Are you considering expanding your milking parlor? If so, you probably know how daunting of a task it can be. However, with proper planning and the right resources, expanding your parlor can increase efficiency and productivity for your operation. 

Digging the first shovel of dirt is a rite of passage for farmers – a mark of progress, action and the exciting beginning of a long-awaited project coming to fruition.

Designing a natural ventilation system for your dairy involves putting together two necessary elements that create optimum conditions for year-round cow comfort.

When designing a new or retrofit barn for automation, it is essential to give much thought to cow comfort, as well as the flow of cows and people in the barn.

A South Dakota dairy farm that frequently provides farm tours to industry members, farmers and consumers developed a solution to maximize visitor experience while minimizing the disturbance to cows and employees in their maternity barn. 

“You don’t mess around with winter here in Alaska,” Scott Plagerman says. “You have to have your act together.”

Bedding stalls, manure alley cleaning, footbaths and sorting are four activities that will need to be managed differently when installing robots.