They understand the safety of shelter and predicability of a food source in the shed, barn or garage where they are housed and fed. (animalwelfaresociety.org)
(What did we just say about predicability?) (timeout.com)
NCAR, which is financed in part by the National Science Foundation, has spent several years searching for ways to extend the predicability of floods, droughts, heat waves and other extreme weather events from weeks to months as a way to give weather - sensitive sectors such as agriculture more time to protect themselves against costly losses. (scientificamerican.com)