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Kingshay's Knowledgebase - Building Design
![Ammonia Emissions](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/1st-salt-application-2013-15-1024x768.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
As the biggest agricultural contributor to UK ammonia emissions, dairy farmers are under increasing pressure to improve air quality. At present we are not on track to mee...
![Barrier Design Farming Note](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/cows-feeding1.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
The right trough or feed barrier is a crucial element of good feeding management. A well designed feed barrier maximises intakes, reduces wastage, minimises injuries and...
![Building Design & Layout Farming Note](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/Cubicles-x28x.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
The building design and layout on your farm can have a massive effect on the productivity, health and well-being of your herd. Where facilities are not ideal, cow stress ...
![Calf Housing Farming Note](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/mycoplasma1.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
It is estimated that more than 6% of calves die before they reach six months of age, most of these losses occur in the first month of the calves’ life and many are a re...
![Collecting Yards](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/take-time-to-make-time.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
Well-designed collecting yards save time and reduce stress, whereas poor designs or improper cow handling will compromise cow flow and welfare.
![Comfortable Standing Surfaces Farming Note](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/Rubber-parlour-mat.jpg_1858984529.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
Cows and concrete are a difficult combination. Despite the clear benefits of concrete for managing housed cows, it is not a very comfortable standing surface and can be h...
![Concrete Grooving Trial Update](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/Grooving_Hares.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
Smooth, slippery concrete can reduce cow mobility and oestrus activity and can potentially lead to lameness and injury. Concrete grooving is commonly used to improve cow...
![Cow Brushes](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/CowBrush1-1024x576.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
Cow brushes not only help to fulfil the cow’s natural desire to scratch, but could also lead to a 1-litre a cow a day uplift in milk yield, along with less disease and ...
![Cow Comfort Report](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/CowComfortReport2014Cover-1024x724.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
As part of Kingshay's exhibit at the 'Livestock Event' and 'The Dairy Show' last year, farmers filled in a survey assessing levels of cow comfort on their farm. The Cow C...
![Cow Grouping Farming Note](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/shedding-gate.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
Cow grouping is a useful management tool, particularly in larger herds, which allows the requirements of each individual cow to be more easily met. Deciding if your he...
![Cow Handling Facilities Farming Note](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/AI-race.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
As housing and handling of animals is one of the main opportunities for injury to occur on farm, having well designed cow handling facilities in place is strongly reco...
![Cubicle Demo Unit Trial Update](https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/plugins/kingshay/kingshay-image.php?src=https://www.kingshay.com/wp-content/uploads/Dutton-M2M-020-1024x935.jpg&w=103&h=103&zc=1&a=c&q=100)
Since the Kingshay Cubicle Demonstration Unit was set up in 2004, there have been 4 building phases and many visitors passing through the doors to compare the latest prod...