This winter’s weather adds challenge to handling snow

Just as every snowflake is special and unique, so has been the winter of 2022-23. Snow this season has exceeded recent winters, and even now, as the Minnesota Pork Congress was shortened last week by a late-February winter storm, we need to take a close look at the effects of all of this snow on farm building roofs and the farmstead in general.

University of Minnesota engineers Chuck Clanton, Erin Cortus, Kevin Janni and Extension specialist Krishona Martinson collaborated to help farmers address snow handling issues on the buildings and in the barnyard.

Snow loads on the roof