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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

“The barns filled with fire and smoke and chaos.” The Mueller family built a new, 130-cow freestall barn several years ago. The original barn had two lean-to barns next to it.

The main barn is a six-row freestall with breezeway attached to the holding area and parlor. The parlor is a double-16 parallel expandable to 24.