation amounts written into each daily square. Down to the hundredth of an inch. How this helps I have no idea, but it seems to be vitally important.
Despite rain, snow, sleet or hail both the United States Postal Service and the American farmer can be found out in whatever elements mother nature sends our way. And keeps sending our way.
Are you hauling hay? Carrying feed over ice covered paths? Using your tractor and blade to remove snow from your gravel road because it will take three days for the township to get all the way out to you? I vividly remember as a child someone always needing to chop ice for the cows. Actually, what I remember most is the time my brother cut his eye when ice flew up and smacked him in the face right before the 6th grade Christmas concert. No problems though. Dad stitched it up.
So what are you doing today?
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