This article supports coffee-shop buzz like no other. Get the 2016 weather forecast from Brian Bledsoe, Colorado Springs, CO, meteorologist and ag weather consultant.
Source: Beef Magazine, January 2016, page 60.
“This El Nino should be history sometime in the spring”, Bledsoe said. “By late spring, it’s probably done. Which should be an indication that you be diligent and plan-oriented in how to use your moisture in the short term.”
INSIGHTS: Flooding dominates much of the current news. It is hard think about moisture planning when muscles ache from filling sandbags. Still, DVMs who include moisture management in their VFD planning meetings with producers will enhance their overall value.