New toolkit for dairy ventilation
There are several benefits when dairy facilities are mechanically ventilated.
“You have more control of the air flow through the facility, and you can orient the barn any way you choose because you’re not dependent on prevailing winds,” the veterinarian said. “We can build facilities for more cows in less square footage which takes up less land.”
One of the major challenges with tunnel barns, is air goes in the path of least resistance.
“Air wants to flow down the alleyways, and wherever the cow is living, we see much slower air speed,”. “So we’ve gravitated back to fans over the resting space as we’ve done in naturally ventilated barns.”
One of the immediate advantages of a cross-vent barn is the air moves perpendicular to the feed lanes.
“However, at any cross alley or at the ends of barns, we see air coming out of the pens and flowing directly through the cross lanes at fast speeds,”
Baffles can be used to re-direct the air and get the fast moving air in the resting space.
“Baffles do a great job in these facilities,”
“The stall is a micro-climate within a cow barn that we have to make sure there is sufficient air flow through,”
There are several benefits when dairy facilities are mechanically ventilated.
“You have more control of the air flow through the facility, and you can orient the barn any way you choose because you’re not dependent on prevailing winds,” the veterinarian said. “We can build facilities for more cows in less square footage which takes up less land.”
One of the major challenges with tunnel barns, is air goes in the path of least resistance.
“Air wants to flow down the alleyways, and wherever the cow is living, we see much slower air speed,”. “So we’ve gravitated back to fans over the resting space as we’ve done in naturally ventilated barns.”
One of the immediate advantages of a cross-vent barn is the air moves perpendicular to the feed lanes.
“However, at any cross alley or at the ends of barns, we see air coming out of the pens and flowing directly through the cross lanes at fast speeds,”
Baffles can be used to re-direct the air and get the fast moving air in the resting space.
“Baffles do a great job in these facilities,”
“The stall is a micro-climate within a cow barn that we have to make sure there is sufficient air flow through,”
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