Lighting in Dairy Buildings in Wisconsin
Light plays a critical role in regulating cow behavior, milk production, and reproductive cycles.
Emerging Technologies and Facilities
Emerging Technologies and Facilities provide animal comfort and express the genetic potential of the herd to produce milk at a profit. The range of project investments is large. One farm may need to remodel a building for calves while another farm needs a new barn and parlor.
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Tunnel-ventilated dairy buildings
With thoughtful planning and maintenance, tunnel ventilation can be a valuable system for modern dairy operations.
▶️ Watch: Asking the Right Questions Before Investing in Automation
The program shared insights into the complexities and considerations when adopting farm automation. These include the significant investment required, infrastructure changes, the necessity of technical support, and risks alongside benefits.
Cross-Ventilation in Dairy Buildings
Cross-ventilated barns offer a modern, effective solution to managing the thermal sensitivity of dairy cows, particularly in the face of rising temperatures and heat stress challenges.
Ventilation Fan Noise in Dairy Buildings
Routine farm activities such as feeding, cleaning, and vehicle movement all contribute to ambient noise.
▶️ Watch: New Technologies in Dairy Farming
Recent advancements in dairy farming technology are enhancing efficiency, animal welfare, and farm management through precision livestock technologies, automation, and data integration.
Natural Ventilation in Dairy Buildings
Ventilation is vital in dairy barns for maintaining air quality, removing heat and moisture, and providing a comfortable environment for cows. Ventilation can be achieved through mechanical or natural systems that utilize thermal buoyancy and wind pressure.
Air Quality in Calf Housing
Proper housing is essential for the health and growth of dairy and beef calves. It provides a clean, dry, and comfortable environment to support healthy development and minimize disease risks.
▶️ Watch: Reducing Enteric Methane Emissions in US Holstein Cows
Reducing enteric methane emissions from dairy cattle” showing an overall of the project objectives, our efforts in collecting methane data in research and commercial farms, some traits definitions, and preliminary results on methane prediction using milk spectra data. Guillermo Martinez Boggio, Post Doctoral Research Associate at UW-Madison, is the featured speaker
How can we measure methane emissions from commercial farms?
Based on their symbiotic relationship with the rumen microorganisms, dairy cows have an extraordinary capacity to transform human-inedible plant materials into energy for maintenance and lactation.
▶️ Watch: Leveraging digital technologies to improve management decisions in dairy farms
In this episode of Badger Dairy Insight, we hear from Dr. João Dórea, an assistant professor in Precision Agriculture and Data Analytics in the Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences at UW–Madison.
Heat Stress Abatement in Dairy Facilities
When cows are heat stressed, they eat less, produce less milk, have reduced immune function and higher SCC, and show reduced fertility. A spike in lameness often follows the hot season.
