“Dangerously cold” Wind Chills Threaten Wheat and Livestock in the USA

In Kansas, the U.S.’s third-largest cattle state after Texas and Nebraska, the National Weather Service warned of “dangerously cold” wind chills that could reach -40 degrees Celsius, although temperatures are expected to rise.

Ranches constantly checked their cattle to make sure they were not in distress and had access to unfrozen water, said Kansas Farm Bureau spokesman Greg Doering.

Strong winds and cold

U.S. company Tyson Foods Inc said it has suspended and scaled back some U.S. meat plants due to a severe winter storm, while farmers stepped up inspections of livestock due to strong winds and cold. Extreme weather has become a temporary problem for food production after consumers have faced soaring inflation, supply chain shortages and a drought that has scorched farmland in the western United States this year.

In Douglas, North Dakota, farmer Daryl Lees said his family used farm equipment and snowplows to clear paths between four-foot snowdrifts so their livestock could get to water, hay and shelter. They kept a close eye on the pigsties to keep the animals warm inside.

No interest in new deals

Some Archer-Daniels-Midland grain operations in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Illinois and Indiana closed early, the company said. Farmers have not shown much interest in new deals to sell corn and soybeans and have not delivered crops because of bad weather, grain dealers said.

Wheat farmers in the central plains are concerned that the cold temperatures could kill or damage dormant crops that lack the protective layer of snow.

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