Alternative Systems for Farrowing in Cold Weather

SKU: AED-47
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This booklet discusses hoop barns as an efficient solution for raising animals.

Topics include
  • Free Stalls in Retrofitted Buildings
  • Pasture Huts with Radiant Tube Heating
  • A Swedish System in a Retrofitted and New Building
  • Greenhouse with Radiant Tube Heating
  • Survey of Practices at Four Additional Sites
  • A Hoop within a Hoop / Summary
Authors
  • Peter Lammers, Iowa State University
  • Mark Honeyman, Research Farms, Iowa State University
  • Jay Harmon, ABE, Iowa State University
12 pp, 8 1/2 x 11, illus., self-cover, 2004
 
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