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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) It’s been a rough year for calving with extremely cold temperatures. Litchville area rancher Pat Hurley said he’s lost two calves so far this spring and a lot of sleep.

Hurley said it’s North Dakota and you have to adapt quickly to extreme seasonal conditions every year. Hurley has 40 stock cows calving on his ranch west of Litchville.

The recent below-normal temperatures in eastern North Dakota could have negative
impacts on this spring’s calf crop into the fall weaning season according to North Dakota
State University Extension Service livestock specialists.

This year, producers who calve in large pasture settings are having newborn
calves born in conditions that are 10 to 20 degrees colder than normal.