Results are presented from a survey conducted in 2008 on small to average sized Wisconsin family dairy farms that had switched from milking cows in a stall barn to some type of parlor milking system. The survey was used to determine the producer’s observations as to the major benefits to both themselves and the cows after modernizing their facilities. Producers were also asked to identify the educational resources they utilized; the most challenging aspect of the modernization process; grant and loan programs used and the impacts of modernization on their daily labor requirements.
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