The Associated Press: Kazakhstan flies in ND cows to boost beef industry

A delegation of Kazakhstan officials were invited to North Dakota in frigid January to look over cattle herds. The bitter conditions proved to be a big selling point.

"The winter in northern Kazakhstan gets hard like in North Dakota," Yerubayev said. "That's why we chose North Dakota cattle."

Heartland grows new crop of anti-climate governor candidates | Grist

Today, the Wonk Room highlights four gubernatorial races which could shut down the clean energy revolution in the Midwest.
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The heartland of America is under extreme threat from the destructive power of global warming, including increasingly frequent catastrophic storms, heat waves, and drought. Furthermore, by denying the opportunity of clean energy jobs, these potential governors risk turning their states into economic wastelands.

Farmer's Almanac calls for cold white stuff, and plenty of it | Local A & E | St. Albert Gazette

Due to “the prolonged low level of sunspot and space weather activity in the early stages of Solar Cycle 24,” the upshot of it is that the Prairies can expect to see colder than normal temperatures and heavier than average snowfall. And next summer won’t get any better. It will be cool and dry.