The comfort and wellbeing of the animals is an important consideration when dairy cows are kept in barns. The freedom afforded by loose housing systems such as freestall cubicle barns promotes the ...

SLEEPY EYE, Minn. -- When it comes to composting-bedded pack barns, it's all about the bedding. At every stop on the dairy tour organized by the Northeast Iowa Community-Based Dairy Foundation, ...

Compost bedded pack barns represent an innovative alternative to traditional housing systems, offering a dynamic environment where dairy cows benefit from continuously composted bedding materials.

Sawdust could be best employed as a bedding material in open-plan barns rather than cubicles, according to an Austrian dairy trial. A hoof health comparison of cows housed in compost-bedded free ...

FREDERICK — By using a hoop barn with a compost bed pack and paying close attention to DNA testing to capitalize on the traits of his animals, a cattleman near Frederick feels that he’s made some ...

The air in animal barns can contain a great amount of organic material with microbial, animal, and plant origins. 1, 2 It is known that workers involving in such animal settings are exposed to ...

In the fall, my husband and I take advantage of all the autumn leaves and use them as winter bedding in our chicken coop. When the leaves are dry, we use the leaf vacuum, bag them up and store them in ...

Olive Larrivee and Isabella Penna-Ward tack compost from the animal barn to the compost pile after cleaning the barn and adding bedding on Tuesday. Purchase photos here.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X WAUNAKEE, Wis. – Jeff Endres can think of lots of reasons for composting manure. He farms with his ...