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)
• Constructing Hydraulically Secure Liquid Nutrient Storage Facilitates (Order No. 06-035)
• Engineering Requirements for Farm Structures (Order No. 10-089)
• Stray Voltage Problems in Livestock Production

Barn Design and Housing

• Cow Behaviour to Judge Free Stall and Tie Stall Barns
• Dairy Cows Need to Allocate Time
• Free Stall Dimensions
• Grooming Upgrade
• Hazardous Gases (Order No. 04-087)
• Low Profile Cross Ventilation Barns
• Manger Space Can Be Restricted With TMR
• Sand Bedding has Benefits and Costs
• Self Locking Head Gates and Crowding Change Eating Behaviour
• Spick-and-Span
• Sure Footing
• Tie Stall Dimensions
• The Effect of Neck Rail and Mounting Rail Position on Cow Behavior
• Wisdom on Wind
  
  

Animal Comfort

• Air Quality Inside Livestock Barns (Order No. 93-001)
• Bedded Pack Close Up Dry Cow and Calving Pens
• Cooling Cows - Bovine bathing
• Heat Stress - Stress Threshold
• Hutch Alternative
• Lying Down on the Job - cow mattresses
• Waterbeds Revisited

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)
• Here's a Bright Idea
• Photoperiod Management of Dairy Cattle
• Responding to the Practical Implications of Dry Cow Photoperiod Research

Management

• 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. 10-077) (PDF)