Animal Housing Expo Offers Producer Information
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sow unit; and Mike Miller, Eli
zabethtown, MEW.
• Poultry Composting, moder
ated by Dr. John Schwartz. Lan
caster County extension director,
including Kevin and Louanne
Boltz, Rehbersburg, contract boil
er; Kay Richardson, Willards,
Md., poultry composting research;
Clark Stauffer, Ephrata, poultry
composting; Glenn Wenger. Leba
non; and Elam Leid, Shoemakers
ville, broiler operation.
Demonstrators and topics
include:
• Swine Handling, Kephart and
Grandin.
• Poultry Composting, John
Schwartz, Lancaster extension
director.
• Floor Surfaces, Graves,
Animal handling
Many of the problems asso
ciated with cattle especially
bruising can be handled by
knowing several of the fundamen
tals of caring for cattle, of which
Dr. Temple Grandin knows a great
deal about.
Grandin is assistant professor,
department of animal sciences, at
Colorado State University in Fort
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ly known for her studies and
recommendations to many catde
producers across the country.
Grandin will speak at the Expo
about the “nuts and bolts” of ani
mal handling, including how much
personal space to give cattle,
knowing their flight zone, and
knowing how quickly and inex
pensively producers can help solve
some of the problems that plague
the cattle industry.
“One of the first things produc
ers can do is get rid of slippery
floors,” Grandin told Ixmcaster
Farming during a telephone inter
view. Also, producers should put
solid sides on loading chutes, keep
people away from the sides of the
chutes, and get workers at stock
yards to understand the fundamen
tals of animal behavior.
A large part of what she’ll
address, she said, is bull safety.
Many of the problems dajry pro
ducers face is how to handle bulls,
according to Grandin. For many
beef producers, bulls are weaned.
with their mothers. But dairy bulls
many times aren’t, and could pose
real problems in handling in the
yard.
In the past, her presentations
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have helped many producers
across the nation benefit, and
Grandin said she has heard com
ments from producers that showed
how they can get results.
Parlor management
Dairy producers can save up to
10 minutes off the milking time if
they just take a few extra steps in
preparing the cow, according to
Dr. Michael J. Gamroth, associate
professor of animal sciences and
extension dairy specialist at Ore
gon State University. Gamroth
will share his experiences in gener
al milking parlor design and man
agement at the Expo.
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mance and management work
hand-in-hand, according to Gam
roth. He said that, overall, a clean
versus dirty parlor will contribute
roughly 15 percent more milk to
the tank. He will discuss optimal
management of the herring bone
and parallel type of parlors.
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