Images from a morning of feeding cattle with stockman Jim Neis.

photo by: Nick Krug

Neis pushes open a gate to drive his truck through while making his feeding rounds to various lots of bulls on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014.

photo by: Nick Krug

Neis' cattle line up to feed from a trough on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014.

photo by: Nick Krug

Neis carries an axe as he walks a worn path in the snow toward a small pond, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. Each morning after a night of freezing temperatures, Neis must chip a hole in the frozen surface of various ponds in order for his cattle to drink.

photo by: Nick Krug

Jim Neis

photo by: Nick Krug

Neis drives his truck to a feed some of his bulls on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014.

photo by: Nick Krug

Neis says it is particularly challenging to maintain calves in such cold temperatures. In extreme cold temperatures, Neis or other stockmen make multiple rounds throughout the night to check on the calves.

photo by: Nick Krug

Dale Neis

photo by: Nick Krug

A calf peeks its head out of a pen as nice carries a bucket of feed to the various cows that have recently calved or are calving in the barn.

photo by: Nick Krug

Stockman Jim Neis tosses a bale of hay from the loft of his cattle barn during morning rounds on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, south of Eudora. Winters can be particularly challenging times for stockmen like Neis, who raises more than 300 head of cattle with other members of his family.