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Land Requirements For Freestall Dairy Facilities (2009), Joseph P. Harner, John F. Smith
Land Requirements For Freestall Dairy Facilities (2009), Joseph P. Harner, John F. Smith
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Existing blueprints were used to estimate land requirements for new dairy facilities. The average land requirement for constructing a new dairy complex with freestall housing and a new parlor is 915 ft2 per lactating cow. Approximately 52% of the overall land space is used for dairy operations including a milk center, housing, transfer lanes, vehicle roads, a feed center, and a manure processing center. The remaining 48% is green space, areas between buildings or along driveways, and separation distance from main roads and neighboring property.; Dairy Day, 2009, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 2009; Dairy Research, 2009 is known as …