Influence of dairy housing on freshwater usage on commercial dairies in western Kansas
dc.citation.epage | 2 | en_US |
dc.citation.spage | 1 | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Potts, J.P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Brouk, Michael J. | |
dc.contributor.authoreid | mbrouk | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-09-07T15:38:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-09-07T15:38:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-09-07 | |
dc.date.published | 2011 | en_US |
dc.description | Dairy Research, 2011 is known as Dairy Day, 2011 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Fresh water pumping records were obtained from 24 western Kansas dairy farms for a 10-year period from 2000 through 2009. Farms were divided by facility type: dry lot (DL), free stall (FS), or a combination (DL+FS). Of the facility types studied, DL averaged smaller (P < 0.05) demand for water at 52.6 gal/cow per day compared with FS at 61.3 gal/cow. Both DL and FS facilities had less water demand than the combination facilities of DL+FS at 71.1 gal/cow of water daily. In all cases, average freshwater pumping was less than the daily amount of 134.7 gal/cow commonly used in dairy facility design. The difference may result from water conservation efforts of the dairies and the efficiency gained from operating larger milking parlors. | en_US |
dc.description.conference | Dairy Day, 2011, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 2011 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/14644 | |
dc.publisher | Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service | en_US |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Dairy Day, 2011 | en_US |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 12-176-S | en_US |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Report of progress (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 1057 | en_US |
dc.subject | Dairy | en_US |
dc.subject | Free stall | en_US |
dc.subject | Dry lot | en_US |
dc.subject | Water conversation | en_US |
dc.title | Influence of dairy housing on freshwater usage on commercial dairies in western Kansas | en_US |
dc.type | Conference paper | en_US |