dairy industry
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."
Two views of milk consumption
In the past few days, the Washington Post ran two stories on milk consumption; one on the decades-long decline in dairy consumption and one on the rise of alternatives, such as soy, almond, coconut, rice and hemp.