The HPAI cases in Texas and Kansas dairy herds will not have a significant impact on milk prices. “If you look at the numbers, we look at this maybe impacting milk production by one to one-and-a-half percent over some period of time,” explains Mike North, principle, Ever Ag. “There’s not going to be this big lightning bolt; it’s not going to be like the stories we heard about large chicken flocks with avian flu euthanized.” North, who is also a past president of the Dairy Business Association, said dairy cows may exhibit flu-like symptoms for two or three weeks. Once it’s done, production returns to normal. “Milk quality returns to normal and safety is never a problem through that entire period.”
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