The value of housing for dairy cows is a frequent topic of discussion. Some believe a low cost, low input production system (like blue sky housing), will lead to a more favorable bottom line than a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

LIMA — An open-air barn previously was used in conjunction with a cattle-farming operation at Allen Oakwood Correctional Institution is now the site of a fledgling public-private composting operation ...

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 ...

Dairy NZ senior scientist Dawn Dalley spoke about researching materials to maximise the amount of times cows lie down in open loafing areas in wintering sheds at an event in Eastern Southland last ...

Home to hundreds of animals, the University of MinnesotaâÄôs St. Paul campus has an excess of manure. But to the University, the animal manure isnâÄôt waste âÄî itâÄôs a way to make money. A barn on ...

Sawdust could be best employed as a bedding material in open-plan barns rather than cubicles, according to an Austrian dairy trial. A hoof health comparison of cows housed in compost-bedded free ...