Roundhousing For Beef
A relatively new concept for housing animals is the Roundhouse. An adaptable building, deisgned for improved animal welfare, increased handler safety, easy loading and cost effective livestock management. Charlotte Johnston, TheCattleSite junior editor,...

Reduce Electricity Use To Boost Profits
With operating costs for South Dakota dairies at approximately $14 per one hundred pounds of milk, electricity alone represents 30 cents per 100 pounds of milk, explains Jarett C. Bies, Associate Writer for the South Dakota State University.

Saving Electricity in the Dairy
Milk harvesting accounts for almost half of the electricity used in dairies, but fine-tuning an operation offers ways to trim energy costs, a South Dakota State University specialist said.

Bedding Beef Cows Is Essential
This spring is certainly one to remember. At the Dickinson Research Extension Center, calf death loss is just more than 11 per cent, almost quadruple the typical loss of 3 per cent for North Dakota Beef Cattle Improvement Association members, writes Kris...

Human Cow Interactions
This year I have spent many days at dairies in Minnesota and South Dakota collecting data for an observational study on dairy housing systems (including low profile cross-ventilated freestall barns) and well-being, writes Marcia Endres, Extension Dairy...

Compost Bedded Pack Barns for Dairy Cows
Dairy housing systems have a substantial impact on the overall health and longevity of dairy cattle. By Marcia I. Endres, Kevin A. Janni and published in Extension

Low-Profile Cross-Ventilated Freestall Facilities
A two year study into low-profile cross-ventilated freestall facilities reinforced the belief that these facilities provide a lot of potential benefits to dairy producers, but many design challenges still remain. J. P. Harner, Ph.D. and J. F. Smith, Ph.D.,...

Sand for Bedding and the Dangers of Mastitis
Sand has been used to bed cattle for many years and producers tend to give it little thought, yet sand can carry a lot of bacteria posing health concerns to animals. David R. Bray, writing in the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural...

Livestock Handling System to Reduce Stress
A new livestock handling system that has been designed and installed at the North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension centre has been proven to reduce stress on both the cattle and the workers.

Waterbeds Revisited
By Jack Rodenburg - Dairy Cattle Systems Lead/OMAFRA - New dual-chamber model overcomes previous deficiencies to provide a comfortable option for free-stall operations

Characteristics and Fertilizer Value of Compost Dairy Barn Manure
By Michael Russelle, Kevin Blanchet, and Les Everett of USDA-ARS and University of Minnesota published in Compost Dairy Newsletter Volume 11. .

The “Best” Dairy Calf Housing Design?
By Neil Broadwater, Regional Extension Educator-Dairy, University of Minnesota Extension. There are many different housing ideas, concepts, and designs being used to raise dairy calves. What is the best housing design for raising dairy calves?

Electric Fence Review
By Rory Lewandowski, Extension Educator, Athens County, OSU Extension. First published int the Beef Team Newsletter issue #548. For many graziers using rotational grazing, the electric fence is a critical component of the total system.

Evaluate Your Beef Cattle Handling Facilities
By Clyde Lane, Jr., Professor – Animal Science; Richard Powell , Program Leader – Western Region; Brian White, Area Livestock Agent – Western Region, and Steve Glass, County Director – Decatur County and published by University of Tennessee

Handling Facilities for Beef Cattle
By Clyde Lane, Jr., Professor – Animal Science; Richard Powell, Program Leader – Western Region; Brian White, Area Livestock Agent – Western Region; and Steve Glass, County Director – Decatur County and published by University of Tennessee.