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Beef 911: Hyperthermia (overheating) in farm animals

Calving during hot weather with no shade is a recipe for trouble

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Every year during the first few hot days of summer we hear media warnings about leaving pets unattended in closed vehicles, where temperatures can rise to over 50 C. We often don’t realize how susceptible livestock are to the same condition. Many a farmer or veterinarian has been fooled by symptoms resembling a toxemia or
person digging a quinzheein the snow
Country Crossroads

Winter getting you down?

Have some fun with all that snow – make a quinzhee


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If winter seems to be dragging on for you and your family, consider a different outdoor activity — try building a quinzhee. Quinzhee — the word is of Athabaskan origin — is a sort of snow house built for survival purposes, for winter camping, or just for fun. With all the snow this winter you
Weather

A new look at radiational cooling

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If long-wave radiation can easily escape the area, we could see net cooling even if the sun is shining

I came across a weather article last week that was a purely academic discussion about radiational cooling. It was one of those articles that at first glance seemed to be purely a discussion for true weather geeks, meteorologists and university professors, with very little if anything to do with an everyday understanding of the weather,
Country Crossroads

Here’s the scoop

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Snow blowers or snow throwers are linked to more than 6,000 emergency room visits, according to a report from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. While sprains and strains often accompany snow blower accidents, many injuries involve the hands and fingers. According to the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH), 3,000 hand injuries,
Weather

Record low to record highs

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Sometimes the weather actually does behave just like the “textbook” says it should — and that’s what we saw late last week and into last weekend. After we discussed “Indian summer” we saw record-cold overnight lows turn into record-warm daytime highs! The warm temperatures at the end of the month made September 2012 the 16th
Cereals, Crops, News, Weather

Freezing temperatures drop on Kansas wheat fields

reuters / Potentially crop-damaging freezing temperatures descended on to western Kansas early April 16, where the new crop of hard red winter wheat was maturing rapidly, but wheat experts said the wheat likely held up well. “It can tolerate some pretty cool temperatures with little or no damage,” said Kansas State University agronomist Jim Shroyer.
Crops, News, Weather

Weather a mixed blessing for insects

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Insect populations overwintering in Western Canada are likely enjoying the warmer-than-normal temperatures seen across the Canadian Prairies this winter, but the lack of snow cover could lead to increased mortality if and when the mercury does drop. Environment Canada forecasts for Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta are calling for unseasonably warm temperatures over the next week,
Country Crossroads, Opinion

It’s snowman weather!

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For many, the arrival of snow is something to dread, perhaps something to escape by going south for the winter. For others, it means an end to the somewhat dreary browns of late fall. Children, particularly, often anticipate and welcome the first few snowfalls. For me, early winter has long been “snowman weather.” As a
Weather

Forecasts For The Rest Of The Winter

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As we start the new year I have to admit that I haven’t had the time to go through all the weather data for 2010, so a complete summary of last year will have to wait until the next issue. Instead, we’ll take our usual look back at the previous month’s weather and then peer
Weather

Forecast – for Oct. 21, 2010

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If you’ve been watching the “Chance of precipitation falling as snow” statistic located at the bottom of the forecast each week, you may notice it really begins to jump up now that we are heading toward the end of October. I bring this up because it is starting to look like we may have to

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