Comfort Cow Barns is a joint venture between three long established Southland businesses. They’ve teamed up to design and build wintering barns that are the ultimate in cow comfort.
The three partners – Richard Stodart of Richard Stodart Building Ltd, Neil Milne of Milne Building Contractors Ltd, and Mark McMillan of Southland Farm Services, each bring a vast amount of experience in the dairy industry to the Comfort Cow Barns operation.
The three businessmen spotted an opportunity in the market for wintering barns that really have the comfort of the cow built into every feature.
A lot of research has gone into the innovative Comfort Cow Barns designs, including studies of cow behaviour, and consultation with existing barn owners.
What they have come up with is the ultimate in cow comfort with a lot of attention to detail.
Mr Milne and Mr Stodart both have decades of experience working with Southland farmers and this combines nicely with the Southland Farm Services and its DeLaval products.
The Comfort Cow Barns will be fitted out with the latest DeLaval systems to ensure farmers have the best technology in their wintering or stand-off system.
The Cow Comfort Barns are designed, as the name suggests, with the comfort of the cow as a real focus. With animal welfare an issue for the farming industry, the barns include industry leading space and comfort features.
Southland Farm Services already operates a 24-hour call-out service and this would go hand-in-hand with the effluent management systems in the barns.