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Nor'easter Wrecks Dracut Dairy's Barn, Killing Cows Nor'easter Wrecks Dracut Dairy's Barn, Killing Cows
Nor'easter Wrecks Dracut Dairy's Barn, Killing Cows Heavy snow buffeted Massachusetts on Tuesday, March 13, piling up as much as 32 inches in certain places, and sending the ceiling of a barn crashing into a dairy farm's beloved cows.  Shaw Farm, a century-old, family-operated dairy that produces milk, ice cream, as well as meats and produce, confirmed the barn collapse on their Facebook page around 6:30 on Tuesday, March 14.  "Today at Shaw Farm we experienced one of life’s unexpected challenges," the post read. "Sadly, we did lose a few of our animals." Shaw Farm credits its cows and their cow feed with their products' high quality, like…