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50 THE RURAL VOICE
In dairy, the large new freestall
barns have been very high profile in
recent years but Harold House,
OMAFRA housing specialist for
dairy and beef thinks there may be a
new trend coming. You may start to
see the 50-60 cow producers who are
on the edge of the size where free -
stall barns are economical, building
new barns that can be expanded as
their herd grows, he said. For
producers under 50 cows, tie -stall
barns are still much more
economical, he said.
House said he has talked to a
number of producers in the 50-60
cow range who arc looking at an
innovative, in-between step to bridge
the move between tie -stalls and free
stalls. They can't afford to walk away
from the buildings they have but they
want to improve efficiency.
here will still be some large
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new dairy operations, he said,
either with new money coming
in from Europe or established local
producers who just get to the point
where their facilities are outdated and
they need to build new barns.
Mark Harding of Heritage
Builders agrees a growth area in
dairy construction will come in the
smaller producers looking to build up
their herds slowly but not jump in
with both feet because of the high
r cost of quota. Some are choosing
scraper barns instead of slatted -floor
barns because of the cost saving, he
said, though the slats may pay for
themselves in the long haul.
Unlike dairy, poultry and pork,
beef producers haven't been
changing the landscape with a forest
of new buildings in recent years.
There are always some new barns
going up, House says, but most of his
contact with beef producers is with
people who want to improve what
they have through small additions or
renovations. Often they're people
who have outgrown their old two-
storey bank barns or want something
that's more convenient for feeding
large round bales, he says.
As for what's going into the
construction of the barns Alan
Domm of Domm Construction says
the buildings have evolved into
complicated, sophisticated buildings
and keep builders doing their
homework to keep up with the latest
technologies available. "Everybody
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50 THE RURAL VOICE
In dairy, the large new freestall
barns have been very high profile in
recent years but Harold House,
OMAFRA housing specialist for
dairy and beef thinks there may be a
new trend coming. You may start to
see the 50-60 cow producers who are
on the edge of the size where free -
stall barns are economical, building
new barns that can be expanded as
their herd grows, he said. For
producers under 50 cows, tie -stall
barns are still much more
economical, he said.
House said he has talked to a
number of producers in the 50-60
cow range who arc looking at an
innovative, in-between step to bridge
the move between tie -stalls and free
stalls. They can't afford to walk away
from the buildings they have but they
want to improve efficiency.
here will still be some large
T
new dairy operations, he said,
either with new money coming
in from Europe or established local
producers who just get to the point
where their facilities are outdated and
they need to build new barns.
Mark Harding of Heritage
Builders agrees a growth area in
dairy construction will come in the
smaller producers looking to build up
their herds slowly but not jump in
with both feet because of the high
r cost of quota. Some are choosing
scraper barns instead of slatted -floor
barns because of the cost saving, he
said, though the slats may pay for
themselves in the long haul.
Unlike dairy, poultry and pork,
beef producers haven't been
changing the landscape with a forest
of new buildings in recent years.
There are always some new barns
going up, House says, but most of his
contact with beef producers is with
people who want to improve what
they have through small additions or
renovations. Often they're people
who have outgrown their old two-
storey bank barns or want something
that's more convenient for feeding
large round bales, he says.
As for what's going into the
construction of the barns Alan
Domm of Domm Construction says
the buildings have evolved into
complicated, sophisticated buildings
and keep builders doing their
homework to keep up with the latest
technologies available. "Everybody
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