Category Cattle

1,000 cattle dead due to ‘high nitrate grasslands’ in Boyaca, Colombia

Sector dairy in the area of the Altiplano cundiboyacense was concerned because in the corridor of the year already are more than a thousand head of cattle that have died due to poisoning from ingesting nitrates in the meadows of…

55,000 cattle dead during past 6 months, due to drought throughout Colombia

“El Niño is a true rural catastrophe,” said Jose Felix Lafaurie, president of the Colombian Federation of Cattle (Fedegan) a week , while indicating that the animals have died of thirst and, therefore, the sector’s losses are more 850 billion.…

40,000 cattle killed in storm in Texas and New Mexico, USA

While Ireland battles with widespread flooding, snow and wind in the US has caused havoc on dairy farms.    Storm Goliath tore through Clovis, New Mexico, where Glanbia are involved in cheese manufacture, and Lubbock, Texas last weekend. The storm…