Dairy Barns
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filed under:
Dairy,
Farms and Facilities
Biosecurity Alert!
Due to strict requirements for biosecurity, we cannot allow visitors to our animal facilities without special permission.
Please call or write before you plan a trip or if you have questions about our farms and facilities:
Due to strict requirements for biosecurity, we cannot allow visitors to our animal facilities without special permission.
Please call or write before you plan a trip or if you have questions about our farms and facilities:
- AskDAS@psu.edu
- 814-863-3665
- FAX: 814-863-6042
For more information about the Penn State Dairy Barns, contact
Virginia Ishler (vishler@psu.edu).
The Dairy Barns are located off of Park Avenue, directly across from Beaver Staduim. Approximately 500 animals are housed at the dairy facilities. Listed below are some of the facilities:
- The feed center is comprised of uprights silos, feed bins, and bunker silos.
- The tie stall barn houses 60 cows.
- The heifer free stall barn houses between 20-30 lactating cows and houses heifers ranging in age from 6 months to past breeding age.
- The parlor milk cow free stall barn houses 120 lactating cows.
- The B-Barn houses springing heifers.
- The C-Barn houses dry cows.
- The Intensive Research Barn can house 8 heifers and 8 cows and is used for research requiring intensive sampling.
- The Calf barn houses calves from birth to 6 months.
