The compost bedded barns exhibited about one half the number claw disorders, such as foot rot or white line disease, as the freestall barns. Both the frequency and severity were lower. Lesions of ...

Meet a little Brown Swiss cow from Waukesha who is providing milk for dairy products at the Wisconsin State Fair.

Some producers place their feed bunks outside under a roof and use the barn for shelter, Zahn said. When it comes to a freestall barn, the transition to beef brings different considerations. And work.

Cows look to drink water in the freestall barn on the Ted and Megan McAllister dairy farm July 24 in New Vienna, Iowa. More intense summer heat resulting from climate change means animal heat ...

Photo taken May 9, 2018, Lisbon, N.D. (Forum News Service/Agweek/Mikkel Pates) 4 / 19: The freestall barn is provided with 96 fans, each more than 4 feet high.

Cows drink 50 to 60 percent of their total daily water intake immediately after milking. Waterers should be within 50 feet of the feed bunk or at every crossover in the freestall barn.

Cows look to drink water in the freestall barn July 24 on the Ted and Megan McAllister dairy farm in New Vienna, Iowa. More intense summer heat resulting from emissions-driven climate change means ...

Over time, he put up two free-stall barns, a milking parlor, a heifer barn, a shop and machinery shed. Like many farmers, he had debt. He also got some financial help from family. He hired part-time ...

Construction started April 15. The addition consists of the robotic milking center with a viewing area and a conference room that has windows to the free-stall barn and milking center.

Jeff and Melinda Walz of West Union, Iowa, built a swing-10 parlor in 2011. A May tornado blew away the building and part of the roof on their free-stall barn.