As wonderful as 2015 was, 2016 is racing off in the other direction weather-wise here in the southern High Plains:  warm, dry, and windy.  The first Bradford pear trees blossomed last weekend, almost three full weeks early.  And NOAA is forecasting a transition from the current El Niño to a La Niña pattern in the fall.  If you are a cattle feeder, it’s time to start getting your feedyard surfaces ready for the “high season.” Here’s a bulletin we wrote in 2011, one of the hottest, driest summers… Read More →