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Dairy Barns

Dairy Facilities, Letterbox Version
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 these 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.
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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: