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Image# D095 - Modern dairy barn
Title:
Modern dairy barn
Image ID:
D095
Description:
Farm managers of larger herds may prefer large, open barns known
as free-stall barns. Twice a day, the cows will enter a milking
parlour, an area designed specifically for ease and efficiency of
milking, and the rest of the time they spend lounging around indoors
in adjoining barns where they eat, rest and move around as they
choose. Bedded stalls are provided for the cows to lie down. Barn
aisles are often cement or slatted floors that allow easy clean up of
manure. Cows have free choice of feed and water.