ALES FROM THE BACK 40 - As I write this month’s Back 40 blog installment, the first big winter storm has hit Wisconsin. Thankfully, here in the north central part of the state, we only got a little snow mixed with some sleet and ice pellets, which made for challenging driving, but not anything too bad. Our friends to the north received several inches of the white stuff. On the farm, snowfall made for additional chores as we had to clear several hundred yards of roadway…