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Wintertime ventilation: Cow comfort, not human convenience

December 31, 2015

Suzanne Meck

Cold temperatures can have many effects on a dairy farm. Frozen manure or waterers and frigid temperatures for workers can be management nightmares.

Best On-farm Fix: Modified bucket for moving down cows

December 11, 2015

Peggy Coffeen

Jim Abacherli, owner and manager of South Slope Dairy, wanted to come up with an easier, less stressful way to handle down cows, and with a few modifications, he outfitted a skid steer bucket to do just that.

Mechanics Corner: Compact tractor post-season maintenance

December 11, 2015

Doran Herritt

No matter how many hours of work you’ve put on your compact tractor during the spring and summer months, now is the time to prepare it for storage or another season of snow removal and winter use.

Leachate study identifies need for design alternatives

November 24, 2015

Callie Herron and Aaron Wunderlin

In response to requests from both the farming community and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the University of Wisconsin Discovery Farms program monitored feed storage capture systems on working farms to determine their effectiveness.

Mechanics Corner: Farm safety and you

November 24, 2015

Andy Overbay

“Keep shields (guards) in place!” We’ve all seen these warning signs on nearly every piece of equipment we own. So why is it that so many PTOs, shafts and pulleys have no cover and operate almost daily on our family farms?

Color wars! Which equipment is best?

November 6, 2015

Andy Overbay

Ask a dozen farmers, “Who makes the best equipment?” and you might get a dozen different answers (or at least three or four).

Winterizing dairy vehicles and equipment

November 6, 2015

Michael J. Thomas

It’s that time again. The days are growing shorter, black clouds loom overhead, the mornings are brisk, and harvest is done or winding down.

Robotics, energy efficiency, cow comfort top building trends

November 6, 2015

Peggy Coffeen

There is growing interest in robotics and automation, energy efficiencies and improvements in cow comfort among dairy producers across the country, according to three contractors who specialize in dairy buildings.

Areas to consider when planning a robotic milking facility

November 6, 2015

Jeff Prashaw

The following is intended to assist you with the planning and design of a robotic milking facility by providing you with features we have found to work well.

Freestall housing design: Don’t trust any ‘one’

November 6, 2015

Dean Throndsen

Who has all the right solutions for building a new barn? Not one single person. Not the dairyman. Not the builder. Not the dealer that sells the stabling or ventilation or waterers or scrapers.

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