Dairy losses in Southwest blizzard could reach 40,000 head

The year-end blizzard in west Texas and eastern New Mexico killed at least 35,000 dairy cows, says the New York Times, adding, “many other animals developed frostbite and could still die. In West Texas, about 10 percent of the adult herd was lost.” The Times said cattle were buried alive by drifting snow behind windbreaks… » Read More

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