Bypass Dairy Special

It is a serious problem when you have thirsty dairy cattle any day but even worse on 100 plus degree days! Early this morning, while patrolling the water tanks, it was discovered that we had no water available for the dairy cows to drink in hte water tanks located in the pastures and the feed barn. After determining it wasn’t an easy fix, we called for the repairman’s help and  began  our  emergency no-water plan.

Water is an important nutrient year round for our dairy cows. A plentiful supply of good,clean water  is needed for milk production and proper growth and metabolism. A dairy cow will typically drink a bathtub full of water every day and that amount increases even more when the temperatures rise above 90 degrees.

Cleaning the manure from cowsheds has become a great problem for the dairy farmer, especially when expanding and increasing the number of cows on his farm. Systems have been implemented to mechanize the activities to handle the manure which are collecting , transporting , storing , spreading on fields and other ideas how to re-use this manure.

Manure is often defined as an agro-waste, but should become another resource which could positively add to the economic performance of the dairy farm as an integrated unit. Today great emphasis is put on returning our ecological systems into a balance ! The vacuum tanker cleans the semi-dry / wet manure directly from the concrete lanes along the feeding alleys and from yards, using it’s unique scraper and vacuum power to collect the manure into the tanker, from where ever the cow has dropped the manure. No more endless scraping around and problematic interim storage pits.