Compost bedding in freestall barns reduces the number of cases of claw lesions and promotes natural behaviour of cows. Credit: Burgstaller/Vetmeduni Vienna Compost bedding in freestall barns reduces ...

The compost bedded pack barns is a loose housing confinement system for dairy cows, which aims to provide greater comfort in the resting area. Therefore, objective of this review was to investigate ...

Dairy cows kept in barns often develop claw damage because of humid und unsuitable roaming areas. These disorders can affect the animals’ fertility or their milk production. A study conducted by ...

OTTERTAIL, Minn. -- Compost barns are generating interest among Minnesota's dairy producers, especially those who want to upgrade milking facilities. Compost bedded pack barn designs were featured at ...

John and Annelies Seffrood gave a virtual tour of their three straw-bedded compost barns Wednesday afternoon here at World Dairy Expo. The Seffroods, who milk 1,200 cows near Summit, S.D. use the ...

TORONTO, S.D. — A custom feedlot near the South Dakota-Minnesota border is fast becoming an innovator in turning bedded pack manure into a value-added soil additive — “humus compost.” Owners Chad and ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – As autumn progresses and temperatures take a dive, dairy producers may be looking for fresh and less costly systems for housing dairy cows. Don Jones, an agricultural engineer ...

High production pasture-based dairy systems have difficulty meeting cows' nutritional and environmental needs, especially during extreme environmental conditions during summer in temperate zones. The ...

Don’t overlook the human resources needed to properly manage overall animal well-being in a confinement facility.

OSAKIS, Minn. — There are still a few things to finish on Bruce and Rose Asfeld’s farm building project, but already they are experiencing positive results. Milking time has been reduced, the somatic ...

The windrows at J&K Dairy in Sunnyside look and smell like mounds of rich, loamy earth. The only visible difference between these windrows and other regularly composted piles on the dairy are a ...