West Fertilizer is owned by Donald Adair, a fixture in the West, Tx. community who also owns Adair Grain and Adair Farms, which comprises crop production and cattle feed lots.

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Schmallenberg virus (SBV) causes fever, diarrhoea and loss of milk production in adult cattle, although the animals do recover.

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