Behind the Scenes

Historic winter storm

It is being called an “historic” weather event, the blizzard that swept across the country with fury this week.  For the Brownfield Ag News team, it meant John Perkins, commodity market reporter, packed an overnight bag and sleeping bag to take to work with him Tuesday morning.  And he needed it, although he doesn’t live far from the studios in Jefferson City, Missouri where he reports those markets.  Travel was (and for some of us still is) at a standstill.  Brownfield agribusiness news reporters are set up to broadcast from the road, so Julie Harker set up shop at home in Jefferson City, checking the snow levels on her deck from time to time and announcing a final estimate of about 18 inches.  Our team of broadcasters are based in several states, so with Ken Anderson in Nebraska, Jerry Passer in Iowa and Bob Meyer in Wisconsin while Dave Russell covers NACD Annual Meeting in Tennessee and Tom Steever travels with Illinois Soybean farmers in Brazil, the partner radio stations that carry Brownfield programming can rest assured we’re providing relevant and timely news, markets, weather, feature and commentary programming.

I’m working from the home office on the 2nd story of our old farmhouse.  It is difficult to say the exact amount of snowfall received, as the wind did a grand job of drifting the white stuff around the house, barns and trees.  A top concern for all who raise livestock is the health and welfare of those animals.  We provide plenty of hay, access to water, and shelter from the storm.