Feeding Cows On Concrete Floor

Feed areas stay cleaner as cows are happy to lick food.

Feeding cows on concrete floor.

A concrete floor can be readily cleaned after working cattle to aid in preventing spread of disease. Grade it to the desired slope and remove any rocks in the subgrade. And since our products are pre built and modular they allow for faster onsite. A rough finish on the concrete floor is required for good traction.

Constructed in a controlled environment the bunker walls are higher quality and stronger than those of our competitors. Also when the concrete bulges it usually cracks on the surface. Hanson silo s engineered precast concrete bunker silos are some of the most efficient cost effective large volume storage systems available. Typically concrete pads are 8 to 12 feet wide.

Concrete put in the right place makes feeding cattle a pleasure during these months. Residues from the floor cleaner feed less wastage a clean eating surface is less likely to contain debris like. Ideally a 3 to 5 slope away from the feed bunks and mounds should be maintained. It can be compacted into a stable base on which concrete will be poured.

Anti slip aggregates milking center cow decks areas in and around remotely located restraint facilities and cattle loading chutes are all locations where cows and people interact. Hanson silo company a better way to feed the world. Start right good feedlots are built out of the subsoil that has less organic matter and is stable when wet or dry. Shape pens to include mounds and valleys.

A concrete floor in the working chute and crowding pen provides an all weather surface and aids in sanitation. With over 100 years of dry cast concrete and cattle feeding experience hanson silo s slatted floor systems offer better cattle efficiency full manure values reduced maintenance and labor costs and superior cattle comfort and performance. This concrete bulging results in the floor having several convex areas that do not uniformly support cows hooves. Concrete that is too dry will bulge up in the inner space between each round stock member used to form the pattern.

Rough concrete resistant to harsh chemicals does not corrode like concrete and is up to four times. Concrete livestock troughs we started by looking at the available livestock troughs on the market and finding what we did not like about those troughs. Stronger extremely hard wearing and can withstand.