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Housing
14 February 2025
Selecting the most suitable housing system for a farm is a complicated decision. There are many factors to consider and even when a system is decided, there are further choices to be made within the individual system. This guide looks at the costs incurred in in each housing system to help you decide which dairy youngstock housing system is the right fit for you.
6 October 2023
There are many dairy youngstock housing systems available, and it is important to understand which system will work best on your farm. In this webpage we have identified seven of the main youngstock housing systems, although this is not an exhaustive list.
6 October 2023
Taking the time to understand your needs in the planning process of your youngstock housing will help make sure that the design chosen is right for your system. To help work through the design process, consider the eight questions below.
6 October 2023
Your dairy youngstock housing
6 October 2023
Overview of legal requirements to consider when building your dairy youngstock housing, and the most common codes of practice and market guidelines.
9 January 2026
Youngstock are the future of any dairy farm. Investing in them is an investment in the farm’s future, too. With so many housing systems available for dairy youngstock, AHDB have worked with producers and industry experts to bring all the latest knowledge on youngstock housing systems to one place.
15 March 2022
Kerri is now halfway through her time with AHDB, find out what she's been getting up to over the last few weeks
19 July 2021
AHDB’s accelerated ammonia monitoring trial shows that the British pig industry is successfully reducing ammonia emissions, saving producers an estimated £15.3m.
12 May 2021
Join Jon Foot in this AHDB-led session exploring the impact of changes to the EPR on ammonia emission limits.
18 February 2021
Good stockmanship to move cows around the farm as well as cow handling in the parlour are essential to ensure environmental bacteria do not enter the udder via the teat canal.
8 June 2021
The risk of mastitis infections from the environment in lactation is higher in loose yards than when cows are housed in cubicles. To control environmental sources of mastitis, it is important to maintain low levels of bacteria near the teats and teat ends.
19 February 2021
Well-managed cubicles give a lower incidence of mastitis infections in lactation compared with loose yard systems, in general, but cubicles must be appropriate to the size of the cows in the herd.