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Fairfield farm family shares experience about calving in January artic-air cold snap

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Fairfield farm family shares experience about calving in January artic-air cold snap

Submitted by Edgar on Wed, 01/24/2024 - 5:00am
Fairfield farm family shares experience about calving in January artic-air cold snap

Family members of the Gerdes’ includes, from the left: Dave and Joy Gerdes, Becky, Barrett and Jackson. Jason Gerdes is in the back, while Easton is in the front. ALL PHOTO’S ARE COURTESY OF THE GERDES FAMILY | CLAY COUNTY NEWS

Fairfield farm family shares experience about calving in January artic-air cold snap

Barrett and Jackson Gerdes rescued this calf from the artic cold during the recent winter storms that blasted much of Clay County Jan. 8-16. It was the Gerdes boys first solo rescue without their father Jason having to step in to assist them.

Fairfield farm family shares experience about calving in January artic-air cold snap

Jason Gerdes gives this calf a little break from the extreme cold and snow last week with a ride in a nice warm tractor.

Calving, lambing, and kidding out goats in January is always a chilly endeavor.But typically not as bitterly cold as Jan. 11-20 when an Arctic airmass descended over Nebraska, spurring round-the-clock windchill warnings and advisories for nearly that entire stretch of days.Caring for livestock in this type of weather is hard,

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