The Texas Association of Dairymen says it expects a five percent loss of cattle where the state was hardest hit by winter storm Goliath. The impact of the blizzard will be felt well into the future, according to the association’s executive director Darren Turley. That impact includes a reduction in the state's milk supply to dairy financial losses to the emotional impact on farmers of losing their animals. The primary impact area, west of Lubbock, includes half of the state’s top producing dairy counties and is home to more than 140,000 dairy cattle. He says “the immediate challenge is how to handle these sudden, massive losses of animals.” The Texas Association of Dairymen is working with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and other agencies to determine how the animals can be disposed of both quickly and safely.
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