FACILITIES & EQUIPMENT

Labour savings is a primary goal of automated milking system barn design. Excellent cow comfort and welfare also provide for healthy and productive cows.

When making a change as big as a new barn, you’ve been planning for years before even breaking ground.

I am often confronted with a new challenge when it comes to repairs around our family farm. Much of the machinery and buildings we own were purchased or constructed when I was in elementary school. I also have found that some of the tools I have in the shop have seen better days as well.

As we age, Old Man Winter gets older at an ever-increasing rate. With each passing year, the joints ache a bit more and get a bit stiffer. While this isn’t a fashion column, let me give you just a few quick pointers from an old farmer.

We house adult dairy cattle in a wide variety of barns of different shapes and sizes, and we have devised different ways to ventilate them.

High-pressure fogging (HPF) systems are not new to the dairy industry, but there are a lot of misconceptions and a lack of information when it comes to the proper application.