The Dairy Barns are located off of Park Avenue, directly across from Beaver Stadium. Approximately 500 animals are housed at the dairy facilities.
Listed below are some of these facilities:
- The feed center is comprised of uprights silos, feed bins, and bunker silos.
- The tie stall barn houses 60 cows.
- The heifer free stall barn houses between 20-30 lactating cows and houses heifers ranging in age from 6 months to past breeding age.
- The parlor milk cow free stall barn houses 120 lactating cows.
- The B-Barn houses springing heifers.
- The C-Barn houses dry cows.
- The Intensive Research Barn can house 8 heifers and 8 cows and is used for research requiring intensive sampling.
- The Calf barn houses calves from birth to 6 months.
For more information
Contact: Nadine Houck (nsd107@psu.edu) or Travis Edwards (tde111@psu.edu)
Standard Operating Procedures
Standard Operating Procedures for the Penn State Dairy Barns.
Department of Animal Science
Address
439 Shortlidge Road, Room 109University Park, PA 16802
- Email AskDAS@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-1362
Department of Animal Science
Address
439 Shortlidge Road, Room 109University Park, PA 16802
- Email AskDAS@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-1362