Uses

 

Calf & Heifer Raisers

  • Warm weather base in calf huts to prohibit fly and maggot growth

  • Reduces dust and increases absorbency when mixed with sawdust under young stock in loose housing.

Dairy Cattle

  • Replaces sawdust and roughage bedding over mats/mattresses or waterbeds in free or tie stall barns.

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Rethinking Free Stall Design

 

New free stall barns feature:

  • Back of stall curb
  • Cement base
  • 3" - 6" bedding depth
  • Optional matting of alleyways

    Dairies are able to avoid additional costs associated with free stall design by forgoing mats/mattresses or waterbeds
 
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