GOODHUE -- Huneke Dairy is turning waste into bedding. The 250-cow dairy located near Bellechester in southeast Minnesota is recycling its manure and turning it into bedding for the free-stall barn.
A separation system is allowing a Somerset dairy farm to remove sand bedding from manure to prevent settlement during storage and control what nutrients are spread on fields. Alistair and Jill ...
ST. PAUL -- Sand bedding is very popular with many dairy producers - until it comes to handling sand-laden manure. Sand is very comfortable for cows to lie on in well designed and managed freestalls.