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."
California dairies ask to join federal milk order
The three largest dairy cooperatives in California, unhappy with their statewide milk-pricing plan, petitioned the USDA to create a milk marketing order for the state, according to the news site Dairy Herd Management.