A dairy market analyst says it will take several months to understand dairy losses in Texas and surrounding areas after severe winter storms cut farmers and processors off from power and essential services.
Sarina Sharp with the Daily Dairy Report tells Brownfield while most processors fired back up Sunday, following natural gas shutoffs and limited travel, damages to the industry could be catastrophic.
“I estimate that between 2,000 and 3,000 loads of milk will have to be dumped over the course of the past week and into the first part of this week,” she says.
