I know some parts of northern England and Scotland have it rough in terms of weather - but I wouldn't be too quick to moan, compared with what beef farmers in North Dakota have to put up with.
Check out this video, these calves surely grow up tough!
Catching up with the main news from across the pond is pretty simple these days, but how do you source specialist information, such as the latest news from the USA beef industry?
Well hopefully this site, The Beef Blog, will help all of us with an interest in beef farming across the world. Regularly updated with all the latest technical and other news, it provides a good insight into how the other half live.
Admittedly there's nothing groundbreaking there, but there's plenty to keep you interested
Ever wondered what an American cattle sale look's like, well now Taking Stock can bring you the answer with this range of pictures from our intrepid photographer.
With seats round the sale ring and stock moved on horseback it look's vastly different to sales here, until you see the buyers. Change the check shirts and stetsons for barbours and flat caps and it could easily be Carlisle or any other market in the UK.
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