Cleaning the hoop barn with the new skid steer; makes this job a lot easier! | Dakota Wind Meat Goats

13K views · 582 reactions | Moved the mamas and babies up to the hoop barn and, even though it is a hot day, they are enjoying their new pen. | Dakota Wind Meat Goats | Facebook

We baled cornstalks today. These bales are used to bed the pigs in hoop barn and our outdoor gestation sows. Cornstalks are not my favorite bedding for pigs. I like straw better. We do not mow these stalks first, we use the twin rake, set it a little higher and rake the loser stalks and husks. The less dirt and dust the better. #cornstalks #farming #caseih #thediversifiedfarmer | The Diversified Farmer

Insulating or new addition of barns before calving. This barn will help tremendously during our busy days when we have 50 calves a day. Calving is coming fast. #calving #ranch #ranching #barn #barnlife #cows #cattle #gogreen #building | 1HandnFarming

Want a peak into our calving barn at night? Here it is. Our heifers spend their days outside in our Hoop barns, but at night we move everyone that hasn’t calved inside. Pairs go into one of the bonding pens lining the outer edge of the barn, and the expecting mamas roam in the middle. Why do we do this? If the heifers calve in the middle of the night, they are indoors and not exposed to the elements. This increases calf survival and decreases the number of night checks we do. The system works pr

Calving season is almost upon us, and Illinois beef farmers like Lena Head are preparing for this exciting time of year. For Lena, calving prep includes cleaning pens, rebedding, spreading manure, and bringing all the pregnant cows into the calving barn. Calving barns are like the maternity ward of the hospital, allowing farmers to keep a close eye on these expecting mothers while also providing a warm, dry place to calve. #calving #beef #farmersofillinois | Illinois Farm Families

Hoop barn cleaned, limed, and panels set back up. Bring on our fall kidding season! | Dakota Wind Meat Goats

Best part of the hoop barn is being able to change the lay out easily to suit the changes in pens that we need to make. | Dakota Wind Meat Goats

Cleaning the hoop barn to prep for next group of does to kid in 6 weeks. We have a 3 day window to take down all panels, clean the barn, let it dry, and put the panels back up before it rains again. | Dakota Wind Meat Goats