{"id":3800,"date":"2025-08-17T01:45:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T01:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=3800"},"modified":"2025-08-17T01:45:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T01:45:16","slug":"farmer-finds-pasture-empty-sees-all-32-dead-cows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=3800","title":{"rendered":"Farmer Finds Pasture Empty, Sees All 32 Dead Cows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Storm Tragedy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Severe weather in Missouri turned devastating for Springfield farmer Jared Blackwelder. After morning chores, he returned in the evening to find 32 of his dairy cows dead. \u201cHe went out to bring the cows in and that\u2019s when he found them,\u201d said Stan Coday of the Wright County Missouri Farm Bureau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cause of Death<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A vet confirmed lightning struck the herd. Coday explained, \u201cIt\u2019s a common occurrence. The thing that made this the worst was just the sheer number of cows that were affected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Emotional Toll<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Blackwelder was heartbroken: \u201cIt\u2019s not like they are pets. But the ones I\u2019m milking, I\u2019ve raised every one of them\u2026 It knocks you hard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Financial Loss<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The cows, valued at $2,000\u2013$2,500 each, represented nearly $60,000. Insurance may not cover it. \u201cMost producers don\u2019t carry insurance,\u201d Coday noted. \u201cIf you lose a cow you\u2019ve lost everything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>other, dead on the mulch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailypositiveinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/screen-shot-2017-05-02-at-3-53-56-pm-e1690399330689.png\" alt=\"Farmer Finds Pasture Empty, Sees All 32 Dead Cows In One Big Pile\" class=\"wp-image-15056\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Storm Tragedy Severe weather in Missouri turned devastating for Springfield farmer Jared Blackwelder. After morning chores, he returned in the evening to find 32 of his dairy cows dead. \u201cHe went out to bring the cows in and that\u2019s when he found them,\u201d said Stan Coday of the Wright County Missouri Farm Bureau. Cause of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3802,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3800\/revisions\/3802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}