OTTERTAIL, Minn. — A University of Minnesota study comparing compost barns to other livestock housing supports claims that cows in compost barns have greater longevity. Margot Rudstrom, University of ...

OTTERTAIL, Minn. — A University of Minnesota study comparing compost barns to other livestock housing supports claims that cows in compost barns have greater longevity. Margot Rudstrom, University of ...

John and Annelies Seffrood gave a virtual tour of their three straw-bedded compost barns Wednesday afternoon here at World Dairy Expo. The Seffroods, who milk 1,200 cows near Summit, S.D. use the ...

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 ...

Home to hundreds of animals, the University of MinnesotaâÄôs St. Paul campus has an excess of manure. But to the University, the animal manure isnâÄôt waste âÄî itâÄôs a way to make money. A barn on ...

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 ...

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.

WATERTOWN, S.D. -- Tom and Mavis Reichling say a compost barn that's under construction on their dairy farm is the first step toward a more environmentally friendly operation. Now the Reichlings and ...

LIMA — An open-air barn previously was used in conjunction with a cattle-farming operation at Allen Oakwood Correctional Institution is now the site of a fledgling public-private composting operation ...

The effect of milk production systems on the welfare of dairy cows has been studied worldwide, but studies that compare pasture-based, compost barn, and free stall systems, according to animal welfare ...

In the back woods of Northfield, the structure is flanked by horse pastures, white farmhouses, and gravel roads -- a classic picture of New England in the spring. On his property, things are kept tidy ...