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Animal Housing and Livestock Systems

Professors Kevin Janni and Larry Jacobson work with the Minnkota Agri-Builders & Equipment Suppliers Association. Minnkota is an organization that provides technical education to stakeholders such as builders, equipment suppliers, gov't agency reps, and consultants, who design, build, and use animal production facilities in the upper Midwest region (MN, ND, SD, NE, IA).

2016 Minnkota meeting

2016 meeting agenda (PDF)

2016 meeting roster (PDF)

Presentations from 2016 Meeting

  • Biosecurity (PDF)

  • Manure Pit Foaming: Flash Fires/Explosions Building Destruction - Research Update (PDF)

  • Minnkota Agri-Builders and Equipment - Suppliers Association Meeting (PDF)

  • Performance Responce of Growing-Finishing Pigs to an Air-Cooled Environment During a Simulated Hot Weather Growth Period (PDF)

  • Process-Based Nutrient Modeling of Integrated Beef Cattle Finishing and Crop Production Systems in the Northern Great Plains (PDF)

  • Renewable & Efficient Energy Systems for Midwest Farms (PDF) 

  • Using Weather Forecasting for Decision Tools for Animal Agriculture (PDF)

Extension resources

Building and Maintaining Super Calf Hutches (PDF)

Fan Performance and Efficiency for Animal Ventilation Systems

Manure Management Practices for the Minnesota Pork Industry

Using hovers in the farrowing room to save energy

Milk House Wastewater Treatment System Design

College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences  College of Science and Engineering.

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Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering - 1390 Eckles Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108

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