Milking Facility
Milking Facility
For many years the herd numbers were 255 milking with 45 dry. Herd maintained an RHA of 27,000 - 28,000 lbs. Facility was set up to milk twice a day, no RBST was used. Herd was divided into 3 lots with stall barns as follows:
- 160' x 92' curtain sidewalled barn with (4) 24' Big Ass Fans and (16) 36" Schaffer push fans
- (2) 48' x 64' barns with tunnel ventilation
- All 3 lots and holding pen are equipped with Edstrom computer controlled sprinkling system
- Double 5 surge westphalia herringbone milking parlor with 3000 gal. Meuller bulk tank – Scroll compressors are only 2 years old
- Automatic crowd gates which move the cows effortlessly towards the milking parlor
- Power doors with automatic controls throughout
- Variable speed vacuum and milk pumps, all like new
- Milking herd barns are equipped with 210 sand bedded free stalls
- (2) Bred heifer barns with a combined total of 70 stalls, curtain vented and the other is tunnel vented
- Virginia style calf barn which was strategically built and placed at a degree to utilize the power of the sun to facilitate a healthy environment for the younger heifer calves
- 47 stall dry cow facilities cross vented with 36" & 24" fans
- 16 stall prefresh facility with curtain sidewalls & (8) 52" ceiling fans
- Multiple pre-fresh heifer & cow facilities with head gates (there are also numerous other cattle chutes and head gates throughout the barns).
- AI breeding facilities with 35 stalls
- Open heifer barn with 90 stalls
- (2) 20' x 80' Harvestores wit5h 10hp Volumaxx Jamesway top unloaders
- (1) 20' x 60' Harvestore with near new Valmetal HMC power sweep
- (1) 20' x 50' Stave silo with 7 1/2 hp Jamesway unloader
- (1) 18' x 50' Stave silo with 7 1/2 hp Jamesway unloader
- Jamesway belt feeder, Havestore belt conveyors & 10 hp Harvestore roller mill with 2 yr. old 10 cut rolls
- (13) bulk bins in various sizes, complete with unloading augers
- Remodeled business office and employee lounge area
- DNR designed and permitted feed yard & sediment basin
- 8-bay commodity barn
- 100 kilowatt continuous run portable emergency generator included
- Acres and acres of concrete heavy gauge swinging gates and as you’ll see when you tour this facility, it was very well designed and user friendly.
- Many other features simply too numerous to mention...you must see this facility in person to appreciate it!
Other Outbuildings
- 42'x54' heated & insulated shop with 20'x14' insulated overhead door & 2 walk through doors, concrete floor & above storage area - includes near new 7 1/2hp air compressor & 2 new Modine 150,000 BTU hanging heaters.
- 42'x120' open front clear span machine shed
Listed by: Weber Real Estate, John Probasco - Broker
Marketed in conjunction with: Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC
Give us a call at 641-437-1111 or 641-856-7355 and ask for John Probasco.
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