For the last 15 years, Collins Dairy has chosen DCC Waterbeds for the comfort of their dairy cows each and every time the farm has renovated an existing or added a barn.
In the fall of 2020 they installed DCC Waterbeds for the 5th time.
Read MoreNathan Kling takes us on a walk in his robot barn - newly upgraded and renovated with DCC Waterbeds.
This is the fourth time Nathan has installed DCC Waterbeds for his cows.
Read MoreBetween replacing manure pumps, sand bedding damaging the parlor equipment, and the fact that sand is just going to keep going up in price, the Esser family of Montfort, Wisconsin, could see that keeping sand in the free stalls was going to cost them more and more as time went on.
Read More"The cows are comfortable. When we get done milking, like the other day, I looked out in the barn. Out of 144 head, there were only 10 or 12 that were standing up eating or drinking. The rest were lying down."
Read More"I don’t think there is just one favorite thing. They are easy to maintain and don’t pack down. There isn’t much stall maintenance and the comfort – you can go in there and see cows sound asleep."
Read More"The cows utilize the waterbeds perfectly and the beds and the cows stay clean. They don’t take a lot of bedding, and our hock abrasions are way down in the waterbed barn."
Read More“We won the [2012] Farmers Weekly ‘UK Dairy Farmer of the Year’ and the judges were very impressed with the waterbeds."
Read More"We’re saving money in bedding, swollen hocks, and less culled cows with the waterbeds in the barn."
Read More(c) 2023 Advanced Comfort Technology Inc. and DCC Waterbeds joined the Promat family (Sept 1, 2023)
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