Organic cattle stable construction brochure
    Organic cattle stable construction brochure

    New stable construction brochure for organic cattle farming

    Organic cattle stable construction brochure

    New stable construction brochure for organic cattle farming

    The stable construction brochure “LTS 227: Stable construction for organic animal husbandry: CATTLE” has been published in a new edition. The 80-page, colored brochure provides a comprehensive source of information for farmers who are confronted with barn construction measures in organic cattle farming.

    Through a coordination process between the construction advice of the Chambers of Agriculture, BIO AUSTRIA, the control bodies and research, the fourth edition on stable construction for cattle farming in organic farming was developed, taking into account the current legal situation, and published by ÖKL. Experts from HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein contributed to the creation of this brochure.

    available from the Austrian Board of Trustees for Agricultural Technology and Land Development (ÖKL) at www.oekl.at.

     

    Contents

    1. Introduction
    2. Basics: What is animal-friendly husbandry? Social behavior, resting behavior, food intake, drinking behavior, locomotion, comfort behavior, sexual behavior, mother-child behavior and calf behavior, calf suckling behavior, climatic requirements
    3. Ammonia reduction
    4. Functional areas: Lying area - playpen with lying boxes, lying area - freestall with free lying area, lying area - tethering, floor design of the walking area, walking and feeding aisles, feeding, drinking, treating and separating animals, milking parlor, automatic milking systems, stable climate, light, outdoor area: pasture , Outdoor area: outdoor area or run, stairs and ramps, calf keeping, calf rearing, scratching brushes
    5. Planning data: freedom of movement and outdoor space, design of the outdoor space, feeding and walkway widths, cubicles and lying areas, tethering, calf keeping, floor design, ammonia reduction, stable climate and lighting, straw requirements, feeding and drinking, feed storage, fertilizer storage
    6. Planning examples: General information, principles for stable planning, exercise stables, cubicle stables, free lying areas, calf stables - 15 planning examples on 22 pages with plans
    7. Approval process – process
    8. Contacts

    available from the Austrian Board of Trustees for Agricultural Technology and Land Development (ÖKL) at www.oekl.at.