There are unconfirmed reports of how many cows died from the fire, but officials believe it’s close to 18,000. “We are deeply saddened for the family dairy, and everyone affected by the tragedy that ...
A thick, black plume of smoke filled the sky over South Fork Dairy Farm in Dimmitt, Texas, last week as a fiery explosion erupted and killed thousands of cattle. This barn fire is one of the worst ...
The explosion and fire occurred at South Fork Dairy, which is located ... a charred roof evenly across the barn, Farm Journal reached out to several dairy producers that week, as well as insurance ...
Explosion at South Fork Dairy Farm in Dimmitt Texas last night. The fire spread into the dairy cow holding pens, and an unknown amount of dairy cattle were killed by the fire and smoke.
In April, a massive fire and explosion occurred on South Fork Dairy in Dimmitt ... photo by We Animals In response to this incident, AWI is pressuring the National Dairy FARM Program—the industry’s ...
with around 400,000 perishing in massive fires on large egg-producing factory farms. The deadliest fire involving cattle since 2013—the year AWI began tracking this issue—also occurred last year: In ...
and 42,000 fewer cows. Texas also saw a drop of 56 million lbs. and 15,000 fewer cows. This is partly due to the large barn fire last April at South Fork Dairy Farm in Dimmit. Idaho also saw a decline ...
The explosion, at South Fork Dairy near the town of Dimmitt ... Castro County Sheriff's Office said they had received a report of a fire at the farm at about 19:21 on Monday (00:21 GMT Tuesday).