What is a mono-slope beef barn? It’s a newer style barn for cattle that is becoming increasingly popular in the upper Midwest.
This webinar allows you to discover what exactly is a mono-slope barn and why beef producers are building them. This presentation is part of a four-year mono-slope air quality research project and was originally broadcast on May 17, 2013. More…
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Mono-Slope Beef Barns: Basic Design
Beth Doran, Iowa State University Extension (16 minutes)
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How We Manage Our Barn in Spencer, IA
Ron Christensen, Livestock Producer in Spencer, IA (16 minutes)
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How We Manage Our Barn in Watertown, SD
Nick Mack, Livestock Producer in Watertown, SD (11 minutes)
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Question and Answer
All Presenters (15 minutes)
Written Summary
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Recommended Reading
- Beef Facilities Conference – includes environmental and regulatory aspects of the barns, design and management information from farmers, and university research comparing performance with open lots and partially covered lots
- Monoslope Air Quality Research Project – monitored several barns for two years to examine ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, methane, and particulates (dust)
- Summary of results (PDF) “Air Quality in Mono-slope Beef Barns“
- Climate Conditions in Bedded Confinement Buildings
- Beef Feedlot Systems Manual (ISU)
- A Survey of Manure Characteristics from Bedded Confinement Buildings for Feedlot Beef Production – Progress Report (Iowa State)
- A Survey of Manure Characteristics from Bedded Confinement Buildings for Feedlot Beef Production – Final Report (Iowa State)
- Fed Cattle Performance in Open Lots and Bedded Confinements (ISU)
- Environmental Conditions in Beef Deep-Bedded Mono-Slope Facilities (ISU)
- Hoops and Mono-Slopes: What Have We Learned About Management and Performance (pp 8-17) in Feedlot Forum 2010 Proceedings (Iowa State)
- Cattle Feeding Buildings in the Midwest – Midwest Plan Service
- Opportunities Farm Feedlot Information (SDSU)
- Opportunities Farm Update
- Technical Note on Beef and Dairy Bedded Pack Barn Planning and Design
- Spreadsheet for calculating manure storage space in bedded pack barns
- Fed Cattle Performance in Open Lots and Bedded Confinements
Additional Webcast in This Series
- Follow-Up Webcast: Results of the Mono-slope Beef Barn Research Project
This page was developed as a part of the Mono-Slope Air Quality Research project funded by Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant no. 2010-85112-20510 awarded to South Dakota State University, USDA ARS U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Iowa State University, and University of Nebraska – Lincoln from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. For more information about the research study, contact Erin Cortus erin.cortus@sdstate.edu or Mindy Spiehs mindy.spiehs@ars.usda.gov. For more about the outreach and extension, contact Beth Doran doranb@iastate.edu. 