Cow-Side Conversations

Episode 12: Tom Barley describes how they maximize herd performance, production and cow comfort

October 25, 2022 Center for Dairy Excellence Season 2 Episode 12
Cow-Side Conversations
Episode 12: Tom Barley describes how they maximize herd performance, production and cow comfort
Show Notes

Dairy cows are a lot like high-performing athletes. To help them achieve their peak performance, attention must be paid to every detail. In this episode of Cow-Side Conversations, Tom Barley of Star Rock Farms in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, shares how their team remains laser-focused on the smallest details to achieve peak herd performance and production. He describes how they concentrate on employee culture, nutrition, reproduction and genetics, cow comfort and ventilation to maximize herd performance — and the importance of remaining open-minded to new perspectives, not defending the way you’ve always done it.