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


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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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