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Volume 19, No. 3
“All dairy, all the time”™
March 25, 2017
Adjusting to new barn is a breeze Goodrich builds 12-row cross-vent barn By Brittany Olson
brittany.o@dairystar.com
NEW RICHMOND, Wis. – Even though Dave Goodrich can attest that building a new barn can be stressful, there isn’t very much he would change about his new facility. Goodrich and his wife, Cinara, recently built a 12-row cross-ventilated freestall barn on their 800-cow dairy near New Richmond, Wis. Cross ventilated barns are built with fans pulling air across the building space perpendicular to alleyways, and air ow is directed over the cows commonly using bafes hung from the ceiling. Goodrich’s barn, however, does not have bafes. Goodrich’s barn, oriented from north to south perpendicular to the state highway running east-west south of the farm, is built with 35 fans on the east side of the barn. The fans pull air across the barn so it isn’t blowing into the roadway and into vehicles driving by. Goodrich discovered he could make a cross ventilated barn work on his farm. Turn to GOODRICH | Page 5
BRITTANY OLSON/DAIRY STAR
Dave Goodrich milks 800 cows near New Richmond, Wis. Goodrich, who recently completed construcƟon of a 12-row cross-venƟlated freestall barn, is happy with the response in milk producƟon, milk quality and cow health.
Hopeful for a recovery
Palmer being treated for rare, aggressive form of cancer By Kelli Boylen Guest Writer
WAUKON, Iowa – Eric Palmer has always been the type of person to keep pushing through when he didn’t feel well. In the last 25 years, he has only been sick enough to go to the doctor a handful of times. But when he started having headaches every day during a week late last fall, he knew something wasn’t right. The headaches were severe enough that he would get nauseous and sick from the bouncing of the skid loader on his family’s dairy farm. Eric milks 150 cows with his
wife, Stephanie, and several parttime milkers in a step up parlor near Waukon, Iowa. In addition to the cows, the Palmers farm about 700 acres. His headaches were caused by an uncommon and very aggressive form of brain cancer. On Nov. 21, he went to the clinic in Waukon to have his headaches checked. His appointment was at 1:30, and by 2 p.m. a CAT scan showed a possible tumor. By 3 p.m., an MRI showed a mass in the right temporal PHOTO SUBMTTED area of his brain. Stephanie quickly made phone Eric and Stephanie Palmer, along with their children – (from leŌ) Emma, Keacalls to nd someone to take care of gan, Sophia and Madalyn – milk 150 cows near Waukon, Iowa. Eric is currently undergoing chemotherapy for a rare form of brain cancer. Turn to PALMERS | Page 7