Well Roy, one benefit of being new to cattle is that it's all new to me! Regardless of how long the ideas have been around or where they came from, I think they work.

I think its good for the cattle business in general to have someone like Grandin showing that there are gentler, humane ways to raise and harvest cattle than some others would have you believe.

I'll be in WI with my cattle for a bit tomorrow on my way north and west for a couple shows. What it looks like from here in N IL it will be mostly ice. A fair amount of snow around yet - has not really been much above freezing (until today) but lots of freezing rain on top of old snow.

This is another benefit to having them grazing in standing corn - the footing is better than a lot of other places and really not the mud there can be around hay feeders etc.

Sometimes frost under a top thaw like you have can be treacherous - no place for the water to go.

Personally I'd just as soon have it 10-20 deg F until spring then 60 deg the next day....

I think the cattle would like that too.

Jim at Dawn