LUBBOCK — Cows in the Texas Panhandle have tested positive for the bird flu, another blow to the state’s dairy industry following historic wildfires that killed at least 7,000 livestock. The discovery ...

Knolle Dairy Farms outside of Mathis has the largest herd of Jersey dairy cows in South Texas. Since 1928, the farm has supplied milk to the Corpus Christi area. In 2020, the farm pivoted to include ...

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 ...

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 there is ...