The comfort and wellbeing of the animals is an important consideration when dairy cows are kept in barns. The freedom afforded by loose housing systems such as freestall cubicle barns promotes the ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. FARMINGTON — Construction of a new style of barn, a roofed, heavy-use-area ...

FREDERICK — By using a hoop barn with a compost bed pack and paying close attention to DNA testing to capitalize on the traits of his animals, a cattleman near Frederick feels that he’s made some ...

Tucked away in a building most people don't notice on Willis Avenue in the far west reaches of Syracuse is a company that makes cows happy. And it does so while being environmentally friendly.

Compost bedded pack barns represent an innovative alternative to traditional housing systems, offering a dynamic environment where dairy cows benefit from continuously composted bedding materials.

Research from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) suggests that wood chip bedding for beef cattle can be an economic alternative to straw bedding, without increasing greenhouse gas emissions ...

Tucked away in a building most people don't notice on Willis Avenue in the far west reaches of Syracuse is a company that makes cows happy. And it does so while being environmentally friendly.

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Cows have the best of both worlds in the facility's compost barn — a clean cement feeding floor to eat on and soft sawdust bedding to lay on. BRANDON POLLOCK / Courier Photo Editor Sawdust is used in ...

OTTERTAIL, Minn. — A University of Minnesota study comparing compost barns to other livestock housing supports claims that cows in compost barns have greater longevity. Margot Rudstrom, University of ...

The air in animal barns can contain a great amount of organic material with microbial, animal, and plant origins. 1, 2 It is known that workers involving in such animal settings are exposed to ...

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 ...