Dairy - Housing and Environment
In this section of our website, Ontario dairy producers will find information on dairy barn construction, dairy barn design, lighting, use of on-farm generators, dairy animal comfort, and dairy management.
Barn Construction
- Constructing a Farm Building in Ontario (Order No. 07-007)
Barn Design
- Dairy Cows Need to Allocate Time
- Grooming Upgrade
- Keep Your Dry Cows Cool for Optimum Milk Production
- Low Profile Cross Ventilation Barns
- Manger Space Can Be Restricted With TMR
- Recent research claims sand is an excellent bedding option for cow comfort and bacteriological control
- Sand Bedding has Benefits and Costs
- Self Locking Head Gates and Crowding Change Eating Behaviour
- Spick-and-Span
- Sure Footing
- Wisdom on Wind
Dairy Housing
- Dairy Housing - Compost Bedding Pack Barns (Order No. 15-025)
- Dairy Housing: Developing the Plan and Procuring Services and Materials for Constructing a New Dairy Barn (Order No. 16-013)
- Dairy Housing - Floor Finish Options for Dairy Free-Stall Housing (Order No. 16-017)
- Dairy Housing - Layout Options (Order No. 15-015)
- Dairy Housing - Lighting Options for Freestall Housing (Order No. 15-011)
- Dairy Housing- Milking Centre Design and Construction for Parlour Milking (Order No. 15-021)
- Dairy Housing - Positive Pressure Air Tube Ventilation for Calf Housing (Order No. 15-009)
- Dairy Housing - Ventilation Options for Free Stall Barns (Order No. 15-017)
- Dairy Housing - Using Separated Manure Solids for Compost Bedding (Order No. 15-019)
Animal Comfort
- Air Quality Inside Livestock Barns (Order No. 93-001)
- Bedded Pack Close Up Dry Cow and Calving Pens
- Bedding Alternative
- Cooling Cows - Bovine bathing
- Dairy Cow Comfort - Tie-stall Dimensions
- Dairy Cow Comfort - Cow Behaviour to Judge Free-stall and Tie-stall Barns
- Dairy Cow Comfort - Free-stall Dimensions
- Heat Stress - Stress Threshold
- Hutch Alternative
- Lying Down on the Job - cow mattresses
- Planning to manage heat stress in the summer months
- Waterbeds Revisited
- Alternative Bedding Materials for Livestock (Order No. 18-011)
Fans
- Keeping Cool - Set Up Supplemental Fans Now To Comfort Cows Next Summer
- Large Ceiling Fans Offer Energy-Saving Way to Reduce Heat Stress
Generators
- Farm Generators: Making Connections the Safe Way (Order No. 99-007)
- Standby Electric Generators for Emergency Farm Use (Order No. 99-005)
- Tractor-Driven Generators: Producing Quality Power (Order No. 00-059)
- Understanding Portable Generators (Order No. 00-057)
Lighting
- Energy Opportunities: Lighting for More Milk (Order No. 06-053)
- Photoperiod Management of Dairy Cattle
- Providing Additional Lighting After Calving Boosts Milk Production
Management
- Handling Milking Centre Washwater (Order No. 14-047)
- Mix and Match - Grouping Cows According to Aggressiveness Can Reduce Herd Stress
- Not so Good Vibrations - Reducing Somatic Cell Counts
- Recycling Farm Plastic Films (Order No. 95-019)
- Rodent Control in Livestock and Poultry Facilities (Order No. 13-057)
For more information:
Toll Free: 1-877-424-1300
E-mail: ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca