A Cherokee County, Texas dairy farmer is trying to figure out his next move after nearly losing everything including cattle.
Now he’s trying to pick up the pieces, leaning on others to help pitch in.
Mike Dominy and his family were huddled together in a closet on Saturday as the storms passed through Cherokee County.
When he emerged from his shelter he looked upon his once fruitful dairy farm in disbelief.
“I felt totally helpless and totally hopeless to be honest when I first saw everything because I’m just one little person and theres…I don’t even know where to start or where to begin,” said Mike Dominy, Dairy Farmer.
Walking around the farm proved the damage was worse up close.
“Multiple cows with broken legs and even some with some metal stuck in them and I had a couple of heifers that were dead,” Dominy said.
With the fences gone, the rest of his massive heard needed help, that’s when what he called “a herd of angels” came to help him.
“They moved about 380 cows in about five hours, it was incredible,” said Dominy.
Now he’s just left with overwhelming destruction.
Despite help from others the damage has proven to be too severe.
“I’m a third-generation dairy farmer right here, my dad started in the dairy business here in 1958,” said Dominy. “There’ve been being cows milked here 60 something years and we’re out, there’ll never be another cow milked here again. It just costs too much to try to put it all back together.”
But in the meantime, Dominy says he could use a hand getting his fences rebuilt so his cows can come back home.
His farm can be found on County Road 2905 near the Weeping Mary community of Cherokee County west of the city of Alto.
Source: easttexasmatters.com
