Source: Dairyland Initiative University of Wisconsin-Madison
The lower divider rail design and placement is critical!
Freedom stalls, green stalls, Michigan’s, dog bones, wide loops, narrow loops – there is an endless list of various freestall divider designs that dairy producers have to...
Source: Journal of Dairy Science, T. Wolfe, E. Vasseur, T.J. DeVries, R. Bergeron
Cows spend more time lying down when stalls are soft and dry, and bedding plays a key role in the comfort of the lying surface. The first...
Source: University of British Columbia
Open space is an important feature of a lying environment to dairy cattle, as this allows them to more easily lie down and stand up, and to adopt different lying postures. However, more open lying...
Fully robotic milking farm will advance dairy research, attract students and educate public.
The University of British Columbia (UBC) Dairy Education and Research Center will become the largest robotic milking research facility in North America with the addition of six...
Source: Dairyland Initiative University of Wisconsin-Madison
Feedbunks may be most commonly designed either with headlocks (head gates, stanchions etc.), or with a single post and rail system.
The choice between a post and rail feed barrier and headlocks in lactating cow pens...
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
This factsheet was written by Harold K. House, P.Eng., Engineer, Dairy and Beef Housing and Equipment, Clinton, OMAFRA (retired).
Introduction
This Factsheet is written using common units used by ventilation designers and equipment manufacturers for...
Source: Lely
Lely produced the 1000th Vector feeding system today. A special milestone, as they have doubled production in the past three years. The Vector feeding system is now used in 31 countries on a wide variety of dairy and...
Source: Lely, Kaden Schvaneveldt
Milk yields are maximized when calm cows are milked with a consistent routine. The pulsation ratio or vacuum of a milking machine affects milk flow and milking time, and has also been reported to influence teat condition...
Source: GEA
GEA has recently been awarded an exclusive patent for its GEA Clean Purge system for food and dairy spray dryers.
The patent covers the process of purging feed nozzles while swapping feed systems to ensure continuous feed product to...
Source: Cargill news release
Lewisburg, OH - During a virtual event for producers, customers and media, Cargill, the global food, agricultural, financial and industrial products company, announced today the opening of its new premix animal nutrition facility in Lewisburg, Ohio....
