Alternative Systems for Farrowing in Cold Weather
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This booklet discusses hoop barns as an efficient solution for raising animals.
Topics include
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- 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
- Peter Lammers, Iowa State University
- Mark Honeyman, Research Farms, Iowa State University
- Jay Harmon, ABE, Iowa State University
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