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 ...

CLARISSA, Minn. - There is a lot to see on Pat Lunemann's Twin Eagle Dairy farm near Clarissa. The compost-bedded barn houses fresh and problem cows. In his six-row free-stall barn, Lunemann has ...

This study tested the effect of neck rails equipped with and without foam on stall usage and preference by dairy cows. The hypothesis of the experiment, that cows prefer lying stalls with foam in ...