A fire at a Dimmitt, Texas dairy farm is believed to be the deadliest involving cattle on record. An estimated 18,000 cows were killed in the blaze believed to have been caused by an engine fire.

AMARILLO – Thousands of cows were killed in an explosion and fire at a dairy farm in the Texas Panhandle earlier this week, according to media reports.. The Castro County Sheriff’s Office and ...

“These cows you see dead are worth between $2,500 and $3,000 apiece," Bowers said. “Financially, it’s a massive, massive burden on us.” Texas is the nation's top cattle producer.

As thousands of cattle die in Panhandle, ranchers across Texas unite to help Cattle producers and experts are describing an unprecedented scene that the industry has never witnessed before. Brandi ...

85% of cattle in the state of Texas are on land in the Panhandle. Thousands died in the fires, and the situation will only get worse, agriculture experts say.

The Texas Farm Bureau says over 7,000 cattle and nearly 1.2 million acres were lost in the Panhandle wildfires. While the panhandle is a large producer of livestock, experts say it won’t affect ...

H5N1, a strain of the bird flu virus detected in the Texas Panhandle, ... careful not to share equipment with or employ the same workers as other farms, Turley recalled. Its cattle still became ill.

85% of cattle in the state of Texas are on land in the Panhandle. Thousands died in the fires, and the situation will only get worse, agriculture experts say.

Cattle graze on a wheat field spared by the Smokehouse Creek Fire on Friday, March 1, 2024, in the Texas Panhandle. (Elías Valverde II / Staff Photographer) ...

In early February, dairy farmers in the Texas Panhandle began to notice sick cattle. The buzz soon reached Darren Turley, executive director of the Texas Association of Dairymen: “They said ...