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Keeping cows cool: Summer additions to a natural ventilation system

Possible additions to consider for a natural ventilation system include high-speed panel fans, cyclone style circulating fans, high-volume low-speed fans and tunnel ventilation.

July 29, 2022

Rick McBay

With as little as 16-kilometre- per-hour winds, a properly designed natural ventilation system will provide more than adequate air exchange for your dairy during hot weather.

Water intake from a different perspective

July 28, 2021

Matti McBride

As summer heats up, water becomes the number-one topic of conversation. The lack or abundance thereof is critical to farms and dairies alike and is particularly important when considering intake in relation to milk production.

Compost-bedded barns as an alternative housing option for lactating cows

January 11, 2021

L. Paige Bielamowicz and Barbara Jones

Compost-bedded pack barns have become more prevalent in the last few years.

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