There are no curtains in the barn and the ceiling is insulated. They switched from chopped straw bedding, which they used in their tie-stall barn, to separated solids.

Over the years, the farm grew to 535 acres, the tie-stall barn was filled with dairy cows and there had been no reason to expand the herd.

Andrew Golberg got his start when he and his parents decided to remodel the farm’s 45-cow tie-stall dairy barn into a swing-10 milking parlor. The decision was made during winter 2004 and spring ...

Keep in mind: the primary concern for anyone in any stage of running a micro dairy is the comfort, health and safety of your animals. A typical tie-stall barn for cows, also called a milking barn.

The improvements are great for Sue, who has arthritis. Milking in a tie-stall barn in winter was difficult, she said. Sue monitors feeding, milking, health and activity via the robots' reports.

In their tie-stall barn, the cows are milked in their stalls with portable milkers. A pipeline carries the milk to the bulk tank where it is stored until First District trucks haul it to the plant.

Crow Wing County honors dairy, cattle farmers as 2020 Farm Family of the Year The Caugheys milk about 90 Holsteins in a tie-stall barn and raise all their own young stock.

Andrew Golberg got his start when he and his parents decided to remodel the farm's 45-cow tie-stall dairy barn into a swing-10 milking parlor. The decision was made during winter 2004 and spring 2005.

In the 1980s many Vermont farms made the switch from the use of tie stall barns where cows are kept in fixed milking stalls, to the free-stall barn where they can roam freely.

April 04 --A tie stall barn and farm equipment were lost to fire after an incident that occurred on early Saturday morning, according to a report from the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office.