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VikingNews UK 02 2015
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t he bligaard family estate con- tributes to the danish cultural landscape with its new
barn
s made in red bricks beautifully placed in the hilly countryside in the north west part of jutland. when planning the building logistics, function and ar- chitecture was kept in mind and this should serve as inspiration for many. ?we had even more projects planned?,
henrik
(30) starts. ?however none of them cold be approved by the financ- ing institutions, and our patience was tested. but the final project suddenly moved fast, and the building went completely as planned?,
henrik
and erik smile. top cow welfare the new
barn
is made with maximum cow welfare in mind. lots of light and space, large walking areas and of course sand in cubicles. floor slots with scraper in the below channel, and the sand ends up in the manure tank with no problem. the slots are cleaned by two delaval robots and this is important as regards the hy- giene. ?we had many considerations about the milking system but we chose a separate center with a 2x20 delaval side-by-side milking
barn
. the current app. 300
cows
are divided in two groups in each side of the
barn
. in ad- dition we have a separate section with room for app. 20 first lactation
cows
for the first 2-3 months after calving. at first this section was planned for the dry
cows
, but now with the open quota in eu, we can speed up produc- tion and at the same time give the first calvers a better start with 1 kg grain the good life with family and
cows
erik and
henrik
bligaard, denmark, opened a new
barn
for 320
cows
last year. the goal is welfare for both family and
cows
. jane,
henrik
, erik and rasmus infront of the new
barn
, milking centre and calf
barn
. by poul bech sørensen 4 vikingnews | june 2015
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