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Cows play in sprinklers? Wordless Wednesday

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This started out as a Wordless Wednesday however I decided to add some background information.

Today I’m doing maintenance work on one of the major pieces in our cow comfort system the soakers that help keep the cows cool during the summer.

Here is a picture of the cows enjoying the cool shower just like kids playing in the sprinkler do during the summer.

Cow's on the sprinklers

Cows being cooled by the soaker system.

The soakers come turn on to soak the cows and then are off for a period of time to allow the water to evaporate and creating evaporative cooling. This type of cooling is the same cooling feeling you get right after getting out of a swimming pool on a hot day. We locate the soakers over the cows food so they are more comfortable while eating and their food intake stay’s up during hot days when they need the energy.

Cow Shower

This little box is a great help to keep cows comfortable

This controller uses the temperature at the cow level to adjust the on and off times so the  optimum cooling of the cows is maintained.

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About raylindairy

Ray is a partner with his parents in Ray-Lin Dairy in Denair, Ca. The operation milks 475 cows and double crops corn & winter forage on 130 of the 240 acres with about 90 acres of pasture. The family also has 1200 ac operation in Klamath Falls OR that raises alfalfa hay, wheat hay, and oat hay. Ray is currently secretary of the Agchat Foundation an entity he helped found whose mission is to empower farmer to use social media. He is currently a on the board of directors of CA Dairy Campaign, Dairy CARES, and is the 2nd Vice-President of Stanislaus County Farm Bureau. He is also a member of the National Dairy Board. In addition to his involvement in agricultural organizations’ he is the Chairperson of the Governance Committee at a newly formed charter school his daughter attends, and serves as a director for the East Stanislaus Resource Conservation District. Ray and his wife Erica live on the dairy with their two children.

Discussion

7 thoughts on “Cows play in sprinklers? Wordless Wednesday”

  1. Wow!!

    Posted by zaida | June 15, 2011, 6:44 PM
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  2. Hello!

    Came to find you and i am happy to see your’re using sprinklers too!
    We only have them in our holding pen but the cows seem to cool down nicely!

    Thanks
    Leontien
    http://www.fourleafcloverdairy.blogspot.com

    p.s i can only follow you true your email? not via a button on your blog???

    Posted by Leontien | June 20, 2011, 12:16 PM
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  3. A fantastic way to keep them cows cool – a great idea for using Evaporative Cooling!

    Posted by Adrian at Vent Tech | March 6, 2013, 4:48 AM
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