Streamlining dairy barns can provide numerous benefits to dairy farmers worldwide. It can make it easier for producers to design and build their barns, ensure the design meets the recommendations for animal welfare and productivity, ...

Increasing profitability is certainly the end goal for dairy producers, and research has shown us that improving cow comfort and animal welfare directly results in increased milk production. That’s a win-win all around! While there ...

As the hot summer months are approaching, a common topic you’ll hear discussed throughout the dairy industry is heat stress and heat abatement–with good reason. Heat stress is problematic to any dairy producer as it ...

Proper cow cooling and comfort are essential for increasing milk production in your herd as they can eliminate costly heat stress and poor air quality.

Dairy farms can continue to find ways to help their planet, and in turn their bottom line, by implementing tools and systems that focus on saving water, time, and energy . By creating appropriate animal ...

“Smart barn technologies come with a promise that they will help farmers make better decisions, make production more efficient — and all this data can help to improve animal welfare.” Dr. Borbala Foris In this ...

Dr. Erin Cortus of the University of Minnesota shares, in our latest webinar from VES-Artex Academy, the need for a common language when talking about the term of “Sustainable Dairy.” Dr. Cortus is using this ...

How much does cow comfort impact a dairy’s bottom line? There is a dramatic correlation between a happy herd and cows who are thinking the grass may be greener somewhere else. Simply put, greater productivity ...