NEW MEXICO’S DAIRY BUSINESS IS BRACED FOR A MAJOR HIT FROM THE RECENT WINTER STORM THAT BURIED PART OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE UNDER SNOW. IT’S ESTIMATED THAT 20 THOUSAND CATTLE DIED AS A RESULT OF THE STORM … SOME OF THEM DAIRY COWS.
KOB-TV REPORTS ONE DAIRY BUSINESS INSIDER TELLS THEM IT’LL TAKE YEARS TO RECOVER … EVEN FOR THE DAIRY COWS THAT SURVIVED THE STORM. CARRIE MESS SAYS WHEN COWS DON’T GET MILKED, THEIR PRODUCTION DROPS AND IT TAKES TIME TO RETURN.
