“Farmers don’t get snow days,” said Denise Schwab, beef field specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
In Garner, brothers Matt and Ed Greiman and their dad, Stan, were sorting cattle to be moved later in the day to a feedlot the family owns.
Their cows and cattle are split between different farms.
“The majority of the fed cattle are in covered buildings,” Matt said. “Some of the backgrounding calves are in open lots. The cows are...
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