A six-week shutdown of Fresno County-based Raw Farm dairy, the state’s leading raw milk bottler, has cost the company at least $2.7 million in lost sales, founder Mark McAfee told The Bee this week.
The company’s two 900-cow dairy farms, one in Fresno County and the other in adjacent Kings County, were put under quarantine by the state after the dairies tested positive for bird flu .
The California Department of Food and Agriculture ’s shutdown meant McAfee had to stop bottling his prized and profitable raw milk that retails around $16 to $18 a gallon…