New York saw record-breaking snowfall at the end of November, leaving some areas buried beneath nearly 8 feet of snow. The ferocity and magnitude of the storm stranded many, including a multitude of milk trucks.

When the storm dumped a year’s worth of snow over a few days, it not only left local dairy farmers with a lot of snow to move off of roofs, it also stopped some trucks from getting through to pick up the day’s milk.

Several operations, including Silver Meadows Farms, were forced to dump full milk tanks down the drain when the storm cut them off. Even operations that weren’t hit as hard themselves suffered disruptions as some processing plants had to cancel shifts due to the storm.

Jason Kehl, a producer and executive committee member for a milk processing plant, toldThe Daily News that this sort of storm reminds people how fragile the system really is.

“The whole system has to move,” Kehl said. “It has to be able to move that product out, because it’s a fresh product. Wherever it’s going, the roads have to be open.” PD

–Summarized from cited sources by Progressive Dairyman staff